Café Plaisir: Shadow of Eclipse: Chapter 4
There was a brief, tense standoff between the quadrupeds. "...fine." rain flower muttered, and backed up a couple paces. "i wanted to talk about what happened the other day, in my room." "okay..." cinnamon said, warily.
Battle for Hadleigh Chapter 5: Evacuation
The two came immediately to a standoff, eyes meeting eyes, neither one moving or making a sound. as luke's eyes came into focus, he could make out a reptilian form standing on the edge of the bed.
Slaves we are not.
Jumping over the barricade making sure the safety was off i rush the incoming solders by running diagonally through the middle of the standoff around enemy lines making sure to make every bullet count as i took steady aim on my targets and i squeeze the trigger
Kingdoms: Return to Avolon
But after a brief standoff, he lowered his hands and stopped baring his teeth. "there is no time for this," he said, "find the girl. she mustn't reach the enemy encampment.
Episode 10: Salvage
They sat in a standoff, each trying to read the other. neither was succeeding. the entire situation no hinged on what jayna did next, and she could feel the weight of it.
Shadows move in pairs
It was a standoff. neither of them moved for hours. finally, shadow broke the silence. "heh...gerald...i'm going to destroy you..." he murmured under his breath.
Inflate-a-Flammie
There was a tense standoff between the two of us in confusion. i didn't understand why she hadn't burst from the attack or at least started to deflate. seryn looked like she had just seen a ghost. but just then, seryn - of all things - started to laugh!
Wolfhair: Verity
The standoff resumed. during this whole time, aloca's black wolf companion remained standing on the sidelines, glaring mutely at the avian.
True Divinity
The standoff was getting nowhere, yet tension continued to elevate. the villagers surrounding stormy, even the ones who refused to speak up against them, had begun to look up at carlos and the deity.