Shepard and Ashley (a little later in the evening)
Shepard wondered if he would say that he wasn't terrified, she was just unpredictable enough to drive a man like him insane. But she wouldn't press the subject. "Well, he's still a man from the regency era thrown forward in time. There's a lot to be anxious about. It takes more than a few months to get used to it." After all, she kind of understood it, being thrown back more than a hundred and fifty years back.
"Thank you. I might take you up on that. It would make taking care of the kids a whole lot easier." She cleared her throat a little and took a sip of her punch before she continued on. "Rawdon is a vampire." Wow that sounded a lot smoother in her head.