She clearly had mistaken why he paused but that was just as well. But at her reassurances he began to move with her in a tentative motion. Again it gave the impression of concern, but it was more a battle with himself because the smell of temptation was growing thicker and thicker in the room. He was not normally a predator that went for the kill, but at its core that was the nature of what he was. He just chose to temper such things a bit in moderation. Leaving trails of bodies laying about after all was bad for remaining inconspicuous.