A bunch of gangsters chasing after Byrne was always a hard pill to swallow.
A hard slap accompanied her words.
A hood went over her head, and she was flung across someone's shoulder hard enough to make her ribs flare with pain.
A status check on their relationship, the one he hadn't told her he couldn't have, because he was trapped into mating with a formerly sadistic psychopath-turned-human he was trying hard not to kill.
A tingle of alarm went through Rhyn, but his head was too heavy for him to process it. Instead, he focused hard on containing the power within him. When he felt he wouldn't explode, he looked around. Darkyn had claimed Kris's library and stood near a pane of windows overlooking the snowy Alps.
A'Ran absorbed her words, which fell hard upon his ears.
A'Ran said nothing, though he clenched the arms of his chair hard enough for his knuckles to turn white.
A'Ran stared at her hard, surprised.
According to the brief phone call, the ten-year-old girl's natural mother, another loser like faux foster mother Janet, had been recently discharged to a halfway house after doing hard time in the state's Cañon City facility.
Admittedly, it's hard to keep anything from a jackhammer like the Black God going through your memories.
After a quick supper of pastrami and fruit at Uncle Sally's Galley, Dean pedaled 27 hard miles, working up a good sweat and a painful case of shin splints.
After a week of knowing him, she already had to concentrate hard to resist leaning into him whenever he was around.
After all, that spark was why he fought so hard, so humans didn't turn into someone like him.
Alex worked hard all day, but it was obvious that he enjoyed it.
All he knew now was his bare feet were cold, standing on the hard wood floor at the perimeter of the carpet in the death room.
All I know is, I have doubts - and marriage is going to be hard enough with no doubts.
And here we are, acting like two heavies from the Church of Yesterday's Morals giving him a hard time.
And I learned the hard way.
And then the source hit her again with a hard cramp.
And to think you once told me I was hard on the wildlife.
Andre ran hard for a creature that was already dead. Katie chased him, terrified of looking back when the awful sounds seemed so close. Only when the ground stopped trembling did Andre stop.
Any other day, she'd have stared at his hard body and the way his jeans hugged his muscular thighs and the round globes of his backside, or the T-shirt that fit so well.
Any time you can move data storage from brains to hard drives, you get vast improvements in efficiency.
Apparently mom, before assigned to hard time in Cañon City, had dragged the poor child over most of Colorado and the West.
Arrows continued to fall, and he kicked the horse on in determination, focusing hard on the road ahead of them.
As hard as he tried, he had no control over his power without the buffers.
As hard as it was to believe, she looked great.
At other times, it didn't, because her own emotions were too hard for her to control.
At the least, she could help him battle plan while she thought hard about what to do with her life.
Because you are so hard on yourself.
Bianca swallowed hard, reminded of her time being bled near death by the former Black God and his son.
Both breathed hard, and she noticed a red slash across Darian's face.
Brady eyed his friend, who tried hard not to smile.
Brady glanced up at Elise's hard tone, sensing she'd not yet absorbed the fact the government she served had splintered.
Brady sat in silence for a long moment, thinking hard.
Breathing hard, Taran eased off her.
But he stopped, a twinge of something akin to regret filtering through the hard layers protecting his emotions.
But his play was as sharp as usual as he handled a hard ground ball to his left, cleanly gunning the runner out by three steps.
But I try hard not to be discouraged.
But it didn't, did it, he said slowly, thinking hard.
But then again, there are so many refugees trickling into the cities along the river, it's hard to say she's not here.
But then, he had never acted this way before, so it was hard to tell.
By the time she returned to the starting position, she was sweating and breathing hard.
Carmen was obedient – how much was in her nature and how much was the result of strict upbringing was hard to determine.
Carmen woke to a dim light shinning through her bedroom window - only the window was in the wrong place - and the bed was hard.
Caught between consciousness and darkness, she hung limply for a long time, until the man holding her flung her onto a hard floor.
Claudia swallowed hard and whispered, "Oh yes."
Comfortable as the position was, it was hard to relax.
Cynthia crossed over to her husband, took his face in her hands and kissed him, hard on the lips.
Damian met his gaze, and they sat in the kitchen, bloodied and breathing hard as they recovered.
Darian saw the fury cross Jenn's face, and her next strikes were fast and hard enough they might've given her the upper hand she needed.
Darian saw the hard look on Jonny's face as the Black God bent down to pick up the Oracle.
Darian staggered, dropped her, and landed hard on his backside.
Darian tried hard not to think about holding her body against his in his own bed.
Darian was working hard to keep the Others from returning to the immortal world.
Darkyn kissed her, hot, hard and demanding.
Darkyn's mate was looking at her hard.
Dean looked at him long and hard.
Dean was waiting for the sound of the coin dropping into the pay phone when he was startled to feel a hard object jammed in his rib cage and hear a voice say, Nice and easy, guy.
Deciding to give up motherhood was the hard part.
Deidre found herself leaning into his solid frame without resistance, entranced by the combination of his hot, hard body and cool fire on her swimming senses.
Deidre looked at him hard for a moment then shook her head and gripped her wine, padding into the living area.
Deidre pulled his head to hers and kissed him long and hard.
Deidre saw Katie swallow hard before she nodded.
Deidre shifted with a grunt. Katie sat back on her haunches, not sure what to do when she couldn't see what she was trying to cut. Deidre was shaking as hard as Katie was, and Katie crept closer for body heat.
Deidre swallowed hard and nodded, reining in her panic.
Deidre swallowed hard, images from her nightmares returning.
Deidre swallowed hard, wanting to chase after him but unsettled by his anger and the changes in him.
Deidre thought hard about how to respond.
Deidre's heart beat hard.
Don't be too hard on Howard.
Dustin braked hard and swung his leg over the handlebars.
Dusty stared hard at the wall.
Elisabeth continued toward Victor, met him face to face, and growled, "Are we going to do this the easy way or the hard way?"
Eternity at the day job I was trying so hard to leave.
Evelyn looked at her hard again but said nothing.
Even knowing their relationship, he was hard to read.
Even the ambulance siren was hard to hear.
Every since he came home from the hospital he slept fitfully and was hard to wake.
Falling thirty stories onto the hard sand of the Sanctuary did nothing to help.
Focusing hard on Wynn, she willed the portal to appear.
For one thing, because so many people are working so hard on it.
Fury at her situation rose hard and fast.
Gabe threw his head back, breathing hard and sweating.
Hard to get a soul that way.
Hard to keep track of what's going on.
He appeared hard and strong as usual.
He ascended two floors to the hallway where Kris's supplies had been stocked. He recalled how hard it could be taking care of a helpless creature like Katie or Toby. He strode to the chamber that had served as a department store full of clothing to Kris's Immortals. Not surprised to find the chamber ransacked, he sifted through the remaining clothing on the floor. He guessed Toby's size and stuffed a bag with a few items before going to the food supplies.
He closed his eyes, his jaw clenched hard enough for the muscles to tick.
He crossed his arms, dark gaze hard, towering in the bedroom that suddenly felt too small for her.
He cursed and wrenched her up, slapping her hard.
He dug into the hard earth with his fingertips and sagged against one wall, panting.
He fought hard and fast, disturbed by an image of the woman with the piercing eyes being snapped up by a trap in the field.
He froze again and looked at her hard then shrugged.
He grabbed her arm, and she twisted, punching him hard in the jaw before tearing away.
He gripped her arm hard and stepped in front of her, his size sending a tremor of unease through her.
He gripped her wrist hard, lowering his head.
He handed it to the youth, who tried hard not to smile in pleasure.
He hit hard, rolling in time to see the sky disappear.
He instantly responded, pulling her hard against him and kissing her hungrily.
He just has a hard time controlling his temper, and I don't pay him enough respect.
He just slugged me again, really hard, in the belly.
He landed hard and looked around at the only remaining beauty in the immortal world.
He landed on the hard ground with a curse and darted to his feet, chasing her down again.
He looked at her hard, then slung her over his shoulder in one smooth movement.
He looked at it hard, not sure what to think about holding Kris's soul in his palm.
He looked at the younger woman hard, and Talal apologized quietly.
He looked hard at Mansr, who chuckled.
He loves children and he's really taking the loss of the baby hard.
He met her eyes, then closed his and swallowed hard, fighting back tears.
He owed Fred a "gotcha" after the hard time he'd given the old man about his electronic sales adventures.
He pulled her away from the wall and backhanded her hard enough for her to feel nauseous.
He pulled off his sweater then dropped back onto the sparring mat, focusing hard on calming himself down.
He pumped his arms hard, ignoring the cries of three men as they fell into pits or were snapped up by traps with iron teeth.
He rested on top of her, breathing hard, as he pressed her into the bed.
He rode hard until the horse's breathing grew labored and then he slowed, senses alert.
He shook her off without meeting her gaze, his hard face cold and calm.
He shook her so hard that her head throbbed.
He smiled faintly, knowing how hard it was to rile up his trusted Guardian.
He snatched her, though instead of pushing her away, he wrapped his arms around her and kissed her, deep and hard.
He spent the night deep in thought, forcing himself to face the dark memories he'd tried so hard to bury.
He stood and stepped back, breathing hard from his swim.
He stopped, his gaze becoming hard.
He strode by her and slapped her on the back of the head, hard.
He tossed the baton and approached her, glaring down at her with dark eyes as hard as his chiseled frame.
He tried hard not to think about his soul being kicked around in the underworld.
He truly lost himself in music and the hard mask of self-control gave way to softening features.
He turned around and hugged her hard.
He was happy to sit on the sidelines and wait for those hard lessons to start.
He was sent for trial and condemned to hard labor, I believe.
He was simply being Alex —- trying to help someone who was having a hard time.
He was staring at her hard.
He was thinking hard about it.
He was too hard and cold to offer much in that way, but he spoke the truth softly and then kissed her hungrily.
He was too hard to offer the type of empathy she wanted, but he was the man who'd been with her since the beginning of the end.
He was trying hard not to smile.
He wasn't sure what he expected—maybe a cold, hard Medusa—but the young woman Sean indicated was nothing like that.
He whispered words she wasn't able to make out then bit her again, this time hard enough for the pain to piece her dreamlike stage.
He'd not had to work too hard for confessions in the past thousand years, not after word of his cold, methodological skills leaked to the Guardians.
He'd taught her to dance in the ring to outmaneuver the seven-foot vamp's hard strikes.
He'd tried hard not to think of her or their night.
He's the best in my sphere of command, though Han's shoes are hard to fill.
Her breathing was hard, her wild look one of pure anger and fear.
Her breathing was hard, his body heat piercing her clothes.
Her chin trembled as guilt flowed over her and she swallowed hard, nodding.
Her father was hard to read and often unapproachable, but he cared for her in his own special way.
Her fingers worked across the hard metal seat and under.
Her hands were shaking too hard for the wine.
Her healing magic zapped him hard enough almost to right his head.
Her heart beat so hard, she could barely make out his response.
Her mouth was so dry it was hard to speak, but she managed.
Her words fell as hard as he had from the sky.
His chiseled features were unreadable and hard.
His dark eyes were as hard as his chiseled face and intense.
His erection pressed hard against her backside, and tears slid down her face.
His eyes were observant and restless, his eyebrows thick and low, and his features hard.
His friend and lover searched his face hard, then rose and stalked out.
His gaze lingered on her, as if he smelled her perfume and was trying hard to identify it.
His gaze was hard, and she felt him flex his power again.
His head slammed against something hard and he lay there, momentarily stunned to the brink of unconsciousness before turning slowly to his side and opening his eyes.
His light was off, a sign he'd been sleeping too hard to notice someone come in.
His opponent faltered, and A'Ran smashed him to the ground hard.
His position didn't change even when they were alone, his gaze direct and hard.
His response was a strike hard enough to jar her to the bone when she blocked it.
His strikes were hard and fast and seemingly from every direction.
His warmth was comforting, his hard body her home.
His words struck A'Ran hard.
I am working very hard just now.
I can see why Alex fell so hard for you.
I didn't know how hard it was.
I don't know about forever, but you'd be hard pressed to find a better view.
I find it hard to realize that Christmas is almost here, in spite of the fact that Helen talks about nothing else.
I find that hard to believe.
I know this is hard on you, but you'll soon see where you belong in this mess.
I might could buy the Annie Quincy look-alike scenario but to me, it's a hard sell to do something horrible like strangling yourself when you have a bottle of perfectly good sleeping pills a hand's reach away.
I need you to concentrate hard.
I pondered the meaning long and hard.
I suppose I should be grateful, but it's hard to take care of her when she keeps shoving money back at me.
I tasted blood and it was hard to breath.
I think you've been working too hard lately.
I wonder if that's what inspired the new stubble look – because it is so hard to get a close shave.
I'd have blown my brains all over the wall months ago if I didn't have him to give me a hard time.
I'm hard pressed to figure why any man in his right mind would dump her.
I'm on my way to the hard site.
I've heard a few women claim they believed that, but it's a little hard to believe, in this day.
If his touch was hard to resist last night, it was crippling today.
If I see a ghost and it gives me a hard time, I'll pull my gun and send it packing!
If so, what would hard water do to a person?
If something even more untoward than what the scene implied had actually occurred last evening, Dean would find himself squeezed between the proverbial rock and a hard place.
If that were the case, why did someone try so hard to cover up his identity?
If you listen really hard to what his body tells you, you can save him.
In spite of her extra pounds and gray hair, it was hard to believe Mums was in her late 60's.
In the dim light it was hard to tell what his expression was.
Instead, she was working hard to convince herself she really did want to walk away.
Is it that hard to discuss intimacy with me, Carmen?
It branched suddenly, so he pulled the horse's head hard to the left.
It can't be all that hard.
It hit him so hard, he guessed, because she had no cover-up scent on.
It was a mean thing to say, especially since he had been working so hard to help.
It was going to be hard, maybe even harder than finding his soul in the underworld, but the opportunity was theirs for the taking.
It was hard enough for her to stand before him, knowing they could've been together.
It was hard for him to remain detached around the beautiful woman with silver-white hair.
It was hard to believe he didn't know.
It was hard to believe he didn't understand the source of her distress, and yet he acted as though he was baffled.
It was hard to believe he wanted to wait – not after all he had said.
It was hard to believe Josh left Lori out of his will completely.
It was hard to believe Lori would be behind this latest attack.
It was hard to believe the little nodule on the screen was actually a baby, but the doctor was certain.
It was hard to believe they had two children now.
It was hard to explain how her beauty was different than so many others, but it was.
It was hard to ignore him when he was only a few feet away.
It was hard to imagine Katie conducting her life without the help of others.
It was hard to imagine she had a tumor in her brain the half the size of her fist.
It was hard to imagine something that fed off depravity wanted peace.
It was hard to read his expression in the waning light.
It was hard to reconcile the man before her with the creature that tore apart bodies like meat in a blender.
It was hard to remind herself she'd done absolutely nothing to earn it in this life.
It was hard to say whether she would visit Alex, or whether he would even know who she was.
It was hard to tell if he had been asleep.
It was hard to tell if the visitor was unwelcome, as he always maintained a professional tone when talking to customers or strangers.
It was hard to tell what he and Lori were actually going through, though.
It was hard to tell what he was feeling.
It was hard to tell what she would do – if or who she might talk to.
It was hard to trust Jetr when he seemed so … squirrelly.
It was hard with the scenes she showed him flickering in front of him.
It was not the hard, fast, lustful connection he felt with his first mate, but a deeper connection.
It was packed with warriors facing a screen with A'Ran's calm, hard image displayed.
It was raining very hard and he had a very large umbrella to keep off the rain-drops.
It was so hard to accept.
It was still hard to believe that Alex wouldn't mention a father.
It wasn't hard to tell that he was still emotional about that subject.
It would be hard enough to get him on his rug once she had him in the barn.
It'd be hard to spot the shape-shifter demon posing as Logan with his face shredded.
It'll be hard, but I can do it, with Ully's help.
It's a hard line for me to walk.
It's been hard for him this past year.
It's hard to believe a person would turn down a trip to the Bahamas.
It's hard to explain to an Outsider.
It's hard to find a good place for teenagers to go.
It's hard to judge a guy by teenage love letters.
It's hard to say there's no connection with the bones until we're sure there is a third Dawkins, who he or she is, and what the suit is all about.
It's hard to sleep in a forest that's not …alive.
It's really hard to deal with all the bad stuff sometimes.
It's so hard to keep good people down there.
Its nails clicked on the hard flooring.
Jenn snorted and swallowed hard.
Jetr stepped beside her, and Mison looked hard at her.
Jule embraced her, hugging her hard.
Jule tried hard to follow the conversation.
Jule was knocked off his feet by a hard blow but got back up, beckoning to the other creature with a look of confidence out of place for his bloodied face.
Just as suddenly, the earth began to buck hard enough that trees creaked and smashed into the ground.
Katie asked. She settled next to the trapped woman, trying hard to keep her mind off how cold she was. She was grateful for company, even if Deidre seemed as lost as she was.
Katie listened hard and soon heard it as well.
Katie swallowed hard and finally put it on, feeling even more nauseous about the idea of wearing souls around her neck.
Kiera asked, trying hard to control the anger building within her.
Kiera bowed her head as she'd seen the sisters do, trying hard not to look guilty like she'd overheard his conversation.
Kiera went, looking back once to see Mansr staring hard after her.
Kris crossed his arms, looking hard at the deity. "I think I said it."
Lana leaned her elbows on her knees, staring hard at the wall.
Lana struggled hard without being able to dislodge the muscular man.
Let me see if I can make sense of this for you… I have been fighting very hard to keep my feelings in check so as not to scare you away.
Let's just say I learned the hard way that I can take care of myself.
Let's not make this hard on anyone.
Lori was hard to figure though.
Lying was hard as a mortal.
Maybe because I was trying so hard and consciously trying to make it happen.
Maybe her "hard to get" act wasn't working, so she was trying something a little more direct.
Mesmerized by the sensations, her confusion and his direct gaze, she had to concentrate hard to register what he said.
Might come off if you scrub hard enough.
Much as we believe he's culpable, we don't have any hard evidence.
My real name is too hard for you to say.
Ne'Rin lingered, his hard gaze on Kiera.
Never having met Alex or any other members of the family besides their Aunt Polly, it was hard to guess.
Nishani was concentrating too hard to notice him when he entered.
No wonder Gabe hated her one day and tried hard to tolerate her the next.
Now pleasing people, that's hard.
Of all the coddling he'd accused Sofi and Bianca of doing, he'd been working hard to protect Darian from anything that might force him to grow into his powers.
Of all the hard headed, vain...
Other sessions were tried earlier but when Howie couldn't sleep, Quinn accused him of not working hard enough Martha said.
Pacing in her room, she tried hard not to think of what her father was capable of doing to someone he thought was a threat to her.
Panicked in the darkness, he bounded to his feet, tripped, and landed hard on his face.
Pensive, he swallowed hard and finally admitted that he didn't want her to be his by obligation, the way he'd been enslaved to past-Deidre.
Pleased with herself, she began to think being human wasn't going to be so hard.
Probably because I never tried very hard to be otherwise.
Push hard, and shoot me up, he instructed, though his voice was ragged.
Reaching her hand into the next nest box, a hen pecked it hard.
Realization of exactly what he'd asked for made Jule breathe out hard.
Restless, she returned to her room in the warehouse and lay on the bed, thinking hard.
Rhyn crossed his arms, irritated. Kiki trotted from the patio into the house perched on a hill overlooking Tokyo. He returned ten minutes later with a small briefcase, a jacket and a hard case for his iPad. Rhyn opened the portal, and the two strode through it, back to the massive tree where Rhyn had lost Toby in the cold, wet French Alps.
Rhyn focused hard on the demon lord then on putting one foot, then the other, beneath his shaking body.
Rhyn ignored them, instead fixating on how to track Death in the underworld. He stumbled with his first step but was soon running hard through the castle, his mind on finding Death to regain Katie.
Rhyn looked hard at his friend, sensing what the death-dealer didn't say.
Rhyn set the cup down and sat back, gazing at her hard.
Rhyn smashed his cell hard enough for the walls to shudder.
Rhyn stared hard into Gabriel's dark corner and shook his head.
Rissa looked at him hard.
Sasha was not a hard creature to understand.
See, that wasn't so hard.
Shadows crawled over the world around her, and the tension in the air made it hard to breathe.
She approached and knelt a safe distance from him, trying hard to see into the darkness of the corner.
She blocked clumsily at first but ordered herself not to look weak in front of such a man and focused hard.
She chewed on her lip, thinking hard.
She concentrated as hard as she could, listening for his body to speak to her.
She concentrated hard, her eyes on the plate across the parlor.
She concentrated hard, intent on distracting herself as well as learning something new.
She couldn't register his words and tried hard to focus.
She couldn't run, couldn't move and she tried hard to convince herself to pass out as the garage door was wrenched open.
She darted to the door and whipped it open, trying hard to sense if Darian reappeared close enough for her to follow.
She definitely didn't expect the decision to be so hard.
She did as he said and pressed hard on the arrow wound until the bleeding slowed.
She didn't know what Xander was, but he'd said one thing that struck her hard.
She didn't wait for him to step back but kicked his knee as hard as she could.
She drew a deep breath and thought hard.
She fell hard on her backside and saw her attacker's headless body land beside her.
She flung herself into his arms, gratified when he squeezed her hard.
She focused hard on the image of Bianca and braced herself for Jonny's fiery touch.
She grabbed his hands and squeezed so hard he almost fell to his knees.
She gripped the doorway and pulled as hard as she could until her legs were free.
She hugged him hard. Rhyn wrapped his arms around her, marveling at how real her body felt in the dream. Her hair tickled his face, and he rested his chin on her head. They held each other for a long moment.
She hung up the phone, gripped the steering wheel hard and drove.
She hung, helpless and exhausted, stuck in the in-between place until the pain of her head hitting something hard jarred her into consciousness.
She landed hard on a cold floor.
She landed hard on her back.
She landed hard on her left side, pain flaring through her as her wrist twisted.
She landed hard on the soft ground.
She looked at him hard for a moment before crossing the room to sit on the chair across from him.
She looked at him hard, unable to recall anything at all about the kid.
She loved his scent, the feel of his hard, warm body against hers.
She lowered her weapon, breathing hard from the battle in the soft sand.
She must have fallen on hard times to have been forced into the life she ended up leading.
She nodded and started breathing hard and fast, panicking.
She nodded, trying hard to recover from the latest surprise.
She paused to rub her face hard with the meaty parts of her hands.
She pulled hard on the rope, feeling some give, then tautness as the anchor lodged itself between unmovable objects.
She pulled the water-breather down and focused hard on kicking her wooden legs.
She pushed herself up despite his grip, staring at him hard.
She put the heel of her hand on the place where blood was coming out and used her other hand to press down hard.
She ran hard, spotting Yully and Charles fighting back-to-back at the base of the obelisk.
She resisted, clenching her hand hard despite her pain.
She rested fully against him, shaking too hard to stay on her feet.
She rose, trying hard not to look or touch anything.
She sagged against the hard frame.
She said not to worry, but it's hard not to.
She sat across from Evelyn, who continued to give her the odd look, and clasped her hands together hard to keep them from shaking as they took off.
She saw the white of his knuckles as he gripped her shoe hard and sensed she was pushing a wild animal.
She searched his hard face, unable to read him.
She shivered, not wanting to imagine what Darkyn was capable of or how hard it might be to outmaneuver him to leave Hell.
She shook too hard to pull her phone free from her pocket and call for help.
She shook too hard to resist.
She shoved against him as hard as she could, knowing when he released her it was because he wanted to.
She shoved him away, landing hard on her backside while he careened into the bathroom wall.
She slapped him before he could get the word out — an open hand across the face as hard as she could hit.
She snatched her purse and fled out the front door, running as hard as she could down the driveway.
She stretched and pulled herself onto the bank, shaking hard with cold.
She stumbled away from a guardsman's blow that knocked her remaining dagger from her hand and landed hard.
She swallowed hard and gazed at the charts on the wall.
She swallowed hard and looked into his dark eyes again.
She swallowed hard and nodded, struggling to control the strange sense of desire bubbling uncontrolled within her.
She swallowed hard and nodded.
She swallowed hard at the question, panic fluttering through her.
She swallowed hard, not wanting to break down in front of them.
She swallowed hard, uncomfortable with playing the role of judge and jury.
She swallowed hard, willing herself to remember that she was meant for Gabriel, even if it was Darkyn's name on her back.
She thought hard about all she'd learned since arriving to Hell.
She tried hard not to look at him, terrified of giving him away.
She tried hard not to stare at the men.
She tried hard to convince herself that she was misreading Wynn.
She turned abruptly and pulling my head with one hand, kissed me hard on the mouth while her other hand groped between my legs!
She waited for him to face her then punched him as hard as she could in the nose.
She was breathing hard; it was all she heard.
She was fighting a fever, one that made it hard for her to focus.
She was getting used to the hard stares the warriors gave her, the only indication of their surprise at her candidness.
She was having a hard time of it, but she was breathing.
She was trying hard not to run.
She was trying hard to control her expression and the flush moving up her features.
She was trying hard to keep her fear away so she could figure out this new world.
She was trying hard to push away the gathering emotions that told her Wynn was not the man she wanted, needed him to be.
She whirled and slapped him hard.
She willed herself not to laugh at his joke, but it was hard.
She willed herself there, concentrating hard to keep from losing the connection.
She wished hard she could talk to Evelyn as she had in her dream last night and ask her what to do.
She worked hard to keep it that way.
She wrenched free of his hold and pushed him hard enough to slide out from between him and the wall.
She'd forgotten how hard the adjustment had been from immortal to mortal world.
She'd laughed hard when he murmured to her about famous last words.
She'd learned the hard way what happened if she left her weapons in her room.
She'd never seen anyone cry as hard as he did.
Since she didn't look at him, it was hard to say whether he was talking to her or Alex.
Sliding her hand inside his shirt collar, she worked it around to the back of his neck, pulling his lips down hard on hers.
Sofi watched him go and swallowed hard.
Sofia felt Rainy's hard gaze but avoided his heated look.
Sofia swallowed hard at the sight of so many vamps milling around.
Some of those ads are a chuckle but it's hard work.
Something about the woman looked familiar, but it was hard to identify her from behind.
Sometimes it's kind of hard to figure you out, though.
Still, even knowing that Lori was interested in Josh, it was hard to imagine that she wasn't attracted to Alex.
Surely she could punch him hard enough to knock him out.
Swallowing hard, Deidre followed.
Swallowing hard, she tilted her head to one side in a display she hoped he took to be an apology.
Swearing at him, she stared hard at the configuration panels.
Talia smiled back then tried hard to grip the pendant, fascinated by its shininess.
Talon shoved her back into the valley with a snarled threat under his breath, and she hurried out of the trough again, breathing hard by the time she'd clambered twenty feet to the top.
Taran felt Sirian's hard gaze again.
Taran held onto the boy, numb and terrified, as they rode long and hard, away from the beach, away from his slain father.
Taran released him and turned to stare hard at Sirian, whose calm features hid any emotion he might feel.
Terrified she'd find him in the tub, nothing more than a pile of bones, she pushed herself away from the wall and focused hard on calling a portal.
That shouldn't be hard to find.
That's all that concerns me, he replied in a hard tone.
The angel ignored her and dropped beside her, wringing his hands helplessly. The blond woman dangled over the widening chasm, clutching Katie's hand. She braced her feet against the side of the chasm and walked upward, until Toby could grab her belt. The angel pulled hard, and Katie pushed Deidre on top of the angel, who yelped.
The assailant shoved Dean backwards, sitting him down hard on the concrete sidewalk as his head whacked the wall.
The barbarian ignored Taran and snatched Vara by the scruff, only to backhand him hard.
The belt slipped, and Brady slung an arm around her, pulling her back hard.
The cat was staring hard at the mouse, as if ready to pounce.
The dealer slapped her hard enough to daze her.
The door didn't even flinch as she beat her fists against it as hard as she could.
The kid was hard to read, and she guessed his anger had more to do with his struggle to understand his new role than the vamps who clearly had no respect for him.
The lackey tossed her onto a hard couch in the rear of the house opposite a closed patio door.
The pain melted into hot pleasure once again, and she closed her eyes as he fed long and hard.
The people credited the PMF with saving them from the elite's Civil War while the elites tried hard to stamp out the PMF's existence.
The rain was still coming down hard and there were occasional rumbles of thunder.
The restriction smacked him hard, as he'd been ready to drag Rhyn out of Hell as soon as Death was gone.
The sense of being overwhelmed made Deidre grip the coffee mug hard.
The sense of danger jarred her, and she sat up straight, heart pounding hard.
The sound echos out here so it's hard to tell.
The strange sound continued for several minutes, and she trembled, trying hard not to think of what happened if she made it unscathed to the planet's surface.
The strange spell left her breathing hard and confused as to whether she'd had a heart attack or worse.
The two travelers killed the time picking over a bland lunch and alternating long walks with longer periods of sitting on hard seats, re-reading a discarded newspaper.
The woman looked human enough. Her features were hard to make out in the dark, but she at least had two arms and two legs.
The words pierced his haze, and he pulled his head away, breathing hard.
The words struck her hard.
The words were hard for him to hear.
Then the fairies thanked him for his forgiveness, and promised to work very hard to please him; and the good-natured king took them all up in his arms, and carried them safely home to his palace.
There was a time when he didn't care who he slept with, when he was hard at the sight of any woman who would take him to bed.
There was frustration in his voice as well, and he was sweating hard ahead of her.
There were exotic cheeses, a crusty baguette, hard salami and melon wrapped in prosciutto.
There's one between us and the hard site.
There's so many, it's hard to say!
They are in the mountains, in a land hard for your enemies to cross.
They both breathed hard from their battle.
They burst out of the light, landing hard.
They had been in New England for a mere three months, but Sarah had fallen fast and hard for Connor.
They hit the ground hard.
They loaded one of the transports with the supplies and sent it towards the hard site with a security force.
They sparred hard for several moments, until Darian's upper body carried a sheen of sweat.
This has been hard for you, as well.
Though she tried hard not to fear death, she wondered what kind of creature was capable of breaking through bars made of materials she'd never before seen and held in place with some sort of magic.
Toby closed his eyes, focusing hard on searching the memories of all the angels that came before him.
Toby's heart somersaulted in his breast, and he tried hard to reach the depths of the powers that would be his when he was just a little older.
Two had never heard kiri cry so hard.
Unable to process what was before her, Deidre closed the door and swallowed hard.
Unable to sleep, Deidre paced, trying hard to shake the sensations clouding her head.
Watching her, it was hard to tell how much was theatrics and how much was real.
We've been through some hard times.
Well, you gave me such a hard time when I didn't get you a Christmas card, until the day after, I figured I'd stock up.
What's better than a little beef after a hard day's hike.
When he was finished, he pulled her into his body and bit her hard.
When the conversation was over, Betsy hugged me, long and hard.
When these guys want something, they work real hard to get it and they have lots of toys at their disposal.
Whether it was the personality or the fact that she was entering another stage was hard to tell.
While it was hard to tell his height when he was seated, he looked to be Sean's size, well over six feet tall.
Why didn't you tell me Dulce was giving you a hard time?
Why was it so hard for her?
Wired, emotional energy made it hard to concentrate as she listened.
With a husky breath, she dropped to his lap, dove both hands into his hair and pulled his head back, planting a hard kiss on his lips.
Yeah. It's not as hard as I expected.
You didn't try as hard to cure me? she asked, perplexed.
You drive a hard bargain, but I agree.
You get into mixed rock and ice and there's often snow to clear away to get to a hard surface.
You have no idea how hard it is to keep that kid focused.
You know how hard it is to track down everyone one-by-one to relay orders?
You know how hard it was for her to tell you that? his closest friend snapped.
You really work hard at pissing people off, don't you?
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.
You'll find it hard to kill yourself when I'm the one who determines who lives and dies.
You're tired because you work too hard.
You've had it so hard for a long time, and now you have the money to have fun shopping.
Yully swallowed hard and steadied herself.
Yully's eyes closed, and she focused hard on feeling something other than Jule, whose presence still lingered in her body.