“Before I disappear behind the door, I stop and turn around to look at him.”

“I can hear my steps echo as I follow him to the end of the hall. The door to the small closet under the steps is standing ajar. He closes the door and latches it.”

“Rebel Number Four" is waiting patiently by the door. I named him "Rebel Number Four," for he is the fourth of his kind I have given the name "Rebel." To many he may be just a hound dog, but to me he is a champion and a friend to the end.”

“She turned her painted blue eyes toward the assistant and said something in French before she left.”

“I stop to brace myself against the walls, which are painted with the fingerprints of family.”

“(The golden goose has died, my prince turned into a frog, the Kingdom is lost, everyone has turned into stone and I am locked in the tower)”

“I turned to see a young woman with bed hair, wearing a only a thin nightdress.”