Doctor Jessica Cartwright is having a rough day. Several of her laboratory employees have gone missing; her entire floor on lockdown after one of them seemed to lose her wits and freed an unknown alien specimen. After going in to try and find her staff, she realizes her captive from space has a potent effect on the human body, an ability to release irresistible pheromones into the air that drives all who breathes it in wild. Will Jess succumb to her more primal desires?

This short story is about 4, 482 words long and contains scenes intended for adults.

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The tingling spread over my whole body, a pleasant sort of prickling sensation, and I shook my head to try and dispel the sensation even as warmth and heat trickled through my nerves. My brain tried to put a name to it. Aerial hormones? Pheromones? I could diagnose symptoms even while I felt them, the faintly rapid pulse and dilation of the pupils, something that sparked an unknown desire in me.

I heard something, a rustling sound, and it took me a second to realize it was coming from somewhere up above me. The room wasn't cramped, though the cage had been. Filtered water piping and ventilation had been run through the ceiling, to keep unwanted contaminants out and anything our specimens might extrude inside. My blue-green eyes met vibrantly yellow ones. The specimen was loose, of course, as the prison was open, but he hadn't escaped. He had crouched there, waiting, watching me as if to gauge my reaction. He had a sharp nose and chin, fine features, though the dark hands and claws were hidden in a bit of shadow. I could feel that intense gaze move through me and knew there was a flush to my skin, heat on my cheeks. Even if it came unbidden, it was still there.