Curiosity Caught the Demon: An MM Paranormal Romance by Travis Beaudoin
Author:Travis Beaudoin [Beaudoin, Travis]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sonder Street Books
Published: 2023-10-01T16:00:00+00:00
âHalloweenâs in three weeks,â I said. It was a Monday, the fourth weâd spent together. Weâd slept later than usual, and now lay lazily burrowed beneath layers of blankets, keeping each other warm.
âIt is.â
âHave you thought about the party? The festival?â
âSome. Nothing serious.â He sighed and pressed his body close to me.
I found his hand and squeezed it. âWeâre going to do it, Scotty. At the pace weâre going, youâre going to meet the threshold your father set. Probably early.â
âYeah.â He brushed his lips against my shoulder. âThanks to you.â
âWe should celebrate. Like we talked about weeks ago. The store is going to be fully, truly yours. We should use the fall festival as an opportunity to proclaim your victory.â
He didnât say anything. He didnât move, either. I could feel his heart beating, and his warm breath brushing my skin, and the solidity of his hand in mine, but there was no indication heâd heard me.
âYouâre worried,â I said. âUneasy.â
âNo. Not⦠Itâsâ¦â
âIs your father an honorable man? Will he stand by his word?â
âOh, yeah. Itâs not that. I guess itâs more about Ryan? And Coral? Their plan. Weâve beenâ¦Iâve been so focused on us. On myself. Curiosities. Iâve been so happy these last few weeks, and itâs been easy to forget thereâs, like, a whole plot against us.â
âBut if your father keeps his word, and we meet his goal, thenââ
âSure,â he said. âBut what about the rest of downtown? Imagine I keep Curiosities, but Iâm crowded in by, like, Citibank on one side and CVS on the other? Howâs that going to work out?â
I grunted. I often found myself doing that when Scotty was right.
I suppose Iâd been too happy to think about the plot, as well. When Ryan crossed my mindâhis betrayal of his brother offended me more than Coralâs pure greed, which I could sort of respectâIâd feel that old, familiar desire for vengeance. But most of the time, it was easy to just stay by Scottyâs side and feel good.
I had the rest of Ryanâs lifeâand possibly longerâto cut him down to size. But perhaps it was time to get moving on our counter-offensive.
âWe could, as they say, kill two birds with one stone.â
âWhat do you mean?â
I leaned in, kissing his forehead, hoping to soothe him. âI told you to trust me, and you have. Weâve focused on your store because that was your original wish, what I originally agreed to. Now that Curiosities is secure, we can expand our horizons.â
âYeah?â
âLetâs plan a festival to end all festivals. Not just a party butâ¦a gala. A soiree. A fête. Costumes, of course. It is Halloween, after all. Candy for the kids. Games. Butâ¦food and wine, too. Good food and wine. Dancing on the rooftop. An evening people will talk about for years to come.â
âOkay, but I canât afford that.â
I narrowed my eyes, though it did still delight me that Scotty sometimes forgot that I was not only a literal demon with actual magical powers, but also that I was infernal nobility.
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