The desert station had become a tomb of waiting.
Three days had passed since the attack on the Shadow's Lair. Three days of hiding, healing, and watching. The team was exhausted, their bodies pushed to the breaking point, their minds clouded with fatigue. But they couldn't stop. Not now. Not when they were so close.
"We need to find the inner circle," Axel said, his voice flat. "They're still out there. And they won't stop until we're dead."
"They've gone underground," Flint said. "They're regrouping, planning their next move. But I know where they're hiding."
Axel's eyes narrowed. "Where?"
"There's a facility in the mountains. It's called the Survivor's Refuge. It's where the Covenant's inner circle goes when they need to disappear."
"How do we get in?"
"You don't." Flint's voice w
