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.”

eyes and resting my

then no one says another word for the rest of the

deep into the

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

know that we’ve arrived because

anywhere.

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

looking around at the trees

nods to 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 drops open as, in front of us, the earth just…opens,

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

Sinclair corrects, shooting

drive into the entrance and start to drive down

hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat out not

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

out into a wide space, like a large underground

I was waiting for that but, perhaps a little bit of me was expecting another blindside on the ride. It is good, honestly, to

quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of

the move.

underground?” I

Though there

deem

I lift Rafe’s carrier with me as I back out

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

entire structure is very military As we walk through

some rooms we pass and note that the

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