"'We've had enough of headlines,' Dr. John Falconer told reporters. 'What we want — what we pray for — is just to get back to normal"' (Chapter 1, p. 1-2).

"How could a pudgy middle-aged guy intimidate her after she'd faced a killer" (Chapter 2, p. 4).

"Meg struggled for a moment before her body went limp, and she sagged in her attacker's arms" (Chapter 3, p. 17).

"An ordinary eleven-year-old-girl would have fallen to pieces, but Meg was hardly ordinary" (Chapter 5, pt. 25).

"Meg paced the room like a penned animal" (Chapter 7, p. 38).

"He'd memorized every late-show science fiction movie word-for-word" (Chapter 9, p. 49).

"She bit her lip. If only Aiden were here to make fun of her" (Chapter 10, p. 52).

"She didn't delude herself - in the next thirty seconds, she would be caught. So this precious half-minute of freedom had to count" (Chapter 11, p. 61).

"His appearance in the student common area...