[h2]Esme[/h2]
After spilling her thoughts to the group and offering her help, Esme hoped that she didn’t show how desperate she was to help and show she wanted to be helpful, especially after not being able to help with the last case. She silently looked around those gathered as the discussion continued, catching Mika’s look as she took in her attire. It wasn’t like she wanted to go around in a blanket, but it was better than going around in torn and bloodstained clothes. Her eyes landed back on Dean when he spoke saying he agreed with her and Mika. Finally, she could do something useful after being out of commission. When Dean said she could butter Cason up, she winced a bit. She wasn’t sure just how much this was going to be a buttering up, but she was definitely going to try and get the information they needed about Anna. Her eyes darted back to Duke as he spoke about the bounty hunter again and then mentioned killing Cason, which caused her eyebrows to raise. She knew that Duke, like herself, wasn’t fond of demons, but at that moment, she knew that killing Cason wasn’t the answer to any of this. They needed him right now. Without him, they would be up the creek without a paddle.

She was about to say something but Dean beat her to it, she didn’t like the thought of having one going after Anna. Esme sighed softly when Duke finally surrendered to not having a bounty hunter come in and having Cason killed after Dean said they weren’t killing anyone. Though she was surprised to hear that Natalia might have found comfort in him. She quickly pushed the thought from her mind to focus on the rest of the conversation that led back to her. Dean was now telling her to go get dressed so she could go and talk to Cason. “I don’t….” she started, but was cut off by Duke. As soon as the words left his mouth, she felt slightly uncomfortable, and slight embarrassment crept up on her, especially after Dean asked where her bag was. Again Duke answered for her before she even had time to open her mouth this time, paraphrasing the events that led up to her being stranded without clothes. She hid her wince at Dean’s frustration the best she could. Though she couldn’t blame him for being frustrated even if it wasn’t her fault. She didn’t know she was going to be kidnapped by demons, beaten, stabbed, and almost burned, then rescued by someone she never thought she’d see again, and not have the chance to retrieve her car. 

Dean saying Mika could lend her something caused her to tense up. Esme’s eyes then went wide as he barked the order at Mika to get her something to wear, then added a sweet, please. Yes, he would playfully bark orders at her when they were together, and she would do the same to him but Mika didn’t seem like one you would bark orders at without some repercussions following. She knew Mika couldn’t be happy with the idea of lending her boyfriend's ex some clothes, and to be honest, she was too keen on wearing Mika’s clothes either. It was an awkward situation, even if she did need something to wear. She couldn’t bring herself to say anything in the matter, wanting Mika to take the next step being Dean’s girlfriend and being her clothes. While she waited to see what Mika would do, she turned her attention to Duke as he chimed in once more about the bounty hunter. She had heard enough about hiring a bounty hunter, and he had also ignored her question when she asked about it. Sliding her feet from under Sarah’s head once more than pulled a hand from under the blanket. Taking Duke by the arm, she pulled him a small distance away from the others, then used her index finger to push up his hat so she could see his eyes. The look on her face wasn’t a happy one. “I’m surprised at you, Duke. Are you that hell-bent on hiring a bounty hunter, that you’ll throw getting Anna back unharmed to the wind?” she said angrily. 

“Hell, you and I both know they don’t handle situations like this gently. They can also be unpredictable and throw any rules you lay down out the window.” She had run into a few in her life and she had sworn to herself she would never do business with them if she could help it. She turned and stepped away from Duke running a hand through her hair in frustration. “Hellfire!” she said through gritted teeth under her breath in even more frustration. They had the one person they knew Anna better than any of them, and Duke still wanted to go with his option. Which in her opinion, that she was making clear, was the wrong one. The sweet Esme he had seen last night and earlier was now replaced with a fired-up Esme, one that she was sure he remembered from their days together. “We can’t have one of them come in on this for Sam’s sake, and I know you know that somewhere in that brain of yours.” she continued angrily. She then spun back around to face him, a heavy sigh leaving her nose while catching Mika reluctantly heading into her’s and Dean’s room. Which meant she had given in to Dean's request. “We’ll talk more about this later, there are more pressing matters at hand.” she told him while giving him a look that said he wasn’t going to get out of it. 

Esme then walked past Duke and back to the others without looking back at him to see if he was following her. As she waited for Mika to return with the clothes she worked on calming herself with Sarah’s help, by the time Mika came out with the clothes, she was calm enough to handle what she needed to do. Taking the clothes, she thanked Mika and headed back to her room to get dressed. Once dressed, she came out and looked at everyone but Duke, she was still a little upset with him, her eyes landing on Sam last. “I’ll get him to tell me where she is. I want her back just as much as you do.” she told him with a kind hand on his arm. She then looked at Dean and Mika. “Just make sure someone keeps an ear open in case this goes sideways.” she asked. She wasn’t saying it would but she wanted to make sure someone had her back if it did. “Wish me luck.” she said before walking over to the door. Once at the door, she gave a knock on it. “Hey? Can we talk?” she called out.