The Mystical Attraction of Alpha

Chapter 333

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.”

resting my head

then no one says another word for the rest of the hour-long ride

deep into the

surprised when the car slows down and

know that we’ve arrived because really, it

anywhere.

–

basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride and Rafe let us all know that he was

it…where?” I ask, looking around at the

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, sliding upwards like the jaws of some

my eyes going wide

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting me

into the entrance and start to drive down a steep

murmurs, turning to the window to hide

looks around in wonder at the sudden change

else as the car drives a long way down the tunnel before the passage opens out into a wide space, like a large underground

out another inhale of breath, feeling suddenly quite safe, if just for the moment. 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

to get out of the car. The other car

the move.

all underground?” I ask,

safety. Though there are some living

we deem it safe

understanding, and I lift Rafe’s carrier with me as I back out of

two guards through the entry that leads

grimace when I see that the entire structure is very military As we walk through

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

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