"She spent several hours preparing for her meeting with Harlequin and left the house in good time, in order to make her first gala promenade through the streets of Moscow without hurrying and give the city a chance to admire its new inhabitant."
"Sofia makes her way quickly along the wall and past the stairs, until she reaches a narrow closet door."
"Winter, two a.m., and a Santa Ana wind was scouring Los Angeles."
"During advisory at the end of the day, while Mr. Mater drones on about a student council food drive and tryouts for the upcoming musical, I count three news teams on the school’s front lawn, waiting to ambush me the second I walk out the doors."
