"Probably some post adrenaline rush, a little bit of bad-girl jonesing, some plain old biological reaction to an incredibly beautiful woman," Levi said. His pulse raced a bit as she stepped forward and he had to admit it was out of fear and not excitement. So far she'd been flirting back and didn't seem to mind, but she might be offended, she was hard to read. He could always try and read her mind, but this wasn't important enough to do that over and she had just saved his life. He owed her more than that.

"Add that to the fascination of a vampire who selflessly goes out and protects others from vampires. Probably selflessly without any thanks."