#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.”

eyes and resting my head back against the leather of my

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

into the

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

me know that we’ve arrived because really, it

anywhere.

the end of what is basically a dirt trail honestly, the past five minutes have been

looking around at the trees on every

my mouth drops open as, in front

wide

Sinclair corrects, shooting me

as we drive into the entrance and start to drive down a steep incline into the earth.

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

putting a hand on Rafe, who stops screeching and looks around in wonder at

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

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 good, honestly, to be

pulls 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

the move.

underground?” I ask, looking

there are some living quarters that peek

if we deem

Rafe’s carrier with me as I back out of the cat and

our two guards through the entry that

see that the entire structure is very

pa*s and note that the walls, floor, and

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