[h2]Esme Stirling[/h2]

Esme watched Cason after she spoke, seeing that her turning him down hurt him a bit. She couldn't really feel how much it hurt him with Sarah curled around her, but she could definitely see it in his eyes and how he didn’t know how to take her turning him down. When he agreed to actually let her go on her own and take Sarah, it surprised her, but she didn’t let it show. At his comment about Sarah, she gave a little laugh of her own. “I don’t doubt that myself.” she said with a laugh in her tone. She didn’t doubt Sarah would protect her from Cason if he tried to do anything to her, her and the hound had gotten pretty close in such a short time. 

Esme watched as Cason gave her another sad look, looking as if this would be the last time he saw her, making her wonder why. Did he still think that Dean would try and kill him at some point while she was gone? When Cason reached down and picked up her hand and brought it to his lips, she could only sit there, watch him and listen to what he had to say, then gave a small nod. The way he spoke it was as if she was leaving right at that minute, but she wasn’t, she wanted to make sure that Dean and Mika were good first. Once she knew they were good and she saw it with her own eyes, she would leave and try to get some sleep. 

Esme’s attention went to Annabeth as she spoke to Cason, then watched her as she went back down the stairs to the vault. She felt sorry for her having to sleep down there, it didn’t sound like the most comfortable place to be. She sighed a bit as she looked down at Sarah’s head on her lap as Cason spoke once again and gave a small smirk at his words. She herself didn’t think anything would happen while she wasn’t there, but with his group you could never be too sure. Esme placed a hand on Sarah’s head and gave it a scratch before she heard Sam coming down the stairs from checking on Dean and Mika, she lifted her head to look at him, keeping her hand on the hounds head. 

When Sam said that both were good, but still needed some time with things, she was happy to hear it. At his next words and his look to her, she was relieved to say the least. She gave a nod in acknowledgment and thanks. As talk went on, she kept quiet as she listened to them. She really didn’t know what to say or add to anything at that moment, but she was glad that everyone knew where they were going to be for the night for the most part.