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 head
rest of
into the
when the car slows down and Sinclair sits up in his
that lets me know that we’ve arrived
anywhere.
–
end 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
ask, looking around at the
ceiling of the car, one of the buttons usually reserved for a garage door opener. And then my mouth drops
eyes going wide as I stare into it. “That is so
corrects, shooting me a little
it’s impressive,” I continue as we drive into the entrance and start to drive down a steep incline into the earth. “But if
the window to hide
and looks around in wonder at the sudden change of color,
like a large underground car park. There are a few more cars already down here, but the light layer of dust on them suggests that they
waiting for that but, perhaps a little bit of me was expecting another blindside on the ride. It is good, honestly, to be
and I quickly unbuckle our seatbelts and prepare to get out of the car.
the move.
it all underground?” I ask,
“for safety. Though there are
we deem
as I back out of the cat and shut the
guards through the entry
that the entire structure is very military As
some rooms we pass and note that the walls, floor,
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