LILY'S POV
"You're already here."
"I said I would be."
"I didn't think you meant literally on the doorstep at four fifty eight."
"Four fifty eight is before five." Mason handed me a cup of coffee without being asked. "Owen made it."
"Owen made it at four fifty eight."
"Owen made it at four thirty. He said the first pot was for calibration and this is the second pot."
"What does calibration mean in this context."
"I didn't ask."
I wrapped both hands around the mug and looked out at the Ashford courtyard. The kind of dark that comes just before the sky starts deciding what it wants to do. Cold enough that my breath showed and the ground had that particular.
The fire in the stone pit was already lit.
Sable's pack didn't sleep in.
"Where's Harper," I said.
"Behind you," Harper sai
