<strong>Nina</strong><br/><br/>Nina was lost in thought as they drove toward her home, embarrassment and more than just a little confusion warring inside her mind. She had often allowed the emotions that she picked up on from others to effect her own, she had battled this problem all her life and was used to it now. Her extreme reaction to today's happenings however disturbed her greatly.<br/><br/>Over and over she kept reliving the wild primal fear she had sensed in the forest, then the anger, violence, and ultimate death that had struck her unconscious with it's furious animal viciousness.<br/>Not even when she did get a read on animals, which was very rare, did she sense the kind of primitive strength and wildness of this morning.<br/><br/>Then the rest of the day....she could not believe it was coincidence that she had picked up on the same animal emotion in first Stephen and then later at the bar with Vincent. She kept telling herself that she had been overwhelmed, she was not thinking clearly and she had been mistaken about those sudden rushes of feeling. Nina's eye darted over to Charles as she recalled getting an ever so subtle flicker of those same primitive emotions from him when she had touched him.<br/><br/>Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and forced her mind to clear, to go blank and simply enjoy the company of a good looking man with whom she was alone. She truly wanted to attack him, leap on him and kiss him breathless, which shocked her, she was not quite sure she was not being influenced by the powerful animal urges she had experienced today.<br/><br/><em>"If you're not doing anything tomorrow... Well, if you're not fighting a raging headache, I'd love to take you on a real date. Maybe with less alcohol,"</em><br/><br/>She looked at him with surprise, her eyes wide and still glazed with alcohol.<em>He still wanted to see her after everything?</em><br/><br/><strong>"I would love that actually, maybe in the afternoon?"</strong>she replied quietly, trying to keep the slurring to a minimum.<br/><br/>His kiss was soft, tender, yet full of strength and Nina went limp in his arms kissing him back passionately. She was certain that something had to be affecting her now because she was simply never like this. A low moan filled the car, she realized it was her own voice and she tensed with surprise at herself. Nina considered herself to be a sensual person, even a little wild in her fantasies but that was all they were...fantasies. She had never been with a man, she did not throw herself at men, she was holding out for the "right man" for goodness sake! Yet today she was so achy and her womb was throbbing, she needed terribly!<br/><br/>As he pulled back from her she started to follow him, her need again taking control of her common sense. His expression stopped her cold, she glanced around and felt it only a second before everything erupted into chaos...it was that pure animal rage again, though it was no animal she was feeling, there was intelligence, human intelligence somewhere in the violent fury and raging animal need.<br/><br/>The pain hit her hard and fast, she screamed and then found herself unable to breathe. The weight on her chest was unbearable and she flailed wildly as she gasped and tried to drag air inside her lungs. Even in her panic though she heard the inhuman noises surrounding the vehicle, though she could not see anything with Charles on top of her the way he was.<br/><br/>Whatever was outside, tearing the vehicle apart and her house if she heard correctly, was looking to....mate.<br/><br/>Nina's eyes flashed with fear, she tried to see outside, desperate to see the creature that was so wild, so primitive, so dangerous, yet so very very intelligent. Her body shook, she cried desperate tears and when finally quiet fell over them once more she laid motionless, her mind a wild confusion as tried to sort through what she had just sensed.<br/><br/>As she looked up into Charles's eyes she whimpered...she had felt a powerful surge of the primal animal emotion not just from whatever monster had been outside the car but from the man above her as well.<br/><br/><strong>"Fi....fii...fine."</strong>she stammered shakily, hoping the man so close to her was not about to transform into a raging beast within seconds. Nina began to squirm, struggling to escape and hide within the house away from everything that had assaulted her today.<br/><br/>