One True Mate 1: Shifter's Sacrifice by Lisa Ladew Page B

power and a greater gift. I would bet my life that the One True Mate prophecy is 100% correct.”
    Trevor caught his lower lip between his canines and worried it a bit. “Khain entered a woman’s house today. She got away. She’s twenty-five but she knows her father and her name is Gabriela, which isn’t a flower.”
    The line was silent for a moment. Trevor was just about to ask if Wade had heard him when he spoke. “Was she a warrior?”
    “A warrior? No, I mean, she was a woman. Soft. Pretty.”
    “Don’t be fooled by softness, son. It tells no tales.”
    Trevor huffed air out of his nose. “Thanks, Wade.” Was being cryptic in the job description for Citlali ? Or did they work at it?
    Trevor hung up, still thinking of Ella Carmi. Had he made a mistake by sending her to the safe house with Adin and his partner? If Khain had been after her specifically, he could try again. Track her somehow. Two patrol officers were no real match against Khain. Two were better than one, who Khain could easily best, but at least four strong shifters were needed to drive Khain away, and more were better.
    Maybe when Mac reported in again, he should send him over there, him and Harlan. They were the strongest─
    Trevor felt his fangs elongate and a growl come out of his throat at the thought of Mac being anywhere near Ella Carmi. He watched as the claws on his right hand grew long and razor-sharp.
    Trevor reeled himself in and stood, grabbing a coat from the back of his door.
    Trent, Troy, I need you.
    He would check in with his team, then go watch her himself. At least for a few hours.

Chapter 15
     
    Many hours later than he wanted to, Trevor and his brothers pulled into the driveway of the police-controlled house where Ella was safely ensconced. Mac had followed his instructions without hesitation for once and by the time Trevor had found him, he was in the tunnels, in an intense meeting with Canyon, Timber, Jaggar, and Sebastian, demanding a new strategy, an offensive strategy. Trevor backed Mac up, emphasizing to his team that the game was now changed. They needed a way to hunt and track Khain. He was done with damage control. The foursome hadn’t had any ideas but that didn’t matter. Getting them thinking was what was important. They would come up with something.
    He’d finally made it out and drove straight to the safe house. A perfect blend of ecstasy and anxiety filtered through him at the thought of seeing her again. His boot-clad feet crunched on the stones of the driveway as he walked towards the front door, his eyes on the soft light coming from inside, his brothers falling into line behind him. He could see his breath in the cool night air.
    He knocked and waited. Adin opened the door in a few seconds. “Lieutenant, hi. We got the extra officers you sent over.”
    “Good. You and your partner can go until second watch tomorrow. The K9s and I will assist with the night shift.”
    Adin raised his eyebrows but didn’t say anything. He stepped back so Trevor and the wolves could enter, then went to gather his stuff and his partner. “She’s in a bedroom in the back,” Adin said from across the room. “The last on the left.”
    Trevor stared down the hallway, his stomach doing flips. He nodded at the two officers in uniform sitting on the couch watching Bait Car with the sound down low. He approved of them being out there, and Ella not being out there, even if he didn’t know why.
    He could feel his brothers behind him as his feet took him towards the hallway. Both were open, but wary, and both had noticed a change in him, although neither one had asked him what it was about yet. Could they know? No. Neither one of them had given him any shit yet, and if they knew how he was feeling for a human woman, they’d be raking him over the coals.
    The hallway loomed large as he travelled through it, the warm, rich scent of cinnamon and sugar catching him by surprise. Oh yeah, she smelled like a fucking bakery. He’d