How it betrays me

Ray felt that heartless cramp in his chest "Me?"

"I can't deny it, I fell for you Ray, I wish it was in different sercumstances, I wish sometimes you were a wolf, and not a vampire, but I won't lie... I fell for you"

He brushed his hand over his mouth "I had this theory, Tala, your heart has the most beautiful sound I ever heard, it occurred to me what do you hear? I have nothing, I feel for you, but that saying feeling comes from the heart, what should I feel if I don't have one? You have this hold over me, almost supernaturally"

They looked at each other in silence, Ray heard her heart still in a steady pace "What do you hear?" He asked.

"Nothing..." She said "But that's just it, you think I don't hear hearts?"

He had never thought of it.

"I hear it Ray, it gives the prey away, it tells me if they realise I'm coming, it tells me if I still have the advantage, am I still hidden? Did they notice me?"

"But me?"

"Peacefull... Quiet, I hear nothi