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deep furrow in her brow. “They definitely aren’t hurting her. I wo uldn’t hurt her. She’s my best friend. We do the spells
together to create the power we need,” Davina explained, appearing to shrug off
their concern.
    Paige shook her head
in disbelief. “I cannot believe this.”
    Davina stepped away
and was busy helping cust omers again. Since she’d
added on a café and was holding a Grand Opening, her shop was full of
customers. He waved in greeting when Davina looked his way and then sat back to
wait for Layla and Paige. Trevor played on his phone while the girls chatted, Dav ina convincing them to take some extras back to their
sisters. That’s when Juliana’s screeching had them hauling ass back out and,
thank the Goddess, finally back to the Sinster sisters’ house.
    It had started snowing
lightly during the afternoon, but a few flakes didn’t
stop them in their custom designed Land Rovers. Trevor checked the forecast
though, and when he saw it was predicting a major snowfall, he sent a text off
to Madden so he knew where his mate was before he
ducked out. Stefan and Tomas were no w on duty at the
house and would watch over all the women inside.
    Trevor made tracks
back to Davina’s shop to offer her a ride home since it was snowing. He was
heading back to the compound where her house was located anyway. He would claim
innocent intent ions if anyone asked, but, what the
hell, he knew there were some secondary motivations. He was single. He was
young. It could be years until he found his mate. There was no harm in a little
fun.
     
    * * * *
     
    The knock on her
shop’s front door startled Davina . It had been a long
day with the opening of the new cafe. She’d just locked up and was getting
bundled up to make her way out in the storm. What could someone want this late
at night that had them knocking on her door? Carefully, using the caution they’d all cloaked themselves in lately, Davina made her way
to the door and peeled back the shade.
    There stood Trevor,
the cute young TEU agent who’d been in today with Layla. She hadn’t talked with
him since she’d been in a heated conversation with Layla and Pa ige, but she’d looked at him plenty. Trevor was a
magnificent male. Davina unlocked the door and opened it to a cold burst of
wind.
    “Come in. It’s
freezing out there.” Davina motioned Trevor inside and closed the door quickly
behind him. It was most defini tely not supposed to be
this cold, even in northern California. “What can I do for you?”
    “Actually, I wondered
the same thing. I came to escort you home. The roads are getting slick.”
    “My brothers send
you?”
    “Nope.” Trevor ducked his head, shaking his
unru ly curls into his face. “Actually, they have no
idea I’m here and it might just be best we keep it that way.”
    Davina was delighted
to see the light blush on his cheeks. That would’ve made him appear innocent if
it weren’t accompanied by the wicked gleam in his
green eyes and that devilish grin he was now giving her. Trevor was flirting
with her. None of her brother’s men had ever given her this kind of attention.
In fact, she was fairly certain it was in the TEU rule book— hands off Davina.
    “I think you might be right,” she agreed, smiling.
    “Only
if you want to preserve my life.” Trevor gave a tight laugh and shook his head. “We might
live long lives but there are most definitely ways to end it prematurely, ways
I’m sure your brothers would consider worth y of the
infraction.”
    “The
infraction being talking to their little sister?” Davina moved closer to Trevor, close
enough to take in his masculine scent, woody and rugged.
    “Talking, sharing a
drink.” Trevor shrugged, “Whatever you’d like, I’m your man.”
    “Ye s, you are. Aren’t you?” Davina pulled his coat from his
shoulders and hung the wet garment on the rack behind the door.
    Trevor never once took
his eyes off her as she crossed to the coffee bar. She pulled