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.

for the rest

deep into the forest.

the car slows down and Sinclair sits

we’ve arrived

anywhere.

past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride

I ask, looking around at the trees 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 us, the earth just…opens, sliding upwards like the jaws of some great creature and revealing beneath

eyes going wide as I stare into it.

corrects, shooting me

into the entrance and start to drive down a steep

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

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

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

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 no one can find

to get out of the car.

the move.

it all underground?” I ask,

safety. Though there are some living

if we deem it safe to use

as I back out of the cat

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

when I see that the entire structure is very

we pass and note that the walls, floor, and ceiling of all of them

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