Children of the American Dream
"the cops are already here," she said sternly, losing all pretense of courtesy. "to clarify, i said i was_born_japanese, but i was raised here in the us of a, same as the rest of you.
The Lion
"i didn't send you on false pretenses, ms. may. your mission was, and is, precisely as described. you're the best woman for the job." "but the rewa-tahi is special, somehow," she judged. hatfield had hinted along those lines in passing.
Everwinter Ch40: Abyss of Corruption
The entity must have noticed as it suddenly dropped any pretense and leaped into action. it sprinted up stairs, bolted onto scaffolding, and raced upward to reach the blimp.
Brave New Realm: The Trials
Be much easier if he could just drop the pretense, but... no. strange as it might sound, he wasn't that comfortable as who he was born as. easy enough to see why though. martigan had insisted on changing names and identities as many times as possible.
The Family Vulpes Chp5
"the fact that i had to lure you in here under the partially false pretense of work-related business shows how much our friendship has sort of...deteriorated." "row, you know you are s-still-."
Unwind
Her claws were cutting ridges into the finish of the bar as i at last forced her to drop all pretense. "let's... go somewhere else." "oh, so soon?" i asked, feigning obliviousness as best i could. "i still don't know your name.
Pokémon Battle Simulator
Under pretense of reminiscing, he turned away in the direction of the metagross. for reasons he couldn't explain, he felt embarrassed. was it because he enjoyed it so much?
Blood Runs Thicker Than Water
While dexter went up the stairwell without the pretense of being sneaky. miles' shows would've been done by now, and he knew that going up these stairs at this time meant lunch. he did so with the sd card in its encasement clasped between his hands.
Corner of the Sky (M to Anthro Dragon TF)
The tone in his voice shifted to a sour-sweet saccharine as if all pretenses had fallen to the wayside. arthur's stomach churned. "here's the truth.
A Lamb Among Wolves Ch:51
Unlike melanie, the pretense of teasing gus had quickly dropped in favor of actual curiosity. vernon rarely pressed his friend on his romantic life.
Jackie-The-Junior Shopping-and-Truth
I even considered invading her privacy on the pretense of that.' ms. henderson stretches her arms and tail, then checks her watch. 'i understand, not live with these instincts all of life, just got year ago.
Hurricane Kim Chapter 24
Dumping her on the ground, his tail wound around her as he trotted back to us to deliver her to the officers that had given up any pretense of caring further about what i had to say on the matter of yesterday after this new assault on civility.