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 head back against the leather of my

another word for the rest of the hour-long ride away

deep into

slows down and Sinclair sits up in

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

anywhere.

past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride and Rafe let us all know that he was not

looking around

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

I murmur, my eyes going wide as

shooting me

into the entrance and start to drive down a steep incline into the earth. “But if you’re

hide

stops screeching and looks around in wonder at the sudden change of color, “so imagine what I would have

laughs but otherwise we don’t say anything else as the car drives a long way down the tunnel before the passage opens out into a wide space, like a large underground car park. There are a few more cars

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

into the next free space and Sinclair and I quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of the car. The other

the move.

it all underground?”

safety. Though there are some living

deem it safe

carrier with me as I back out of the cat and shut the

two guards

structure is very military As we walk through the hallway

note that the walls, floor, and ceiling of all

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