Aria's POV
Isabella watched my reaction carefully. "He has photos of her. Did you know that? Hidden away in a safe deposit box. Photos of Selene Corvus at various Council meetings and functions. Photos he took from across the room like some kind of stalker."
My stomach turned. "You're lying."
"I wish I was. I found them three years ago when I was looking for financial documents. He'd kept them for over twenty years." Isabella pulled out her phone and showed me a photo. A photo of photos spread out on a table. And there was my mother, younger than I'd ever seen her, at what looked like a formal event.
"He was in love with her," Isabella continued. "Obsessively in love. And when she died, he didn't get over it. He just… transferred his obsession to you."
"That's insane."
