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 head back

then no one says another word for the rest

into

down and Sinclair

me know that we’ve arrived

anywhere.

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 all know

looking around

the car, one of the buttons usually reserved for a garage door opener. And then my

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

shooting

as we drive into the entrance and start to drive down a steep incline into the earth. “But

little mate,” Sinclair murmurs, turning to the window to hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat out not

a hand on Rafe, who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at the sudden change of color, “so imagine what I would have done if he was trying

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 on them suggests that

suddenly quite safe, if just for the moment. I hadn’t realized that I was waiting for that but, perhaps a

quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of the

the move.

it all underground?”

Though there are some living quarters that peek out

deem it safe to use

as I back out of the cat and

and our two guards through the entry that

I see that the entire structure is

that the walls, floor, and

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