She was controlled and calm, empty of all emotions. He wasn't fooled though and from the moment she crossed that stage he knew he wanted her. She was the master of the void. She felt no pain, no emotions and no fear when she was in her void and no one pierced that void if she didn't want them to. Until Eric that is. Could their flame endure or would it burn them both? Eric/OC AU M

A/N: There was no war and no hunts. Choosing age is 18 and this is about a year or two after Tris transferred and that was a year after Eric and Four.

Chapter 1 - Eric's POV

"What in the fuck does she see in him?" I growl out as I look down the table at the initiates. I watch as she sits with her normal group of friends. Even with them she is closed off or at least in public. Right now they all seemed concerned. Some of them leave lunch for the day, but that Amity girl is there. Maybe they were worried about her fight today.

Max follows my gaze and frowns. "I thought you and Four were over your shit. Since when do you care about Tris and him?"

I look back at him like he is crazy. "What?"

He tilts his head. "Who the fuck are you talking about?"

I take a moment to realize my anger over her continuing to be with such a fuck up has made me speak when I really should have kept that shit quiet. "No one." I scowl and turn back to eating. Four exits with Tris after the say something to her and she nods.

I have tried everything to just not think about her but since the moment I saw her let her blood hit the coals I haven't been able to think of anything but her. Defiant and fiery from the moment she set foot on that stage.

Wearing the darkest blue she could get away with, boots on and her intoxicating dark red/black colored hair in waves and curls hanging down her back. She made it fucking clear she wouldn't be staying with the fucking brains of Erudite. Not that she wasn't smart as hell and used it. She just used it in the most Dauntless way she could. And then her fucking tag along boyfriend had joined her and is trying to ride her coattails. What she saw in that fucking punk was beyond me but she was just loyal as fuck. Our top initiate and she was with someone that would be fucking lucky to make the top ten.

Max smirks at me because I apparently can't fucking look away from her. "No one sure has your attention. I mean I don't think I even saw you this twisted over that chick…" he searches for the name then snaps his fingers. "Laurel that was her name. She lasted what two months maybe?"

I growl at the thought of that bitch. My one attempt here in Dauntless at an actual relationship and she cheated on me. Not that anyone fucking knew about that since I didn't let her know I caught her. I just arranged for her to catch me in bed with two other girls. Shut that shit right down and made me look like a fucking God.

"Something like that." I reply and take a drink of my coffee. "Whatever, are we going to talk about the survival training we are doing before the fear sims? We only have tomorrow before the initiates go into off days and we need to get them outfitted and attempt some basic skills classes." I try and change the subject.

Max gives a chuckle at my changing of the subject, which Andrea and Leo join in. "Yeah, Tris and Four submitted the proposal and it sounds good. Tris got Johana to agree to let us use her sector so it will be in the ruins of the buildings around there for the city simulation and then her fields and forest for the wilderness aspect of it. Peter was trying to push for outside of the fence but that got shot down really quick." Max scowled at the mention of Hayes.

I couldn't blame him. The guy was a grade a dick and coming from me that is saying something. I was trying to limit his involvement in training now but it was one of the roles he selected when he was offered to pick job placement again. Wasn't looking to having to put up with his shit. He was lucky he got off the patrols at all and is now in Control. Four was fucking loving being his superior there.

Andrea looked over the initiates, smiling almost fondly down at none other than who I can't take my eyes off of. "Isn't Raven undefeated in her matches?"

I can't help the smirk that comes over me "Yep, hasn't lost one fucking match yet. Not even close calls so far but I still think she holds back." I frown at that last thought.

Leo's brows furrow. "She has put two in the infirmary and those were people that she is friends with. How is she holding back?"

I shrug, not able to put my finger on it exactly. I think she holds back a lot and not just in skills, but of herself. "Don't get me wrong she still hurts them. I just think she could have done worse to them. I don't know if she held back just because they were friends, but I don't think so. She has done it on all her fights that we reviewed. It's calculated." I shrug and take a bite of my pasta that had started to go cold. I see one of her friends come and kiss her cheek and then throw his arm around her. She takes it off and I catch something about him being jumpy and him trying to feel her up. I can't even help the glare I send him. I do also catch that she must have reacted because he said he would never do that on the bridge of the chasm. I want to fucking laugh but the thought of him doing anything to her or something going wrong over the fucking chasm pisses me off.

Andrea nods thoughtfully. "I can see that, I have watched the matches as well. But we don't need them to be as brutal as can be. She shows her skills and the ability to think through her actions and accomplish the objective."

I sigh with brow furrowed. "Do you still want to have her for the covert ops team?" I really don't fucking want her out there with those fuckers on that team and doing gods knows what. It is one of the most dangerous jobs because they go beyond the fence and there is no way I want her out there. I know what is out there.

She shakes her head "No we are thinking Lex would be the better fit for the team. So far he has been pretty consistent with being in second place. Luckily we aren't basing positions purely on rankings since we still have a long way to go and we all know the fear stage can change rankings in a heartbeat."

I raise my eyebrows in a 'no shit' manner and continue to eat but let them keep with the conversation. I can't help but watch her as she sits with her friends. She is always so fucking calm and cool. Even in fights she doesn't truly lose that demeanor, I only notice the change in her because I can't stop watching her for shit. The change is so subtle it would be missed if you blink.

It's in her eyes and her body; the fire there rages for all of the rest of her that she won't let that happen in. Her body is coiled and watching her uncoil and strike is just as intoxicating as the rest of her. She came fucking prepared and ready to go. Maybe that is why I can't stop watching her other than the fact the she is just fucking beautiful.

When I had to do background pulls for all the initiates I made it my objective to find out everything I could about her. She had changed her last name before the choosing ceremony but I was still able to get information on her. I didn't envy her childhood at all with her parents. Her father especially, he had scared me when I was there and I avoided him like the plague. I had known she changed her name because it had been the first thing that caught my attention. Annabelle Lee Anderson was called out and my eyebrow hit my hairline. Someone was a Poe fan obviously. Then when I didn't see her name listed with the jumpers I caught it right away, she had changed it to Raven. The interest just kept deepening because she had changed it in such a way that it couldn't be associated with her old one unless you knew the significance. She had chosen Poe's trademark symbol.

Whatever she left behind one thing was for sure, she knew who she was and didn't care to hide it while she was in Erudite. Even all of her mandatory research projects that she signed up for or created were all geared towards things that would only benefit Dauntless. We got the stabilizing serum from her, which helped to settle the initiates once they had gone through the lengthier fear sims.

It didn't make everything ok as they still needed to work shit out on their own. But there were several indications that the longer an initiate was under the more the brain itself became unstable and started activating parts of the brain that are associated with PTSD. They were being told by their brain that they had suffered severe trauma and once that was triggered it wouldn't be reversed. They had it for the rest of their lives if they continued to live that is. Since that time three years ago when Erudite gave the go ahead to use it we hadn't had any incidents of initiate suicide or attacks after Sims began. That was when she was 14 years old.

The rest of the projects were on weapons and enhancements and she wasn't the sole researcher but at least a lead or one of the main ones. There were one or two that were considered classified and restricted and even I couldn't access them, especially now. I wasn't worried about those because all top students in Erudite are brought on to some kind of classified project at some point. I was on a classified one and it was just the development of the new glass vid screens. Erudite just liked being secretive as fuck.

I robotically take a bite of something on my tray and watch her from the corner of my eye as she is talking to a friend. She is frowning about something which is almost a fucking scowl coming from her.

I hear something about a party drifting over to me.

I sigh and drag my eyes away feeling like the worst fucking stalker in the world. Andrea breaks me from my thoughts. "If I am not mistaken she is supposed to fight her own boyfriend next. He is lower than her but Four and Tris feel that it needs to be done given their involvement. Didn't they run that by you Max?"

Max nods with tight lips."Yes and we will have to keep an eye on that. He hasn't done badly in the fights either, for a transfer. Her friend Astrid has surprised me but she is Frank's kid. Lex is almost right there with Hector and Raven on his fights, and is a powerhouse for sure."

I nod and try and suppress the grin at the thought of Shane getting his ass handed to him. The only problem is that he knows Raven and her fighting. They apparently have faced off before at Erudite during their own self preparation.

My brother had said they both went to the hospital afterwards and she had spent at least a day in there. He couldn't release the medical files but he hinted it had been bad. Shane had spent a week but that doesn't matter if she got hurt as bad as she did then. I don't honestly know what I am going to do if she ends up being hurt by that fucker. I can't help the deep scowl that comes over my face.

I hate that she has this hold on me and is making me fucking care again. For over two months I have struggled with it and have done everything I could think of to get rid of these feelings. I have been the biggest dick to her but then I take every opportunity to touch her in some way. Sometimes I feel her eyes on me or our eyes meet and neither of us can look away.

I had been trying hookups but I lost interest before we even got out of the door for whatever bar I was in. All I could hope is that maybe she would wake up and get rid of that shithead, and then maybe I might have a chance.

I sigh as I watch her leave the dining hall still frowning at bit and her friend sighing and looking sad but follows soon after behind her. Whatever the fuck that is about it can't be good. She has her fight coming up after lunch is over. I turn back to finish out this lunch so I can head back to the training room.