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Chapter One
     
    Hailey Dylan swiped her forearm over her brow. It was sweltering outside, and it only seemed to be getting hotter. Sweat beaded on her brow and dribbled down into her eyes. She blinked rapidly, trying to get the sting out.
    She’d never felt so gross in her entire life. A shower would be in order the first chance she got. That wouldn’t be anytime soon though. She had work to do. The world was depending on her and her team to come up with answers.
    Inhaling sharply, she glanced around. Steam billowed out of the rocky terrain, and lava flowed through a chute to her left. The scary thing was, it wasn’t much cooler outside of the volcano. There was a twenty-degree difference, which was a lot, yes, but when the temperatures were well over one hundred and unsafe for humans it didn’t matter anymore.
    She shuddered thinking of the poor souls who lived in the Southern United States. If it was this hot in Alaska of all places, how hot was it there? Were they even alive? Shelters were being set up all over the world to help relieve people from the heat. The power grids were straining to keep up with the over abundance of power required and people were forced to seek shelter underground. The world had turned into a dangerous, unlivable place overnight it seemed.
    She’d already been out in the heat entirely too wrong, but the Earth was in trouble, and it was her job to figure out a solution. If she didn’t, well, she didn’t want to think about that. The temperature, the environment, if her and the other scientists around the globe didn’t figure it out, the Earth would be gone in a few short weeks. Well, not the Earth, just all the living creatures.
    Her parents and brother were here in Alaska working alongside her. She was thankful in the chaos that they were all close. But with catastrophic temperatures looming, the family had no choice but to divide the work between them and split up. She was exhausted but refused to stop until she had a solution. failure was not an option. They would find a way. They had to.
    Hailey sighed taking a sip of water. The luke warm liquid slid down her parched throat and she peered around again. She had to be missing something. All of her research suggested that this area was the epicenter of the event. It wasn’t the hottest point on Earth by any means, but her machines had gone haywire when she’d tried to dig a little deeper. Hence why she was braving the stifling weather to check it out personally. The volcano she was in showed no signs that it was going to erupt, yet the activity here was abnormal. It baffled her. She’d never seen anything like it.
    The only way to get a better understanding would be to take some soil samples. Maybe there was something in the ground or the environment that was causing it. Whatever it was, the sooner she figured it out the better. She crouched down and dropped her sack on the rocks. Once she finished up here she could head back up to the surface and enjoy the balmy eighty degrees of her trailer. A few months ago, she’d have been complaining that was too hot. Not today. Not after being out in the hundred-and-twelve degree heat for a few hours.
    She took another sip of her water and shook the bottle. Damn, she was almost out. Looks like conserving the last of her water was a top priority. A hot spring was on her way back, but the gases from it would kill her. She’d have to make due.
    Hailey sucked in a deep breath and dug through her pack before hauling out her kit. She set to work digging and collecting her samples, all the while thinking cool thoughts. An ice bath would feel amazing right now. Perhaps she’d do that when she returned to the trailer. She could empty out the ice trays and fill the tub with cold water. Smiling at her silliness, she screwed the caps back on her vials and stood up.
    A wave of nausea and dizziness struck her, causing her to double over. She gulped in a breath of air as she stumbled and fell on the