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

no one says another word for the rest of

into

the car slows down and Sinclair sits up in his seat, looking

that lets me know that we’ve arrived because really,

anywhere.

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 and Rafe let us

I ask, looking around at the trees

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

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

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting me a

it’s impressive,” I continue as we drive into the entrance and start to drive down a

my little mate,” Sinclair murmurs, turning to the window to hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat

who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at

long way down the tunnel before the passage opens out into a wide space, like a large

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

to get

the move.

it all underground?” I ask, looking

Sinclair replies, “for safety. Though there

we deem it

as I back out of the

and our two guards through the

I see that the entire structure is very

into some rooms we pass and note that the walls,

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