“Seriously?” I ask, dumbfounded by the news.
Philanthropy and charity are common in our world, but most people use them as a way to evade taxes and shelter cash. It sounds like Damon is legitimately trying to help and make the world better.
“Yup, and that doesn’t even cover his international donations. We’re talking environmental protection groups, ocean clean-up groups, wildlife conservation centers, charitiesthat build wells in countries struggling with water insecurity, and groups that send doctors and other medical professionals and supplies to war-torn areas. Dude is like a real-life version of Robin Hood, only he’s technically stealing from himself to help people.”
“Jesus,” I mutter. That was the last thing I expected Jace to say.
“Actually, religious charities are like, the only type he doesn’t donate to. Not sure why, but I couldn’t find a single one linked to any sort of church or organized religious group.”
I want to ask about Damon’s mom and what Jace found out about her and her death, but I don’t. Normally I wouldn’t hesitate if I thought it could help with the investigation or give me an insight into someone I’m looking into, but in this case, it feels wrong.
Before I can even begin to unpack why that is, the door to Jace’s room slams open and Felix and Killian stroll in.
“Wassup, lovebirds?” Jace spins his chair so he’s facing the door. “You done boning each other’s brains out for a while?”
Felix’s cheeks go bright pink, but Killian just flips Jace off as the two of them walk over to the loveseat in the center of the room and sit down.
“What were you losers talking about?” Killian asks, draping his arm over Felix’s shoulder as he snuggles up to Killian’s side.
“Your favorite cousins were talking about something Xave is looking into for Jordan.”
“Anything we can help with?” Felix asks.
“Now that you mention it, yeah, there is,” I say.
Jace is still the only one who knows about my task from Jordan, and I haven’t asked Felix about Eden and Damon’s apparent friendship because it hasn’t come up. I know my cousins, and they’d never stop badgering me with questions if Iasked out of the blue, so I’ve kept quiet. I might as well see what he knows since he brought it up.
“What is it?” Felix asks.
“Do you know anything about Eden being friends with Damon Cosgrove?”
He heaves a dramatic sigh and rolls his eyes. “Of course Jordan is obsessing over that. She said he’s been extra annoying lately. At least he’s consistent.”
“So they’re friends?” I press.
He nods. “They don’t really hang out or anything, not as far as I know, but they text and stuff. Why? They’ve been friends for over a month, and Jordan’s just got his panties in a bunch over it now?”
“He only found out about it a few weeks ago,” I explain. “And he asked me to look into it.”
“What aren’t you telling us?” Killian asks suspiciously. “I know that’s not all that’s going on. You would have said something earlier if it was that simple.”
Jace tosses me a quick look, and just as I’m about to tell him to go ahead and fill them in on the blackmail aspect of things, the door swings open and Jax saunters into the room.
I look at him closely as he goes to sit on the sofa across from Killian and Felix.
Jax is a master at hiding his thoughts and not letting anyone know what’s going on with him, but just like he can read me, I can read him. Something happened, and by the look on his face and the gleam in his eyes, that something involved an orgasm.
Is Jax hooking up with his mark?
I barely manage to cover up a laugh. It’s not like I can judge him, considering what I’ve been doing with my mark.
Seems like we both failed at our missions.
“What’s going on?” Jax looks between the love seat and where Jace and I are still sitting at Jace’s desk. “What did I miss?”
“Xave’s been tailing a kid from the Keepers for Jordan because he’s friends with Eden,” Jace says helpfully.
Jax leans against the couch and rests his arms over the back of the cushions. “Huh,” he says, his expression blank. “Which kid?”
