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.”

resting my head back against the leather of my

the rest of the hour-long ride away from the city

into the

down and Sinclair

that we’ve arrived because really, it doesn’t

anywhere.

–

a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes have been a very uncomfortable ride

looking around at the trees

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

wide as I stare

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting me a little

the entrance and start to drive down a steep incline into the

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

wonder at the sudden change of

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

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 move.

underground?” I ask, looking around.

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

it

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

two guards through the entry

that the entire structure is

that the walls, floor, and ceiling of all of

are made with shining metal What sparse furniture there is

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