Nika yelped feeling his jaws snapping so close to her hind legs,<span style="color: #00BF00">â€œSTOP IT! Dammit! Leave me alone! I just want to leave!â€ </span>her ears flattened as her heart raced. Growling as she cursed the roller coaster of emotions that always came with every heat cycle.  Had this been any other time, she would have kept her cool, not have cried, andâ€¦ Gah! She didnâ€™t know. Cutting across the small creek she darted up the bank on the other side, her lean muscles starting to tire already.<span style="color: #00BF00">Dammit! Damn you heat cycle! </span>Afraid to slow down she began to push herself.