Evie was impressed with his willingness. She had heard good things about him, but she had half expected him still to be resistant. Instead, it seemed like they shared quite a bit of common ground. She firmly believed that things were changing, both between the packs and in the societies beyond them. The divide between the races was less of an issue, the laws had changed, but only after the people had pushed for them to change. As he looked at her with those piercing eyes of his, she could not help but smile, a faint blush coming to her cheeks. This strangely felt more like a date and less like a heavy political discussion between two rival leaders.<br/><br/>"I was aware that there had been some dating across pack lines, despite the tensions, yes. The previous leadership had an issue with it, but I don't. A bond is a bond. We operate on instinct, and to ignore it--" She shook her head. "--It would be torture for creatures like us." Her parents had worried more about crossing pack boundaries and less about skin color, but it had still been a concern for them.<br/><br/>Her smile widened as she thought about tanning. It was something she had avoided, since she had family members suffer through skin cancer. It was never worth the risk.<br/><br/>"We may not be able to change the world, but we can certainly try to bridge this gap, it's already gone on too long." She said. Again, that sensation she had kept feeling arose within her, the one that seemed to pull her toward him, she was about to speak it out loud when something shifted around them. She felt it before she saw the rune marks on the ground, they began to glow with an eerie purple light that arched outward, until she realized they had walked into some kind of magic circle. Evie reached out to grab his arm and to try to guide him out of it, but she was only able to successfully grab onto him, she was not able to pull them both free of the circle.<br/><br/>For a moment, they were frozen there. When they were able to move again, a sudden confusion clouded her mind and then something started to bubble up inside her. It was as if she could feel rage growing within her wolf. Evie tried to breathe through it, summoning her own special powers to calm her inner beast. Her eyes closed, but she still had her hand around Louis' forearm. She was so focused on her own rage, she had not even thought to see if he was experiencing the same sort of sensation.