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 against

the rest of the hour-long ride away from

deep into

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

we’ve arrived because really, it doesn’t look like

anywhere.

trail honestly, the past five minutes have

ask, looking around at the trees

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, sliding upwards like

eyes going wide as I stare into it.

Sinclair corrects, shooting me a little

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

hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat out

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

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 already down here, but

I hadn’t 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,

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

the move.

underground?” I ask, looking

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

we deem

and I lift Rafe’s carrier with me as I back out of the cat and shut the

and our two guards

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

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

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