One touch against their emotions and Laris knew he'd be disappointed in that.

Her body was bent slightly, either against the wind or against her emotions; perhaps both.

No longer was she protected against her own emotions, and the wounds were as raw as they had ever been.

Nor will he spend the rest of his life forever on guard against her tongue and his emotions.

If she turned the key now, would it be to protect herself from Quentin, or impose an artificial defense against her own emotions?

They were on guard against their own raw emotions, but there was no sense taking chances.

She was attracted to him but fought, oh, wildly against her own emotions.

Cone will say that kind of turnaround is a long shot and he doesn't know what to expect, but that's just a hedge against his emotions.

He sat down right in the dirt at his feet and fought hard against his emotions, for he did not want to cry.

He drew back as if struggling against his emotions.