Page 60 of Artemis' Bow
“Probably not. Look.” Raven points at a car spun out on the side of the road not far away.
“This is Phoenix in the spring. No wonder people are freaking out. I bet most have never seen this amount of snow in the city,” Jayden says.
Sirens blare and Jayden stops the SUV so the fire truck can pass us to go to whatever emergency they are heading to. “They are probably beyond busy today with all the madness.”
“Hold on. Turn the radio up,” Adrian calls from the back.
“We are on day three of this unprecedented snowstorm that’s battering the citizens of Phoenix,” the radio host says. “There was no warning, not even the Doppler saw this coming.”
“That’s not entirely true,” another host corrects. “When the sun continued to shine for days at a time, scientists began to theorize that something happened to the moon and strange weather patterns could happen as a result.”
“But what could have happened to the moon?” the woman asks, aghast.
“That’s the strange part. They can’t even find it in space. It’s as if it just up and vanished. There were no meteors or asteroids in the vicinity prior to the moon’s disappearance that could have destroyed it either. No debris, no nothing to solve the mystery of what’s happening here.”
“There are extreme weather anomalies happening across the globe. Part of Canada is flooded and having an extreme heat wave which is melting the polar ice caps, thus the flooding. South America is frozen much like we are here in Phoenix. It’s a disaster.”
“Shit. How long do we have before we can’t fix this? The world is in deep trouble.” I scan the city again with new eyes.
They really must think the apocalypse is coming. It very well could be coming.
“Turn here.” Greyson points to the next left.
A man darts out into the street in front of us, carrying a huge box with a TV on the side, and Jayden has to slam on the brakes. The SUV fishtails for a second before Jayden gets it back under control and I huff out a relieved breath.
“People are fucking crazy. Maybe let’s drive slower. At least then we don’t have to slam on the brakes.” I tighten my grip on the handle above my head.
“We’re almost there,” Greyson says.
“Thank fuck for that,” Raven grumbles. “I need out of this car.”
“One problem with that. None of us dressed for a blizzard and I don’t have anything warm so we will probably have to stay inside.” I glance up at the ominous dark clouds.
“Hopefully they have power in this shifter hotel,” Thad says. “That stoplight is completely off.”
I glance at the stoplight in question and scan the rest of the buildings. They are all dark. The blizzard must have knocked out the power in the area. People can’t survive long in the snowwithout heat and especially in a place like Phoenix that never gets seriously cold.
“Why does it always have to get increasingly worse?” I groan.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure they have a backup generator at the hotel to keep the lights on. My pack has the same so that we aren’t completely reliant on the power grid in case of emergencies.” Greyson pats my shoulder.
“If not, I’ll keep you warm.” Jayden grins, winking at me.
“That was cheesy even for you,” I say as we pull into the circular drive for valet parking.
“Where is everyone?” Raven scans the area.
“Probably staying inside. Look, the hotel has power when everything else is dark.” I point through the glass doors.
We all get out of the vehicle, on guard in case something jumps out at us, but nothing does as we stride through the automatic doors. The icy chill thaws a little as we walk into the warm lobby. The place is devoid of life except for a lone figure sitting at the bar.
Tristan nods as we approach. “You guys have something to do with this? Why are my people always in some kind of trouble when you show up?”
“Just lucky, I guess.” I shrug. “We didn’t do this, but we are planning to stop it.”
“What’s going on? Why is my city under a blanket of snow?” Tristan raises a brow.
“We can’t tell you too much,” Greyson says.
