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.”

closing my eyes and resting my head back against the

then no one says another word for the rest of

deep into the

Sinclair sits up in

arrived because really, it doesn’t look like we’re

anywhere.

–

is basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride and Rafe let us all know that

it…where?” I ask, looking around at

the buttons usually reserved for a garage door opener. And then my mouth drops open as, in front of us, the earth just…opens, sliding upwards like the jaws of some great creature and revealing beneath it a metal tunnel filled with orange

going wide as I

corrects, shooting

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

mate,” Sinclair murmurs, turning to the window to hide his smirk, “who ripped

hand on Rafe, who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at the sudden change

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

a little bit of me was expecting another blindside on the ride. It is good, honestly, to be here, underground, where I hope no

free space and Sinclair and I quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of the car. The other car pulls up next

the move.

underground?” I ask,

“for safety. Though there are some living quarters that peek out into

we deem it

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

and our two guards through

grimace when I see that the entire structure is very military As we walk through

into some rooms we pass and note that the walls, floor, and

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