Esme. His movements were fueled by urgency as he entered through my bedroom door. " Esme?" He called out, his voice trembling from what looked like guilt and anger, I guess? He looked flustered, all worked up as he stretched his hand, ready to hold mine. Beads of sweat traced uneven paths on his forehead. He was a total mess, from the outside, all the way to within. Even from where I sat, I could hear his erratic heartbeat. If it were in the past, I would have assumed that the thought of having mistaken another person for me, having slept with another she-wolf instead of me had him all flustered, but ever since I learnt the truth, I perfectly knew why he was sweating. His failure to mark me had obviously messed up his carefully crafted plans of becoming the pack's beta. After

