But the fear was contagious and soon it would chip away at the fragile barrier of his own calmness.

He was centimetres away from Yassen, separated only by the fragile barrier of brightly coloured beads.

He raced up to her and abruptly stopped, the bundle in her arms a fragile barrier between them.

Her hands rested against his chest, making a fragile barrier between them.

She was bitterly aware he sought the tellingly fragile barrier of her maidenhead.

A surf of death crashing toward his fragile barrier.

She'd been prepared for- no, steeled herself against a wave of anxiety she knew was dammed up behind a fragile mental barrier.

Soon even that fragile barrier became too much, and he slipped the straps from her shoulders, gently easing the garment down.

She feared his message would break down the fragile barrier which prevented her from collapsing into her grief.

Less than half a mile of dirt road separates the bayou from an upscale development - a fragile barrier against urban sprawl.