Chapter the Eighth: Sojourn
hard truths meanwhile had been slowly sinking into his addled mind. his mother was dead, his father wounded, and he a captive in a camp of strange, savage warriors. a captive, he thought? maybe he was not exactly a captive.
Not all Angels Fly on Feathered Wings
I prepared myself to look down at the deep-blue eyes of that little soul, and tell her the cold, hard truth.
Black Magic - Chapter Two: On The Job
Edward knew that what i was saying was the cold, hard truth. there wasn't a way that i knew on this green earth to get rid of this monster; not short of destroying the building and leaving the land to sit empty for a hundred years anyway.
Eudaemon III: Rebirth / Act IV, Part 7
Sure, it wasn't like winning a game, or winning a prize... but the cold, hard truth of it was that there was.
In a Shadow's Embrace
That was the cold hard truth of the situation. but even then, to know that cynder had done so... my gaze lowered as i felt a genuine feeling of shock come over me. "but...you still killed someone..."
Red Twilight the Weaver promotional copy
The hard truth of such tactics being that the most time-tested method for opposing evil, violent people, has always seemingly been good people better trained in violence.