Accidental Surrogate

Chapter 333: Underground 

Cora picks up the third call and I narrow my eyes at her even though she can’t see me. I can tell she was screening my calls and only picked up because I’d never, ever triple-call her unless something had happened.

“Ella?” I hear her worried voice say, “what’s wrong?”

“Where are you, Cora,” I demand, letting my tone tell her not to fight me.

“What -”

“Where. Are. You.”

“I’m I’m at the clinic -” she says. “What’s happening?”

“We’re sending a car for you at the clinic, now,” I say, glancing at Sinclair, who nods to me to let me know he’s on it. “Get in it immediately, Cora. Don’t speak to anyone else. Don’t ask any questions.”

“Ella,” she hesitates, her voice wavering. “I can’t-

“This is not a request, Cora,” I growl. “They came for him. They tried to take Rafe. We are sending, a car for you, and you are getting in it.”

I hear a sharp intake of breath from her side of the line, and then a moment of hesitation, and then she agrees. “All right,” she says, and I can almost see her nodding anxiously. “Okay. I’ll do it.”

I exhale a deep breath of relief and nod. “Okay. I love you, Cora,” I say, my voice wavering a little.

–

“I love you too,” she replies, with I don’t know what regret? In her voice?

But before I can ask more, she hangs up.

“The car is five minutes from her,” Sinclair murmurs, squeezing my hand again. “We’ll get her. It

will be fine.”

eyes and resting my head

one says another word for the rest of the hour-long ride away from

deep into

down and Sinclair sits up

that lets me know that we’ve arrived because really, it doesn’t

anywhere.

–

is basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride

ask, looking around at the trees

opener. And then my mouth drops open as, in front of us, the earth just…opens, sliding upwards like the

my god,” I murmur, my eyes going wide as I stare into it. “That is so

Sinclair corrects, shooting me a little smirk.

and start to drive down a steep incline into the earth. “But if you’re claustrophobic

to hide his

around in wonder at the sudden change of color, “so imagine what I would have done if he was trying to entomb me.”

a long way down the tunnel before the passage opens out into a wide space, like a large underground car park. There are a few more cars already down here, but the light layer of dust on them

feeling suddenly quite safe, if just for the moment. I hadn’t realized that I was waiting for that but, perhaps a little bit of me was expecting another blindside on the ride. It is good, honestly, to

Sinclair and I quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of the car. The other car pulls up next to us and I see Sinclair’s

the move.

all underground?” I ask,

Sinclair replies, “for safety. Though there are

forest, if we deem it

lift Rafe’s carrier with me as I back out of the cat

mate and our two guards through the

structure is very military As

the walls, floor, and ceiling

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