  I wanted Esme to be happy and I would do everything she needed, anything she asked and all that she wanted in order to make her happy but I wasn't going to give her up. I wanted to see Esme smile and laugh, I want to see her open up to me and be herself. I knew that it would take a while but I was going to make it happen.

  

      Esme was my mate whether she could accept it or not. She was mine just as much as I was hers. I had waited too long for her and now that I had found her I wasn't going to let her go easily. Esme was perfect, she was beautiful and although she came with a past I would protect her from it and any other threats that stepped in our future.

  

      Esme was mine.

  I stayed still where I lay on top of the familiar hard mattress, a layer of fluffed pillows behind my back that propped my head up. I could feel a blanket wrapped around me and tightly tucked under my chin, the soft material lightly tickling the sensitive skin on my neck.

  

      My head was lightly pounding and my shoulders seemed to throb with a dull ache. I was still somewhere between consciousness and unconsciousness as I could hear the faint movement around the room although it sounded far away; I could feel all of my limbs although I lacked the ability to move freely, open my eyes or speak. My throat was dry and I wondered if I had finally gotten my voice back.

  

      I was slowly regaining all of my senses as I began to remember what had happened and how I ended up in the hospital bed again, after I remember leaving it.

  

      I was getting flashbacks of the earlier e

  I growled lowly, my muzzle vibrating as I bared my teeth at the rogue who was whimpering in pain on the floor. Samuel was right. It was unusual for rogues to come together to form a group and attack as they were usual solo creatures lost to their wolves. It was clear that the rogues still had some of their humanity left which was surprising. Samuel was always the voice of reason when I was unable to keep my head clear and I knew that he was right. The rogue's behaviour wasn't normal and the holding cells would be the perfect place for him to be questioned.

  

      I shifted back into my human form as I stood on two feet, standing completely naked in front of the rogue.

  

      A pair of shorts appeared in my eyes sight which I quickly grabbed and slipped on. I never took my eyes off of the rogue although his shoulder was badly wounded it would soon heal due to our advanced healin

I wanted Esme to be happy and I would do everything she needed, anything she asked and all that she wanted in order to make her happy but I wasn't going to give her up. I wanted to see Esme smile and laugh, I want to see her open up to me and be herself. I knew that it would take a while but I was going to make it happen.
  
      Esme was my mate whether she could accept it or not. She was mine just as much as I was hers. I had waited too long for her and now that I had found her I wasn't going to let her go easily. Esme was perfect, she was beautiful and although she came with a past I would protect her from it and any other threats that stepped in our future.
  
      Esme was mine.

Chapter 53