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.”

my eyes and resting my head back against the leather of my seat.

no one says another word for the rest of the hour-long ride away from the city and

deep into

and Sinclair sits up in his

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

anywhere.

–

he says as the car comes to the end of what is basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride

at the trees on every side.

of 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

murmur, my eyes going wide as I stare into it. “That

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting me a little smirk.

I continue as we drive into the entrance and start to drive down a steep incline into

turning to the window to hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat out not

at the sudden change of color, “so imagine what I would have done if he was trying

down the tunnel before the passage opens out into a wide space, like a large underground car park. There are

waiting for that but, perhaps a little bit of me was expecting another blindside on the ride. It is good,

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

the move.

underground?” I

of it,” Sinclair replies, “for safety. Though there are some living quarters that peek

if we deem it safe to use

Rafe’s carrier with me as I

and our two guards through the entry that

the entire structure is very military As we walk through

and note that the walls, floor, and

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