7/31/13…

One nighters weren't normally her thing, she had told herself that a long time ago… but it had been so long since she had felt that strong need for comfort and Alex knew that.

He lightly ran his fingers across her bare flesh as she curled into him, the two kissing before falling asleep.

Walking into the room he and the other Shield members shared with Amanda, Seth dropped his duffel bag… and he immediately saw red when he saw her in the bed and Alex passed out next to Amanda, his right arm resting lazily over her chest. Seth snapped before dragging Alex out by his ankles and beating on him as Amanda pulled her satin underwear on and tried to break up the fight but Seth threw her down.

"She's telling the-" Alex starts to say before a coffee pot was bashed over his head.

"Put your hands on her, huh?! Fuck my Shield sister?! How fucking dare you, Riley?!" Seth yelled as he started strangling Alex… until Roman managed to pull him off of Alex and Dean tried to calm a traumatized Amanda as Alex was covered with a blanket up to his shoulders.

Thinking quickly, Dean put his shirt on an eerily quiet Amanda and took her out of there as Alex was taken away on a stretcher when the paramedics got there, Seth taken away in handcuffs when the police showed up.

Amanda looked up as Dean reached Renee's room and the blonde let them in and immediately helped tend to Amanda.

The night had been calm with just her and Alex, finally giving into temptation… now it wasn't anymore.

Amanda climbed out of Dean's arms and headed to the shower on limp legs… when the shower was running, Renee turned to Dean.

"Who did he try to kill?" Renee asked quietly, having noticed that Seth had gotten incredibly possessive of Amanda.

"Riley… damn, I hope he makes it through this alive." Dean says as they hugged.

Amanda eventually emerged from the shower, drying herself off before wrapping the towel around her and looking in the mirror... she didn't know who to be angrier at, herself or Seth.

Present time, NXT Taping scheduled to air 2/17/16…

Those words echoed through her head as Alex's blue eyes basically drilled a hole through her hazel ones.

"Is this what we've come down to, little Demon Mistress?!" Alex yelled, Amanda standing up and taking the headset off… Alex was stood across from her, Corey and Tom were on edge as they weren't sure how either would react.

Alex felt the small right hand hit his face in a stinging slap, his lower lip bleeding as he looked at Amanda, who's beautiful eyes burned with fury and the fans in stunned silence as they weren't sure if this was part of the show or not.

"You pushed me away when I was there after what happened, told me that it was my fault that he tried to kill you… what did you expect, for me to follow my heart into a buzzsaw a second time after you broke it?!" Amanda said in a low, angry tone.

Alex looked at her, seeing the Balor Club logo on her hoodie as she left and hid her face from the approaching cameramen.

Amanda barely reached the backstage area, the cameramen hot on her trail… they only backed off when they saw Finn approach her and take her into his arms, the two holding onto each other.

When he had asked her why Seth was so possessive of her and she had told him, Finn hadn't hesitated to be there for her and reassure her that it was a human need… everyone had their moments where they let their natural instincts take over and give into things they said they wouldn't.

Alex reached the backstage area and saw them embracing each other, his eyes narrowed in anger at Finn.

'She was mine until Seth fucked it up… you're not gonna last long when he finds out about you two.' Alex thought before taking a picture and leaving.

Anger and revenge could be a really tempting thing to give into.