LILY'S POV
"They found the hotel."
I was still half asleep when Mason said it. The kind of half asleep where you hear words but your brain takes a second to arrange them into meaning.
Then they arranged.
I sat up.
"How long do we have."
"Owen called ten minutes ago. Three vehicles. Moving fast." He was already dressed and already packed. The careful controlled efficiency of a man who had been woken by bad news before and knew exactly what to do with his body while his mind caught up. "Fifteen minutes. Maybe less."
"The Covenant."
"Tyler's people. Advance team most likely." He looked at me. "The Covenant doesn't send advance teams. They arrive."
I was on my feet before he finished. It was jeans. Boots. The jacket Harper had left folded on the chair last night because Harper thought
