No doubt he meant for it to sound firm, decisive and determined, but she heard the naked terror behind it only too clearly.

He gripped the table edge in naked terror.

What Morrell heard was naked terror in the man's voice.

He wanted to hold her naked terror in his hands.

The naked terror in her whisper set his heart hammering.

That beautiful face wore an expression of pure, naked terror.

Gene and Helen exchange a glance just then, and it is filled with naked terror.

At the sight of the man's naked terror, another of those pulses went through Eddie's head.

She looked back at him, and he saw naked terror in her face.

The naked terror of standing in front of a class, students and professors hanging on your every word or, worse yet, falling asleep?