Chapter 96: Don't wait up.

Mason pressed the phone to his ear and peered into the reflection on his sunglasses. The women in the backseat squinted, as if they hadn't seen light in ages. It was almost a painfully bright, sunny day. Not a cloud in sight. A warm sea breeze carried the smell of brine inland. If they'd still been vacationing, it would have been the perfect day on the beach.

"You were supposed to be back already." Zain's voice through the phone snapped Mason out of that line of thought.

"Change of plans. We staged a little rescue. No loose ends." At least not until someone went looking for the hotel owner and found him dead. But that was a problem they couldn't worry about now.

"What?"

"Just letting you know not to wait up. I'll call you after we meet with Abraham."

Zain muttered a curse, no doubt not a fan of being the last to know a plan had changed. "Hurry. Something's happening."

"Hannah?"

"I don't know."

"What's going on?"