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.”

and resting my head back against

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

into

and Sinclair sits up in

way that lets me know that we’ve arrived because

anywhere.

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

I ask, looking around at

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

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

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting

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

turning to the window to hide his smirk, “who

a hand on Rafe, who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at

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

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

seatbelts and prepare to get out of the car. The other car pulls up next to us and I see Sinclair’s

the move.

underground?” I ask,

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

forest, if we deem it safe to

carrier with me as I back

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

is

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

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