A smile lit up her up turned face. How odd it was that both times she had closed her eyes he had not moved. From the stories she heard of vampires she thought them to be wild and uncontrollable creatures. They attacked anything with a pulse. Yet, here he stood. Not even moving an inch, other than to step closer to her, and still he had not attacked. Was this vampire abnormal or were the stories lies? His grey eyes appeared to be so human…. She blinked rapidly trying to shake the thought that was about to follow. Her weight shifted to the left foot and she lifted her eyes back to his. 

Her tongue poked out from her lips a little as she looked at him with amusement. “So, you are going to stop breathing because I smell? Nice to know!” She reached up and pushed her red hair back behind her shoulder. In doing so, she exposed her neck and scraped his chest with her elbow. “I take it vampires do not have to breath then?” She put her thumb back in her pocket and shifted her weight to her other foot. What would it be like to not breathe? She took a big breath and then held it. For a good minute she just stood there attempting to hold her breath. Finally she let it out with a heavy sigh. “Wow! That was uncomfortable. How could you do that for a long period of time?” She found herself relaxing in presence without really meaning too. Somehow she knew he wouldn’t attack her. 

His comment made her pause. He was intrigued by her? Why? She was not that fascinating. At least what he knew about her was not that fascinating. “You think I am trying to capture you attention? I assure you I am not. If anything, I am captured by you.” She started to walk in a circle around him. “A vampire. I never thought I would meet a blood sucker.” She paused behind him. “By the way, how can my heart beat be cancelled out by my smell? Last I checked, sound and smells were two different senses. Therefore they cannot cancel each other out.” She came back to stand in front of him, just as close as she was before.

I don’t have a clan, she thought. Pulling her eyebrows down in confusion, she looked at him as if he just sprouted wings. “Clan?” she questioned. Then it clicked. Vampires are lone creatures, but they still need each other to survive and stay hidden. Clean up each other’s messes, teach newly changed blood suckers. “You mean pack.” She informed him with a shrug. “But your right, if I wanted my pack’s help I would have called already.” She was careful to avoid mentioning an alpha. As much as she did not want to give away the secret she held close to her chest, she did not want to lie either. “We run together, you know. More than just pairs. We hardly ever go very far on our own.” She told him with a laugh. “Almost exactly the opposite of you, vamp.” She poked him in the chest.

Two hearts. A grin broke out on her face. “Of course not, but feel for yourself.” She grabbed his hand that rested on her arm and boldly placed it on her chest, right above her heart. One heart beat thumped solidly against her rib cage. However, no sound came from him, except a breath or two. It was unnerving how quiet his body was. No sounds of a heart beating, not rush of blood though his veins, and no internal organ sounds. It was like he was an animal that had been killed. But, of course, he was a vampire therefore he was dead. It really shouldn’t surprise her, yet it did in an odd sort of way. “Is it true that vampires have no heart beat?” 

A wolf howling in the distance caught her attention. Once again, her eyes flashed yellow. She took a step to the side to peer around him, forgetting about his hand still resting on her chest. Wild eyes returned back to him. “I have to go.” She whispered. Really, she didn’t want to go. What if she never got to see him again? What a silly idea! He was a vampire and she should be repulsed by his very presence… “Maybe I will see you around?” she said a little too hopefully as she edged around him. The howl came again, and she almost broke into a run, but she stopped and looked back at him. What she was waiting for she had no idea. Even still, she paused to look back at him.