Red City

He saw a girl named Sam. […] and Diamond Taylor is expected to arrive here in thirty minutes to cut the ribbon for the grand opening of the Winged Towers, the celebrated businesswoman’s iconic addition to Angel City’s skyline. He couldn’t read any of them yet, but he studied them all the same, puzzling over the strange diagrams of interlocking circles, the endless formulas, the shapes of sacred geometry. Sam stirs herself from the spell of dancing with Will, embarrassed by his rebuke that she has a job to do. He finally pauses, and she lies prostrate on the ground, broken and shaking.