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

rest of the hour-long ride away from the

deep into

down and Sinclair sits up in his

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

anywhere.

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

ask, looking around at the trees on

door opener. And then my mouth drops open as, in front of us, the earth just…opens, sliding upwards like the jaws

eyes going wide as I stare into it.

Sinclair corrects, shooting me

it’s impressive,” I continue as we drive into the entrance and start to drive down a steep incline into the earth. “But if

turning to the window to hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat

putting a hand on Rafe, who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at the sudden change of color, “so imagine what I would have

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 already down here, but the light layer of dust on

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

us into the next free space and Sinclair and I quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get

the move.

underground?”

“for safety. Though there are some living quarters that peek

forest, if we deem it

as I back out of the cat and

and our two guards through the entry that leads

the entire structure is very military As we

that the walls,

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