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

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

deep into the

little surprised when the car slows down and Sinclair sits up in his seat, looking around in a

that lets me know that we’ve arrived because

anywhere.

–

basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes have been a

it…where?” I ask, looking around at the trees on every

button on the ceiling of the car, one of the buttons usually reserved for a garage door opener. And then my mouth drops open as, in front of

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

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting me a

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

Sinclair murmurs, turning to the window to hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat out not two hours ago.”

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

a large underground car park. There are

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 be here, underground, where I hope

unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of the car. The other car pulls up next to

the move.

underground?” I ask, looking

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

forest, if we deem it safe to

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

my mate and our two guards through the entry that leads to the bunker itself

that the entire structure is very military As we walk through

that the walls, floor, and ceiling of all of them

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