Esme I stood in his arms allowing myself time to calm down. He held me tightly against him as I breathed in his scent and tried to push everything from my mind. A possible war with the lycans was bad enough. We didn’t need anything else right now. It was amazing what just his touch could do to my body and mind. I finally pulled back and looked up at him with a smile. “Do you think we could go to my store soon? I want to check in on things,” I smiled sweetly at him. He didn’t want me going without him, so now I had to wait until he had time and he never had time. “You think that smile is just going get you your way, don’t you?” he laughed at me, keeping his arms loosely around my waist. “I mean,” I said slowly, dragging out the E and smiling seductively. “I have my ways.” I licked my

