The Frost or The Bite: MM Paranormal Romance (Elementally Yours Book 1) by F.N. Manning

Author:F.N. Manning [Manning, F.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-19T00:00:00+00:00

10. Unearthing the Truth

When we hopped in Ewan’s truck, he got as far as sticking the key in the ignition before he stopped and turned to me. “Wait, run this by me again.”

Ewan has been waiting for what he needs to expose the Brass family’s deceptions. Now that he’s found the link he needs, it’s taking a minute to sink in.

“The Brass’s son Percy is a future icebrand,” I say.

“Right, yeah.” Ewan drums his fingers on the dashboard, still a bit dazed. “Nobody in America seems to know anything about the Brass sons and then you waltz in and crack the case wide open.”

“Uh, I’m sorry?”

“Nah, it’s fine.” He cracks a smile. “My pride will recover, eventually.”

The shock is fading if he’s cracking jokes. I still give him a few moments to process everything.

Fortunately, we’re still parked. I don’t think he sees anything ahead. I planned to get him up to speed while we hopped in his truck and drove closer to the Brass’s secluded lakefront property. Good thing he insisted I fill him in first. We haven’t even progressed to turning the keys in the ignition.

It isn’t surprising they had no idea Percy was back. The Brass family would need to hide him and his connection to ice magic from the wolves they were tormenting. No wonder they found no paper trail or smoking gun either. The Brass family kept their dirty dealings inside the family.

“All we could find out is that the Brass’s have two sons, who spend most of their time in Europe. They’ve been studying at magical boarding schools for years. If their son Percy is doing his family’s dirty work and keeping a low profile, how do you know he’s back from boarding school?” Ewan asks next.

“My family happens to sponsor him. My parents always demand to see him whenever he comes home.” I’ve suspected that’s why he stays away. “Their sponsorship provides him with a stronger token, and his school is supposed to monitor him in lieu of my family. Magic really doesn’t translate well over phone or video chat. But I doubt his school is as thorough as my parents would have been.”

Few people are. My parents aren’t exactly ‘hands off’ people, but they trusted Percy’s parents enough to grant the token.

“Happen to sponsor Percy, huh?” he murmurs, thinking something over.

“What, you think—” Did he think my parents were involved too? “My parents wouldn’t. Their idea of fighting dirty is doing anything legally permissible to win. Bending perhaps but never breaking rules… that doesn’t sound nearly as reassuring as I hoped, does it?”

“No, hey, I’m not blaming you or your family.” Ewan gives me a smile and I relax so he can continue. “But he’s who you were supposed to be meeting, right? That means us both being nearby wasn’t a coincidence. I was in the area for a meeting at their main house with Percy’s father and his army of lawyers. They had us drive up to inform us that their generous offer,” he spits those words.

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