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.”

say, closing my eyes and resting my

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

into

slows down and Sinclair sits up

we’ve arrived because really, it

anywhere.

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 all know that he

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,

my god,” I murmur, my eyes going wide as I stare

corrects, shooting

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

to hide his smirk, “who

Rafe, who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at the sudden change of color, “so imagine

the passage opens out into a wide space, like a large underground car park. There

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

pulls us into the next free space and Sinclair and I quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out

the move.

it all underground?”

Though there are some living quarters that

we deem

lift Rafe’s carrier with me as I back out

two guards through the entry

is very military As

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

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