Summary

In Chapter 105, the techs and Duncan are relieved when they learn that Nina programmed in a function in which the virus could be stopped within 30 minutes by supplying the proper password. They try a variety of guesses but nothing works. Duncan tells Alex he needs his phone, which he left outside the safe room.

In Chapter 106, inside the basement of the cabin, Bach realizes that Marines have surrounded the cabin. Like her mother used to do when she spent nights with the soldiers, she puts her earbuds to her stomach and tells her baby to “listen only to the music” (432) She waits.

In Chapter 107, Alex and Duncan watch as Bach puts her rifle under her chin. When Duncan looks at the way she has her earbuds pressed to her stomach, he remembers singing to his daughter when she was still...