One True Mate 1: Shifter's Sacrifice Read Online Free
Author: Lisa Ladew
Tags: General Fiction
growing on his chin and rolled his eyes heavenward. "We've already discussed this. Now both of you, head to the K9 center. See what's been going on overnight. I'll come get you when my meeting is over." He watched long enough to make sure they obeyed him, then jogged down the other hall after Mac, catching up to him just before he entered the deputy chief's office.
It was empty. Wade would be waiting for them in the underground meeting room. With a frown on his face.
Mac passed Wade's cluttered desk, the flag in the corner, the plaques on the wall, then brushed aside the poncho hanging on a hook on the wall and leaned his head forward to stare directly at what looked like a slight imperfection in the paint there.
Trevor tensed like he always did when someone used the retinal scanner, but he jogged inside to be right behind Mac, that way the door that would open in the wall wouldn't have a chance to close before he got through it, making him have to shove his eye right up close to the damn thing. He hated looking in it. It creeped him out in the same way the statues did.
Mac's eyes passed muster and the wall slid open, letting them into the dark staircase that would lead them to the underground tunnels and meeting and storage rooms. They descended, the door closing behind them. The passage was narrow, too dark for an ordinary pair of eyes, but not theirs. They went down the corridor and walked silently through the maze of tunnels, Trevor slightly behind Mac, neither speaking a word, finding the correct door by scent.
Mac turned the knob. The door opened up into a large room, at least the size of a high school gymnasium, their footfalls echoing strangely. Mac headed straight for the monster conference table that was easily as big as a back yard, but Trevor wound his way along the inner wall, unable to help staring at the masses of news stories tacked up there. Shiften were forbidden from recording their history any way other than orally, spoken from generation to generation, but that didn't stop them from collecting any human written history that pertained to the core purpose of the shiften race.
The humans wrote off the actions of the shiften's sworn enemy as accident, coincidence, terrorists, or just evil conduct of a select few, but the shiften knew differently.
Trevor's gaze ran over the headlines, even as he curled his fingers into his palms to avoid his impulse to touch anything. The cool air and lack of light in the tunnels preserved the newspapers and magazines, but still thousands of them were yellowing and cracking with age.
FIRE KILLS 12
FREAK EXPLOSION LEVELS CITY BLOCK, 20 MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD
EARTHQUAKE! SAN FRANCISCO IS OBLITERATED. 300,000 ARE HOMELESS
EVERY PERSON IN SMALL TOWN DISAPPEARS: SUPPER STILL ON TABLE IN MOST RESIDENCES
NEW, PLAGUE-LIKE DISEASE EMERGING
SARS EPIDEMIC FEARED
SWINE FLU PANDEMIC SPREADING
CHOLERA OUTBREAK SPREADS FEAR
EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN TOY, PROMPTING MASSIVE RECALL
BATTERY PLANT EXPLODES, ENTIRE CITY EVACUATED
COUNTRY'S WATER FOUND TO CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF WOLF'S BANE AND CUMIN. OFFICIALS STUMPED
WORLDWIDE WATER SUPPLY FOUND TAINTED WITH XYLITOL, CUMIN, AND WOLF’S BANE. MILLIONS OF PETS DIE
TERRORISTS BLAMED FOR EXPLOSION THAT BROUGHT DOWN CHICAGO SKYSCRAPER
POISONED CITY: FLINT WATER CRISIS GROWS DEADLY
TWO PLANES COLLIDE IN MIDAIR – WITNESSES REPORT BRIGHT FLASH IN THE SKY JUST BEFORE
Trevor let his eyes wander over the monstrous room. Every available surface was covered with these stories. He didn’t know who put them up. Whose vigil this was. He thought it was a fitting way to remember why they were all doing this job. The headlines in this room alone signified millions dead at the hand of their nemesis. All of whom would someday receive vengeance. He swore it. He would find a way to make it happen, no matter how much of a fraud he was. Determination and hard work could make up for personal failings.
The sight of the tragedies was enough to make his
It was empty. Wade would be waiting for them in the underground meeting room. With a frown on his face.
Mac passed Wade's cluttered desk, the flag in the corner, the plaques on the wall, then brushed aside the poncho hanging on a hook on the wall and leaned his head forward to stare directly at what looked like a slight imperfection in the paint there.
Trevor tensed like he always did when someone used the retinal scanner, but he jogged inside to be right behind Mac, that way the door that would open in the wall wouldn't have a chance to close before he got through it, making him have to shove his eye right up close to the damn thing. He hated looking in it. It creeped him out in the same way the statues did.
Mac's eyes passed muster and the wall slid open, letting them into the dark staircase that would lead them to the underground tunnels and meeting and storage rooms. They descended, the door closing behind them. The passage was narrow, too dark for an ordinary pair of eyes, but not theirs. They went down the corridor and walked silently through the maze of tunnels, Trevor slightly behind Mac, neither speaking a word, finding the correct door by scent.
Mac turned the knob. The door opened up into a large room, at least the size of a high school gymnasium, their footfalls echoing strangely. Mac headed straight for the monster conference table that was easily as big as a back yard, but Trevor wound his way along the inner wall, unable to help staring at the masses of news stories tacked up there. Shiften were forbidden from recording their history any way other than orally, spoken from generation to generation, but that didn't stop them from collecting any human written history that pertained to the core purpose of the shiften race.
The humans wrote off the actions of the shiften's sworn enemy as accident, coincidence, terrorists, or just evil conduct of a select few, but the shiften knew differently.
Trevor's gaze ran over the headlines, even as he curled his fingers into his palms to avoid his impulse to touch anything. The cool air and lack of light in the tunnels preserved the newspapers and magazines, but still thousands of them were yellowing and cracking with age.
FIRE KILLS 12
FREAK EXPLOSION LEVELS CITY BLOCK, 20 MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD
EARTHQUAKE! SAN FRANCISCO IS OBLITERATED. 300,000 ARE HOMELESS
EVERY PERSON IN SMALL TOWN DISAPPEARS: SUPPER STILL ON TABLE IN MOST RESIDENCES
NEW, PLAGUE-LIKE DISEASE EMERGING
SARS EPIDEMIC FEARED
SWINE FLU PANDEMIC SPREADING
CHOLERA OUTBREAK SPREADS FEAR
EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN TOY, PROMPTING MASSIVE RECALL
BATTERY PLANT EXPLODES, ENTIRE CITY EVACUATED
COUNTRY'S WATER FOUND TO CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF WOLF'S BANE AND CUMIN. OFFICIALS STUMPED
WORLDWIDE WATER SUPPLY FOUND TAINTED WITH XYLITOL, CUMIN, AND WOLF’S BANE. MILLIONS OF PETS DIE
TERRORISTS BLAMED FOR EXPLOSION THAT BROUGHT DOWN CHICAGO SKYSCRAPER
POISONED CITY: FLINT WATER CRISIS GROWS DEADLY
TWO PLANES COLLIDE IN MIDAIR – WITNESSES REPORT BRIGHT FLASH IN THE SKY JUST BEFORE
Trevor let his eyes wander over the monstrous room. Every available surface was covered with these stories. He didn’t know who put them up. Whose vigil this was. He thought it was a fitting way to remember why they were all doing this job. The headlines in this room alone signified millions dead at the hand of their nemesis. All of whom would someday receive vengeance. He swore it. He would find a way to make it happen, no matter how much of a fraud he was. Determination and hard work could make up for personal failings.
The sight of the tragedies was enough to make his
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