A Legendary Tail: Part One
"and the spell perfectly created you from nothing just as it did for all the numbers you may have encountered on your way here, and then the confused sam made up false pretenses
Maxwell 2
And so it went, the two friends using the pretense pleasantly enough until kasey swooped in with two huge platters of food.
Everwinter Ch32: Cost of Hunger
In seconds flat any pretense of anger dropped while he inched back and his tail dropped. "insane, right?" talwin whispered and looked back at clyde's now mystified expression. clyde remained silent and stared through talwin as if frozen in place.
Plain-walker: Chapter 1
The title page said, '_individuals suspected and executed under pretense of treacherous lineage by inheritance of the curse of cold-fire_.' and at the end, the name freshly marked..." ruik shook his head. "oh no..." gurdan nodded.
MHO - The Cult of the Crimson Isles - Chapter 21
"but i and the others led you here under false pretenses, knowing that bastard was going to... 'assess' you for 'demonic taint', ironically," he explained, then shook his head. "if there is anything i can do to make it up to you..."
CARDBOARD 1
"i feel like i wind up babysitting you just as a pretense for you to hang out." lockely gave the kitten a pat on the head. "would that be such a terrible thing?" zeelo asked.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book V Chapter 11
"that's enough" she said spinning around, making her way alongside the rows of statues, her swaying hips displaying pretenses of a bored, strong character, that got tired of listening to obvious comments the front of her body however showed something entirely
Cold-Hearted: Part 8
"you know, mom," i spat angrily, giving up on any pretense of calm, "most people are given stuffed animals because they want it to mean something, and they want to make the person they're giving it to feel better.
Healing for a Spell
Celestia looked on in confusion as the humans dropped everything, even the pretense of giving her a royal audience. she turned to her student, whom was the only one remaining in the room. "twilight, what is going on here?" she asked.
A Tail of Two Peoples - The Lords of Parai
And i'm guessing that, despite malis's pretensions to the contrary here, your friends are quite gone aren't they?" "yes," kar'na smirked.
A Lamb Among Wolves Ch:10
Thus he had begun trading with the clan under the pretense of learning about them. very quickly, he had managed to work his way up to meeting safely with the leader of the redclaw tribe.
Sieg and Marien - A Basitin Love Story - Part 20 - Dark Offers
He knows he's starting a war on false pretenses." turning to his drinks table, kent poured himself a half full glass of rum. as he took a sip he looked back up at the portrait. "but what about the chariots... what do they get out of all this?"