“I certainly hadn't expected to walk away from today's trip with joint custody of a miniature dragon.”
“I hadn't expected to be kidnapped today or I'd have worn something more conservative.”
“Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be”
“i walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't expect to arrive.”
“Somehow she felt hollow, as though her heart was wrenched away from her. She didn't realize it. She hadn't expected it. She loved Fallon.”
“The war was just a mile or so away, and I wondered at my simply walking to it, as I might walk to the market or to school. Today I will walk to the war.”