Accidental Surrogate for Alpha

Chapter 334

#Chapter 334 – Underground

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.”

and resting my head back against

says another word for the rest of the hour-long ride away from

into the

Sinclair sits up in his seat, looking around in a

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

anywhere.

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

I 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 open as, in front of us, the earth just…opens, sliding upwards like the jaws of some great creature and revealing beneath it a metal tunnel filled with orange light.

wide as

Sinclair corrects, shooting me a little smirk.

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

window to hide his smirk, “who ripped someone’s throat out not two

around in wonder at the sudden change of color,

don’t 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 the light layer of dust on

perhaps a little bit of me was expecting another blindside on the ride. It is good, honestly, to be here, underground, where I hope no

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

the move.

it all underground?” I ask, looking around.

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

if we deem it safe to use

carrier with me as I back out of the cat and shut

through the entry that leads to the bunker

is very military As we walk

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

metal What sparse furniture there is in the rooms

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