Caroline could tell Gwen felt uneasy about what had just happened and couldn't blame her. At the same time, she knew plenty of vampires who would have done a lot worse to the kids than give one of them a bruised arm.

"That would be nice." She took another slow breath, trying to let the rest of the tension out. "I could really use a ..." she almost said drink, then decided maybe that wasn't the best plan for once, "tea or something, if you have time to join me?"