The next morning, the blizzard stopped. The gray, hazy mist dispersed, and a blood-red sun slowly rose. Evelyn Ford quickly took out her thermometer to check.
"Am I seeing things?"
Evelyn handed the thermometer to Ronan Kendrick. "What's the temperature?"
"Negative one degree."
The two exchanged a look. Evelyn took out a second thermometer, but the result was the same. The temperature hadn't changed; it was still negative one degree.
"The temperature is abnormal, and now there's a red sun. Something bad is about to happen."
Evelyn put on her overcoat and blew her whistle to summon everyone.
Evidently, everyone else had also noticed the rise in temperature. A few of the children were especially happy, even taking off their overcoats and hats.
"What a beautiful sun! It's so bright red, and it has a halo. Does this mean the extreme cold is about to end?"
"No way. In my experience, this probably means something even more terrifying is about to happen."
