"I'm Bella," she offered back with a smile. "Nice to meet you, Angel. Are you new to the hotel of mysteries and general freakiness? I mean, you don't have that usual look of confusion newcomers have, but I don't think I've seen you here before. Though, that's not saying much. It seems to be getting more and more crowded here lately, a lot more than it was when I first came here."

That was true enough and it made her even happier that Eric was so sharing with the synthetic blood from his world. She wanted to think she could have used her super self-control to keep from going full newborn around this many humans, but it was nice to know she could supplement her hunting with that and keep the worst of the thirst at bay. Besides, it wasn't like anyone here knew what it meant when her eyes were more ruby red than topaz here.