With the walls up, the apartment grew dark, no different from a basement. Evelyn Ford had to put an emergency lamp in the living room and keep it on twenty-four hours a day.
When she woke up the next day and opened her eyes, it was so dark she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. Only then did Evelyn Ford remember that she had completely sealed off the balcony glass. In the bedroom, she set up a desk lamp, and it lit up instantly after she connected it to a battery.
Evelyn Ford made herself some breakfast, turned on the radio, and put in a cassette. As a cheerful song began to play, she shut out all the commotion from the outside world, choosing not to see, hear, or acknowledge it.
Evelyn Ford knew in her heart that the snake swarms had already multiplied to an uncontrollable degree. Corinth was about to become an Inferno.
All she could do now was wait for that horrific acid rain. Only when it fell would there be any hope of wiping out the snakes.
