Chapter 7 Secrets In The Heat/Cold

• "If we stay in the master suite, we are going to suffocate before the weekend is over," Aurelia says, her voice quiet as she pulls a light blanket around her shoulders and sits up on the edge of the bed.
• Thaddeus reaches over, his hand brushing against her bare arm as he sits up beside her in the dark. "The cooling system is entirely dependent on the central grid, and without air circulation, this floor is holding all the trapped heat from the afternoon sun."
• "We need to move into the smaller study downstairs," she suggests, standing up and letting the blanket pool around her waist for a brief second before slipping back into her clothes. "It faces north, it has better cross-ventilation from the balcony doors, and we can close off the rest of the penthouse to conserve whatever air is moving."