No one knows how it started. Domestic animals began to go wild, reverting to their primal states and lashing out at their owners. Felicia Owens, CDC scientist in Los Angeles, was attacked out of the blue by her cat. Now, Felicia is fighting bouts of irritability, anger, and outright primal rage. When others begin acting in a similar way, Felicia realizes that she needs to figure out what’s going on and how to cure it before it’s too late. Maybe it already is.

Primal Instincts

Felicia knelt beside the slightly older man, at the moment not caring about the blood that was soaking through her clothes. Kirk and Eddie ran in moments later, and they stared in shock at the veterinarian. Felicia was in shock herself, but she was forcing herself to not think about it, the adrenaline coursing through her body pushing her through. 


Eddie looked like he was about to keel over at any second. 


“Is he…” Kirk trailed off, like he was afraid of finishing his sentence. 


Felicia pressed two of her fingers against Blake’s neck, letting out a sigh of relief. “He has a pulse. It’s barely there, but he has one. Eddie, call an ambulance.” 


She looked up to see that Eddie had a blank expression on his face. “Eddie!” 


Chapter 8