Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 364: Assault

Ella

As the startled men hurry out of the conference room, Henry turns to Cora and I, looking at us with a grim expression as we stare at him in terror.

“I have made a grave miscalculation,” he informs us with a steady, regretful nod. “I am sorry, girls – I have failed you – ”

“Wha- what?” I gasp, holding my baby tight. “Henry – what are you talking about?”

“It was a trap,” he says, looking towards the door, where we can still hear the banging – increased in pace now – as well as shouts, the beginning of screams –

“A trap?” Cora asks, turning towards the door herself.

“They knew,” he says, and I’m still staring at Henry as he shakes his head. “They must followed us back here after the sewer and then bided their time, waiting for the bulk of our forces – and our most powerful wolves – to leave before they attacked. Damn it!” he shouts, slamming a frustrated hand against the arm of his chair. “I was a fool, to leave you and the child unguarded!”

“Oh my god,” I whisper, my voice trembling as I try to wrack my brain for something – anything to do next –

“Come,” Henry says, pulling himself together and rolling quickly to the corner of the room. There, he points to the edge of the carpet. “Cora,” he orders. “Pull that up.”

Cora does as he says, instantly falling to her knees and digging her hands into the corner of the carpet, getting her fingers beneath and pulling as hard as she can. I can’t help my surprise when I see what is revealed when she pulls enough of it back.

A trap door.

“Open it,” Henry snaps, and Cora does so, lifting the little latch and swinging the door up to reveal a very thin winding staircase that leads down, down, down.

to us and nodding

my head. ” We can’t leave

hallway, making me jump. And then my face drops in horror as I hear

my arm and shoving me towards the passage. “Go down. Keep going. At the bottom is a tunnel, and at the end of it, a car. God willing it is in good repair. You must run as far

what happened as soon as you are out. But

sighs, and puts his head in his hands, and I can see his shoulders shaking. “There’s not enough

breath comes faster as I

right,” I say, nodding to Cora and then swooping down to kiss Henry on the cheek. “Henry, we

eyes only on Rafe now, who squalls unhappily in my arms at all the noise. “Take the baby – take

are moving, my heart wrenching to leave him – to

quickly after, reaching out to hand her the phone so that she can light our way and the baby carrier so I can balance Rafe more safely in

the door snaps shut above me,

“Ella please – come we have

all we have to do next. We have to

and look determinedly

nods to me once, and then she starts again down

Sinclair

to unload themselves from the cars. We’ve arrived at our

aware that this is

can begin to access unseen the roads closest to Xavier’s stronghold. But still, if I never went in another sewer for the rest of

say, glancing at my phone, where I’ve been keeping in touch with my father. “Apparently they’re

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