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

rest of the hour-long

deep into

the car slows down and Sinclair sits up in his seat, looking

me know that we’ve arrived because really, it doesn’t look

anywhere.

honestly, the past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride and

looking around at the trees on every

garage door opener. And then my mouth drops open as, in

wide

shooting me a little

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

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

who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at the

way down the tunnel before the passage opens out into a wide space, like a large underground car park. There are a few

was waiting for that but, perhaps a little bit of me was expecting another blindside on the ride.

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

the move.

underground?” I ask, looking

“for safety. Though there are some living quarters that

deem it safe

and I lift Rafe’s carrier with me as I

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

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

some rooms we pass and note that the walls, floor, and ceiling of all of them and

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