The Queen is present," Callen said, his eyes scanning the shadows. "If you don't want trouble, show yourself. Now."
The storage room suddenly fell silent. So quiet, in fact, that Primrose couldn't even hear the slightest movement from inside.
"Maybe it's just a mouse," she whispered, trying to ease the tension.
Callen shook his head. "No, Your Majesty," he said softly, but seriously. "That's not a mouse."
[The heartbeat I heard didn't sound like the beast's heartbeat in the palace,] he thought. [It's human. Definitely human.]
He could hear heartbeats?
Primrose blinked. Just how sharp were beast senses? Could Edmund hear her heart that clearly too?
Of course, he could.
She suddenly remembered how Edmund used to mention it so casually. That he could hear how fast her heart was beating.
Now that she thought about it, she didn't want to know how fast it was back then. It must've been ridiculous.
How embarrassing.
