Chapter 13 Emergency Outside

• "We need to step outside on the terrace and look at the main avenue before the fog rolls in completely," Aurelia says, pulling a heavy wool sweater over her shoulders as she glances toward the floor-to-ceiling glass.
• Thaddeus looks up from the small desk where he is tying his boots, his dark eyes locking onto hers with immediate intensity. "The wind out there is freezing right now, and the security rails are slick from the rain."
• "I am not planning on falling," she replies, walking over to him and resting her hand on his broad shoulder. "I want to see what is happening to the corporate towers across the river. If Vance's main offices lost backup power during the surge, his entire network is operating blind."