#Chapter 333 – 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.”

say, closing my eyes and resting my head back against the leather of

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

into the

little surprised when the car slows down and Sinclair sits up in his seat, looking

that we’ve arrived because really,

anywhere.

basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five

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

my mouth drops open as, in front of us, the earth just…opens, sliding upwards like the jaws of some great creature and

murmur, my eyes going wide as I

cool,” Sinclair corrects, shooting me a little

start to drive

window to hide

around in wonder at the sudden change of color, “so imagine what I would have done if he was trying to

we don’t say anything else as the car drives a long way down the tunnel before the pa*sage 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

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

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

the move.

underground?” I

Though there are some living quarters

we deem it

me as I back

mate and our two guards through the entry that leads to the

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

we pa*s and note that the walls, floor, and ceiling of all of them and

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