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.”

I say, closing my eyes and resting my head back against the leather of my

then no one says another word for the rest of the

into the

a little surprised when the car slows down and Sinclair sits up in

know that we’ve arrived because

anywhere.

the past five minutes have

ask, looking around at the trees

the driver, who presses a button on the ceiling of the car, one of the buttons usually reserved for a garage door opener. And then my mouth

wide

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting me a

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

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

wonder at the sudden change of color, “so imagine what I would have done if he was trying to entomb

a large underground car park. There are a few more cars already down here, but the light layer of dust on them suggests

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,

and I quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of the car. The other car

the move.

it all underground?”

safety. Though there are some living quarters that peek

deem it safe

lift Rafe’s carrier with me as I back out of the cat and

I follow my mate and our two guards through the entry that leads

when I see that the entire structure is very military As we walk through the

we pass and note that the walls, floor, and

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