Page 50 of My Pleasure

When his older cousin turned to him, he saw nothing but pride. “Congratulation cuz! I’m so damn happy for you.”

Keran leaned forward to look at Hunter. “Dad, who are they?”

“They are your grandma’s nephews and my cousins. Their mother, is your grandma’s sister,” he explained.

“More family?” Keran asked, his eyes bugging out.

“Yup, more.”

“It’s their abusive uncle we’re gonna kill,” Meryn informed them.

As one all four men began a low growl and looked up.

“Why does he need killing?” Augustus asked.

Nicol looked at them with her huge blue eyes. “He hurt us.”

Augustus swung back to look at him. “He’s still breathing, why?”

“Because killing the man in charge of the proctors at the Magic Academy while shit is going south with the Witches’ Council is problematic,” Hunter replied.

Connor looked to Nicol. “Don’t you worry about a thing sweetheart, your big cousins will take of everything. That mean man won’t come near you again.”

She nodded. “My Dad said he would keep us safe.”

Hunter sat back feeling satisfied. “My daughter.”

Nicol blushed at being claimed. “I think I’m going to like having big cousins.”

“And he prolly stole our money,” Keran added.

Augustus looked to Meryn. “Is someone on that?”

“That someone would be me, and yes, I am on that. From what I’ve been able to tell, money is in that account, and it hasn’t been touched since the parents died. So, if the uncle knows about it, he can’t touch it,” Meryn said, twirling mozzarella around her fork.

“I just gave you their names,” Kiera said, looking surprised.

Meryn took a bite, chewed, then swallowed. “Bank stuff is pretty easy. They all tend to use the same security and software.”

“How much are we talking?” Connor asked.

“They had three savings accounts set up. The first one had one hundred million in it. The second and third had about forty-five million in them. And the fourth account was more like a checking account and looked to be the one they used for day-to-day things. Last charge was five years ago for a lunch and coffee at the airport. It’s still sitting around fifteen million.”

Kiera’s fork dropped. “Excuse me?”

Meryn looked up from her dinner. “Y’all didn’t know?”

“No! I’ve had to bust my ass for the past five years scared to death I wouldn’t earn enough to help house my brother and sister.” She sucked in her breath. “If they had fifteen million in the bank, why did they take that job on the East Coast?”

“What kind of job was it?” Meryn asked.

“I don’t know.”

“If I had to hazard a guess, it may have been enough to bring those other two accounts up to one-hundred million. One thing I learned recently from the Witches’ Council, human government jobs pay big. What kind of magic did they have?” Meryn asked.

“Mother was an air witch, and father was a water witch,” Kiera replied.

Connor leaned forward. “Kiera, does your uncle know you’ve mated?”