Snow in July: Reborn, I Own the Only Heat in the City
Nora spent her whole life doing what her mother told her. Be nice. Share everything. Don’t make trouble.
Then the snow came in July.
She ran home through the freezing streets, and her own mother locked the door on her. Nora knocked until her knuckles bled. Inside, her family ate hot food and her ex laughed at her sister’s jokes. She died on that porch, in a summer dress, with snow up to her knees.
Then she woke up. Ninety days before the freeze.
This time, she isn’t sharing anything.
Nora reopens the old thermal plant her father left behind, the only place in the city that can make heat when everything else dies. People laugh at her for it. Nobody’s laughing when the snow starts.
She isn’t alone. Dominic and his little girl are the first people who ever treated her like family. But something is off about him. His workers do whatever he says without question, and sometimes they slip and call him boss in front of her.
Who is he really?
And Nora isn’t the only one who remembers. Her best friend Sloane woke up too. She knows about the snow, and she wants that plant.
One woman wants to survive. The other wants to rule.
قراءة
Chapter: New jobBuzz buzzThe alarm rang, and I felt like ignoring it after feeling that my body was still numb, while still enjoying the warmth of my blankets.The thought of going to the plant that was at the end of the city made me tired for a second.‘Wait, what time is it?’ I asked myself as I rolled to the clock. The clock displayed 6:03.I shot off my bed and jumped into a shower. Before I could even try to dry my hair, I saw myself preparing breakfast and lunch.‘This can work,’ I was already choosing my favourite work suit I had bought to use in my mother's garden last year. Now, it'll work in my father's plant, no, my plant.‘Let's go, Nora, don't be late, I'll respond to messages on my way in a taxi to the plant.’ I told myself, since I couldn't check either my laptop or my phone for messages. In the next few minutes, I found myself sitting inside a taxi and I was ready to respond to any message I may have received from people who were interested.I opened my laptop and saw one notificat
آخر تحديث: 2026-10-24
Chapter: The keyI saw that it was pointless to stay there because that thing wasn't opening up. I went home and relaxed, checked my savings account and realized that my money wasn't really enough to start buying the supplies I needed to get ready for the winter.I deeply exhaled while thoughts filled up that I drowned in them for minutes.‘_See this my dear, it's one important thing you can have from me as your birthday present. And open that red box too._ʼ my Dad said as he gave me the presents. ‘It feels light,ʼ I said as I held the box, feeling its weight. ‘Yep, you are right. Open it up.ʼ He insisted. I opened the box and found another box that was locked with numbers 123 in front.‘What's this Dad?’ I asked out of curiosity. ‘Another present, this one is the special one.’ He said as he smiled. I really couldn't believe that he was giving me stupid boxes with nothing, just a pin combination, what did he actually think? That I was a safe cracker? I frowned but I tried to look at him, ‘Come on
آخر تحديث: 2026-10-23
Chapter: My Old man's company“Sloane?” I called out too loud; it was supposed to be a thought though, but it seems like she didn't care.“Oh hey Nora, long time no....” She waved her hand as she spoke but she couldn't finish.I narrowed my eyes as I thought that the incident had happened yesterday. I acted normal though, “Wait what, you saw me yesterday dammit.”“Oh almost forgot, hahaha,” she faked that laugh, I could tell by the way she laughed, it wasn't genuine.She looked suspicious too, I could feel it. I only shook my head and ignored what she was saying until she started the apology part after a moment of silence as I ignored her. “Nora, you are my best friend, I, I'm sorry about yesterday, I wasn't really on a date with him, he, he just kissed me you know?”I held out my hand to stop her bluff. I didn't even look at her, “That doesn't prove anything my friend, you kissed the man I loved but that's fine, I don't care, it happened, you can have him.”She narrowed her eyes, and I could feel the suspicion
آخر تحديث: 2026-10-21
Chapter: Death & RebirthThe sign above the pharmacy across the street still blinked 94°F, while it was freezing.I was sitting on my mother's porch in a red summer dress and flip flops. There was snow up to my ankles and it was all over my knees since I had sat there for more than an hour now. The worst part was that it was a July snow, instead of summer that we were used to. My toes had gone from burning from the heat we had earlier to nothing, and that scared me more than the summer burning did.'Don't fall asleep. Just keep knocking.' I told myself that and yeah, I did it. I knocked again and my knuckles left a pink smear on the wood.Inside, I had a humming heater and soft laughs and talks. With all that knocking for the whole hour, my own mother, not even a step Mom atleast. My own biological mother, Mrs Diane snow sat on a new sofa that I had bought for as her birthday present. Suddenly, I widened my eyes and my heart raced in relief when I heard footsteps near the door after I knocked. Stupid of me
آخر تحديث: 2026-10-21
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