"Sit down. Give yourself a minute to breathe." He leads her to the comfortable leather couch in the middle of the room. They've had sex on it more than once, which is a thought he immediately pushes away. Not the time for it, Cooper. She needs him right now. He's already snapping into the role of doing what a high-placed member of the nest should do. The first thing is to make sure she wasn't followed here.

"Gimme a minute here." He pulls out his cell phone and is already dialing the number of another vampire in the nest. "Thom? It's Cooper. I need you t'check around my flat. Make sure there's no one hanging about, particularly witches. You find anyone, deal with 'em straightaway. What? No, nothin' t'report right now. There may be trouble later."

Second thing is to try and calm her down. "Was it just Abby that was arrested? Or was most of the coven?"