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.”

closing my eyes and resting my head back

for the rest

deep into

and Sinclair sits up in his seat, looking

way that lets me know that we’ve arrived

anywhere.

what is basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes

I ask, looking around at the trees on every

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,

wide as I stare into

shooting me a

we drive into the entrance and start to drive down a

the window to hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat out not two

around in wonder at the sudden

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

waiting for that but, perhaps a little

to get out of the car. The other car pulls up next to us and I

the move.

underground?”

safety. Though there

forest, if we deem it safe to

with me as I back out of

follow my mate and our two guards

see that the entire structure is very

we pass and note that the walls, floor, and

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