Donna didn't ask questions, she trusted Arabella enough to obey without hesitation. From behind the bark, they could hear it: soft footsteps, slow, deliberate. The crunch of leaves, the faint jingle of metal. Not a vampire. A vampire wouldn't make this much sound.
Then came the voice.
"Two heartbeats. Close."
It was the voices of vampires, clear enough to Arabella as the vampires had talked about hearing heartbeats which meant they must be purebloods. Cassius had warned her that pureblood could hear heartbeat though not as powerful as him as they could only hear it if the heartbeat was beating far too quickly.
She whispered to Donna, "They can hear our heartbeat, we have to calm down."
Donna pursed her lips before nodding her head firmly.
