The Dog Hole: Chapter 1 -- Everyone's Got To Eat
Bebe visibly recoiled at the name, and there was a palpable tension in the air from everyone else as the out-of-touch driver turned and exited. her tail wasn't even all white.
[Teaser] By Duskfall
tension grew as they waited for something to happen as five minutes passed in silence when a burst of static came across the ship's speakers, making everyone jump. "what was that?" "the comms!" audie announced as she fidgeted with her controls.
Importance, One of Five
You'd win every time, because you know when to tighten that adds tension. it kept me grounded, kept me alive in this existence. and you soften it down, and i feel it too. you made me feel like i deserve it.
Voided Traveller: Chapter 7
Silence reigned court in the cave, the tension thick. "you are of great wit, fledgling. i shall humour you. what else do you want, apart from my cease?" the creature asked. "amethysts, for use against an overvoided."
Peculiar...
Physical addiction my history unwritten, the story not worth another glance i buried my resolve, & looked away from any second chance still, as my focus became more-so a handout to hear a mention my body relaxed didn't match my minds increasing tension
Sebastian Grows Big
Otherwise his entire frame looked strained, as if he was under pressure like a living bridge pillar, all the tightly wound tension originating within himself as his muscles were ready to tear themselves apart and free from his bones.
Ferrets can’t rig. Badgers can’t pull
Then, after we got the first cable pulled through and partially tensioned--it was one of the two incher main cables--the badgers were jumping on it.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 13
Strong soul could feel the tension through all of them and it pressed at the back of her head.
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 1
Meriah took the master's relaxation as invitation to her own relaxation and the tension in the room seemed to flow out of it as she began to tell him about her hunting during the night.
Things That Hop
"but if you want to get into a deep, philosophical debate about the nature of predator/prey tension, i suggest we do it later ... " "that is probably prudent. i am sorry for ... initiating such talk." a pause.
Ferrets can’t rig. Badgers can’t pull.
Then, after we got the first cable pulled through and partially tensioned--it was one of the two incher main cables--the badgers were jumping on it.
Alpha, England's Otter Assassin
tensions among all the nobles were getting particularly high, and if something wasn't done about the situation soon it would come to far more than one aristocrat family fighting another in the shadows. a war was brewing, and everyone knew it.