Samantha drove quickly through the quiet winding streets of the upscale neighborhood.  The massive homes set far back on their respective properties, partially obscured by sturdy fences and rows of trees.  Their owners lulled into a false sense of security by the misguided belief that their money, their status, and their fancy walls would keep them safe.<br/><br/>The reality of the situation was far different though.  A haze of dark energy seemed to hang over the neighborhood as a whole.  Samantha really didn’t need a map, or even the address that Tommy had given her to show her the way.  It felt as if tendrils of darkness were seeping into the corners of her mind, pulling her forwards towards her destination.  As she drew closer the threads tightened around her, obscuring her senses.  Her vision clouded, Samantha let off the gas allowing her car to slowly drift to a stop behind one of the many vehicles gathered in front of the house.  Pausing for a moment, eyes closed, taking slow deep breaths she pushed the darkness out of her mind bit by bit.<br/><br/>She eyed the group of people trampling back and forth across the neatly manicured lawn, groaning softly as she noticed the stream of people rushing out of the house.  Suddenly she stopped dead in her tracks, her senses assaulted from all directions simultaneously.  There was no mistaking the tall blond man in the middle of the group, and really it wasn’t any surprise that he would be here, but she had really hoped to avoid this.  Her heart was racing so hard it felt like it would burst and she had to fight the urge to turn and flee to the relative safety of her car.  Unfortunately there were far greater matters to deal with at the moment.  As soon as she set eyes Christian, before she even had a chance to come to terms with her urge to flee, she was nearly overcome by a wave of searing energy radiating out from her very core.  Her green eyes flashed brightly.  She felt something rushing at her from the house, darkness, and screaming, so much screaming, rage, fear, agony, all rushing at her at once.<br/><br/>She faltered, nearly falling to her knees in the grass.  Samantha stood there in a daze, struggling to regain control of herself.  Heavy walls locking down around the different parts of her consciousness, protecting her, forcing the invaders out of her mind yet again.<br/>