I felt his lips over my lips, but I was so concentrated on the sound that was the only thing in my head in that moment, that I didn't even return the kiss, not closing my eyes whatsoever.. The sound was still fricking there! Closer and closer. I unstraddled him, jumping down on my feet, yet he still kept close, moving very slightly away and mumbling against my jaw.. "What,- what is it?" His voice was faint, breathless.. And the sound I was the listening to was the opposite. Loud, steady heartbeats and a normal breaths.. Christian looked at me, but my eyes were roaming behind him, turning my head to the side and trying to see of there was someone there.. No. Only us. "I,-" He moved slightly, releasing me a bit and following my gaze. "Don't you hear that?" I managed to mumble, looking back at him and seeing a confused frown on his face. His breaths were still deep as he tried steadying them, attempting to listen to what I was hearing as he looked on the side, but instead he just looked back at me and frowned some more. "No, what?" I pressed my hands against his shoulder and pushed him away slightly, taking a step to the side and looking around.. I was in a black bra and shorts, and on top of that bizarre look, I had black military boots on my feet.. Christian was shirtless and his hair was a soft mess, making him seem damn irresistible, but still unkempt from me running my hands through it.. Whoever it was that was out there better come out because I was not planning on chasing around the woods in a bra. "Lana, what is it?" Christian insisted from now behind me as I stood like a solid rock and tried listening. The sound was still there! I could hear breathing and a steady heartbeat. Just like that night when I ran away.. Just like that night when I met Christian in front of that old house.. I could hear the same steady heartbeat, the same steady breathing coming from inside the old house and I would've gotten in if it wasn't for Christian. Now.. Now, I was hearing the exact same thing, but there was nothing but threes around us, the sun still shining and the next miles and miles from here clear on the opening, empty and filled with nothing but thin rows of trees. "I can hear a heartbeat.. And someone breathing." I told him, not bothering to turn around. "Yes, mine." His sarcasm was the last thing I needed int hat moment, especially now that I was starting to panic.. I relied on my scent of smell, and I was really good at sensing someone when they were near me, but in that moment I only smelled Christian's sharp scent of some manly yet sweet cologne that for some reason soothed me each time I was close to him, and the dry mud that was underneath the even drier leaves. Nothing else.. The nature's scents weren't the same as a person's.. And I couldn't smell anyone even miles close.. Yet the sound was still there. Loud even.. Apparently only in my ears, cause Christian couldn't relate. "It's not yours, Christian.. Can't you hear it?" I turned around to face him. "The steady heartbeat, the— the breathing.." I tried focusing again as I looked on the side, but the sound was still there and when I looked back at Christian he just had those dark brows of his furrowed in the most serious manner, his jaw clenched and his face serious as he tried listening as well. "No, just yours." Of course, I could hear that too but that wasn't what I was talking about. "And yours is pretty damn rapid, are you okay?" He took a few steps towards him but I shushed him, telling him to stay there.. With the same loudness, I could hear the breathing and the heartbeat, exactly the same as that night in front of the old house. No scent, just sounds. Was it all in my head? Was I really losing my mind, because there was no one miles from here, and Christian claimed he heard nothing. Suddenly, just like it came, it suddenly stopped.. Silence filled my ears, and the normal sounds were back. I looked at Christian and heard his breaths, his heartbeat.. I could tell the difference. It wasn't the same thing. I looked up the trees and I could once again hear the birds, the leaves underneath my feet as I shifted. "It's gone." I said, seeing how much confusion was washing over his face in those few minutes, now even more. "A sound of a heartbeat and breathing cannot just disappear. What is this?" The slight panic in my voice was clear. A person's heartbeat and breathing cannot instantly disappear like nothing happened because people didn't disappear, they walked or ran away. This one.. This just banished like nothing happened.. Like someone teleported away even though there was no one near. Christian rushed towards me with that super speed of his and I almost got a heart attack. I was still not used to vampires that much.