A cat and mouse would have made more noise than Selene, or her 'company'. She heard not one floor board creek or groan. Nothing rustled or moved. It was just the sound of a steady beating heart that lead her.

For a moment her eyes closed and she could think of nothing but her ear pressed to a warm, solid chest. A deep laugh like thunder when she said something ridiculous that no one but the one she laid with would ever hear. She heard that heart beat and felt a twinge of pain, a pain she wished she could forget.

Then she heard the chair shift and immediately her eyes opened, all thoughts of the past gone with it.

She was being baited.

Which only brought a smile to her lips as a ghost of a memory danced behind her dark eyes. Shadows chasing each other through the forest, dark leaves on the ground and then finally someone stepped on a twig and the chase was over.

For a moment her heart raced then fell back to its slow steady pace.

As he retreated she followed. Baited by a distant memory and the thrill of the hunt. There was a flash of yellow eyes in the darkness and she swore her heart stopped. Then she reached for the lights and flipped all the switches.