A return

*knock* *knock* *Thud* *thud* “Alice, Rosalie I can smell you. I need… I need” Damian tried to finish but closing his eyes collapsed against the door as Alice rushed to the door and seeing the wrecked man on the floor, “Rosalie I need your help” “Can it wait. I’m in the bath!” “No it can’t and leave the water in” Rosalie rushed down the stairs and seeing the skinny man nodded as she helped Alice pull him him and dragging him to the settee, Alice immediately received a call from the Denali’s almost like they knew the exact time he was going to be there, “Alice. It’s important” “What is it Tanya?” “Damian… he… he needs help” “I can see that he has just collapsed on the doorstep and is now currently on my settee. Rosalie’s looking for wounds and no Rosalie it doesn’t mean you can check his cock out” “I was just being thoroughly. I’ll call Esme over… she can deal with him” “It’s not physical Alice” Tanya interrupted on the phone and waiting for her to continued Tanya said, “He hasn’t ate properly because he is on the run but it’s the imprint… I don’t know much about it but being away from Esme or whatever has called him to grow paranoid… listen this is important… he hasn’t fed in days” “Okay so I make some soup for him” “No! He hasn’t ate properly for a year. His diet is… vampires venom” “Our… our blood” Alice gasped and hearing a grunt in acknowledgment for her correct answer Alice said, “I’ll tie him down” “Be careful Alice… if he isn’t trying to feed on the women he thinks… he thinks we are Esme in his paranoia outbursts it can lead to…” “I got it. Like Rose said; Esme can deal with it.”

“Where is he?” Esme cried rushing in and seeing the feverish man Esme fell to his side glaring as Carlisle walked in holding his medical bag, “I might not like the imprint Esme but he is a patient and I swore an oath, besides him hurting hurts you. Seth is going to come over later with Sue and try and find out what is exactly wrong but for now…” he trailed off so he can focus on his gloves, “Let’s get to work.”

An hour later and looking at her husband who walked out with his clipboard, “What is it?” “I’ve given him 4 times the usual dosage to sedate him and however my device will work; it will inject more every few hours to ensure he stays under. Heartbeat is fine; takes a lot more to kill his lot off. Has a fever, severely under weight, so he is suffering from those typical symptoms apart for the old minor wounds it appears that he is dreaming. I’ve taken the precaution to give him a drip, it will start to aid his recovery until he is well enough to wake up and take on food normally; when he does we want to start off small and light and rebuild his immune system; fortunately being a werewolf that won’t take long. I’ll just discuss the condition with Sue and then visit back in a few hours. Esme…” “I should… Someone needs to clean him; it’s my job” “You aren’t mates… Rose and Alice can take care of it” “No. I swore to lead this clan with you, to be a parent that the members have lost… it’s time I started to care for its members” Carlisle sighed but accepting her decision offered in both a warning and comfort, “Just don’t expect a drastic change… aaahh Sue, come in.”

Sue walked in and almost in tears at what she saw found comfort in Seth who muttered, “Whatever we do, let’s not let Leah see this. She would raise hell” Sue nodded feeling Alice’s hand to aid her comfort and looking back Sue pulled her book of legends up and said, “As you know our clan, our tribe is one of the oldest wolf packs in existence. I have listened to the evaluations and spoke with the elders…” she took another breath before wiping more tears away carried on with, “We believe it’s because of the withdrawals from the imprint. It’s rare but a imprint can be broken in two ways that doesn’t include **** of some kind. One is you Esme basically declare you don’t want him and **** him to accept it but this will cause the wolf to lash out and go insane until they learn to cope with it. The second way… which is what we believe is happening is: withdrawal, when a partnership breaks up after 100 years of not accepting the bond it will be broken. It causes the wolf mass emotional pain and sometimes physical discomfort whether it’s down to the wolf trying to break free and take the mate by **** or if it’s self harm by the human to try and counter the pain with another. Side effects include: aggressiveness, lack of appetite, emotional imbalances and paranoia.” “What Tanya said he was going through. Apparently they were out to get him and he attacked Carmen and Eleazar” Alice replied and nodding Carlisle asked, “Solution… we have one brutal idea; one that I don’t think you Esme could go through with” “She isn’t dying!” Carlisle protectively demanded, “I know… our suggestion is: Esme breaks the bond between them by clearly stating it’s never going to happen that she can’t stand the bond; basically lay it in really thick and when the bond breaks we lock him away until he learns to cope or handle the rejection. I think your cells that you use to cold turkey the newbie vampires will do providing you get Emmett and the others to reinforce it” Esme contemplated it and asking questioned, “How long would that take?” Sue shrugged before explaining, “Wolves have their hearts on their shoulders, it could take at least 50 years” Esme contemplated it once more before asking, “What would it be like?” “For you guilt and sadness for him… never mind. It isn’t pleasant” “Is there a way we could bind him to let’s say Alice or Rosalie instead?” Carlisle queried, “This isn’t pass the parcel. You can’t just pass him from one to another. The bond doesn’t work like that” Sue fired back and nodding Esme looked down and muttered, “I’m going to hate myself even more for doing this” Seth nodded before poorly joking said, “Would keep up at night from all the bad dreams… lucky enough you don’t sleep.” Esme looked down and nodding said, “Let’s get him fit and healthy first.”