Eye of the Storm (2012)
“Only the tiniest bit of kitchen light creeps in, and even with the door open, all the sounds from outside get swallowed up by this space.
I set my DataSlate on the edge of the huge mahogany desk and look out to the kitchen clock. It’s midnight, and I don’t know when Remi usually wakes to nurse. Will Mirielle bring her to the kitchen? Just in case, I press a button—no need for a fingerprint scan on the inside—and watch the cold steel door slide closed. The kitchen light snuffs out, but a power switch glows next to the door.
I flick it on. Overhead lights glimmer, and flat screens flicker to life on every wall.
The screen to my left shows real-time images of a row of satellites. Eight of them. I step closer. Are those solar panels attached? Underneath each image is a display panel with numbers, all gradually climbing. They are labeled in kilowatts. I reach out to touch one of the panels, and a new window emerges from the center of the screen.
It’s full of constantly changing numbers.
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