When Roane was born she could already hear the tiny tick tock sound of her mother's heart. So when her mother died a few minutes after she was born that was the first and last time she cried. At age of thirteen, she already got used in hearing the diffrent sounds of people hearts. But "getting used" and being "fed up" of it is two different things. One day a boy, a year older than her transferred to her school and to the same apartment she is living. There was nothing unsual from the boy aside from his name, Clock. Until, he offered to release her from her gift. Clock removed the tick tock sounds of people's heart but 'his' remains for Roane to hear. Before she could ask why he did it the boy suddenly died. That was supposed to be their last meeting but as she stood in front of the ambulance who took him she heard Clock's heart moving.