Embers of Dawn: Chapter 10: Second Chances
His eyes tracked the movement of the waitress across the room instead, the same dusky, feathered gryphoness who had passed three times now with no pretense of subtlety.
Housewarming
His fingers moved quickly through the touch screens, and the look on his face, as far as the young tiger could ascertain, was more a pretense of a mask than anything else. the freshman stood rooted to the spot, unsure quite what to do.
The Best Test
The suit, though phillipe now suspected its test was a pretense, was holding up marvelously. it was like being swaddled in a warm spring roll wrap.
Sacrifices: Accusations
With me, so the guards don't shoot the both of you on pretenses." lyalla turns tail---literally, the sand-colored thing flicks in the air sharply as she does so---and starts marching to the north, expecting the two to follow.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book X Chapter 19
Hunter gasped faintly in awe, seeing hope for the very first time dropping her pretenses of sexuality and allure, showing herself in her intimidating form to him.
Honour
It still smelled the same as the last time he was there, it smelled of death, treachery and pretension. "the king is in the throne room," his guide informed him. "i know. i'm going to the dungeon."
The Secret Life of Joseph Davidson
He was a proud briton who would save his friends, his countrymen, even total strangers for the sake of not his own good, not for the pretense of british heroism, but for the cause of decency and good will.
Dragoon the Magnificent
The king would have struck her down without even a pretense of a trial. then all eyes looked to the old figure of dragoon still standing in the middle of the courtyard.
All's Fair - Part 8
He took a half-step away, and i followed under the pretense of looking at the shirts farther down the rack, holding my breath. he spoke much more quietly when he finally decided to go on. "my dad left before i was born.
Dunescape
The siblings light hearted pretense was merely a tool in their vast arsenal, used to repress the scourges of the past and make life bearable.
Path to Power: The Fallen Knight II
The greatest enigma of life was the lack of empathy i had among forsaken children; i wanted to believe there was more, that i could fill this husk with more than pretense.
A Failed Duty - Chapter 6
I started and stopped my next sentence several times, never speaking, until i gave up any pretense and just confessed, "if you weren't a part of my life, i wouldn't have had anyone." he stared at me for a long while.