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He smelt her before he saw her. The sulfur stench of Finn Balor was still all over her as she walked down the hall.

It had been a few days since their initial meeting and Roman was happy to see her. Per usual, as this was a house show, there weren't any cameras around backstage but that didn't stop some of the shifters and that witch from starting shit with her.

Alicia Fox approached Erin when Finn had gone out for his match. Roman wasn't due out until later in the show and so he took to shadowing the curvy woman. She was doing something on her Ipad when Fox showed up.

"So, you're like new around here. Then you must know the rules." Roman quirked a brow at that statement.

"What rules?"

"Dressing like that." Fox motioned to Erin's body. "You know, if you didn't stuff your face all the time, you would have a lot of guys falling for you."

"Sure, whatever." Erin then glared down at her Ipad.

"I mean, you could get Finn, but I doubt he would like to see what's under that shirt."

Fed up, Roman marched up to them. Fox heard him first and when she looked at him with that sultry smile, it fell when his wolf eyes flashed at her.

"Erin," he couldn't stop the growl slipping out between his teeth.

She slowly raised her head and looked at him. "Yes, Roman?"

"Is there a problem?" He eyed Fox, who licked her lips.

"No," Erin answered. "Nothing is wrong." She tugged at her black shirt, revealing a hint of a white bra strap at the shoulder. "Did you need something, Roman?"

"Not really, no. Just making sure you're taken care of."

"Are you going to murder me with that look?" She asked, her thumb rubbing the edge of the tablet in her hand.

Had he been exuding a feeling? He was trying to get the fox shifter to go away, but the dark skinned woman refused to. She pulled her shoulders back and presented her neck to him, a sure sign of submission and yet he was not falling for it.

"I'm sorry, it's been a while since I met a pretty woman." He said as he leaned on the wall next to Erin.

Erin looked at Alicia and then back at him, her brows furrowing as if thinking about what he had said. She was doubting herself, since Fox was definitely more of a diva than a female superstar, so she had a lot more going for her than Balor's PA did. She had a background in modeling; though Roman wanted to know more about Erin's background.

"What are you doing after the show, Erin?" Roman asked as he crossed his arms and allowing his arm to brush up against hers.

"Traveling to the next show with Finn. Well that's not until the morning."

"How about dinner? Got any plans for that?" He felt her shifting away from him, trying to escape.

"No, not that I'm aware of." After that sentence she shook her head and looked at the floor.

"There you are." Baron's voice boomed. They had a one on one match that night in the house show. "Oh, you're the new chick, aren't you?"

"She's Balor's PA. I'm keeping her company." Roman stood taller, though already in his boots he was pretty big.

The nearly seven foot tall Baron Corbin smiled at Erin and held a hand out. "Nice to meet you, Balor's PA."

"It's Erin Horn." She said as she shook his hand.

Then the cocky ass wolf brought her hand up to his mouth and kissed the back of it, smiling his wolf grin at her. There was no mistaking that hungry look in the Lone Wolf's eyes.

"Such a unique name for a unique woman." His thumb rubbed the back of her hand while he spoke.

Alicia knew when she was not wanted, so she left. Neither wolves caring for her high pitched huff or her crossed arms. Roman was more worried about attacking Baron Corbin while out of character.

"Um," Erin pulled her hand away and Roman smiled when she rubbed the back of her hand on her black jeans. "Thank you, Mr. Corbin."

"Baron. We don't really follow formalities around here."

"Yes, I am starting to see that." She glanced between Roman and Corbin.

"What are you doing to my PA?" Finn asked from feet away.

He smelt more like sulfur than ever but seeing as Erin was completely human, a human that called to Roman's wolf no less, she couldn't smell it. She did sigh and had to walk around Corbin to get to Finn.

"Nothing, I guess they were keeping me company." She said, rubbing her arm with her free hand.

"Am I going to have to lock you in a room when I have a match?" Finn began to rub her arms, using his sulfur to mark her again.

"I didn't mean to cause trouble, Finn."

"You're not the one causing problems." He murmured, then pushed a chunk of her hair from her face.

"What's up, little man?" Corbin asked with a laugh in his voice.

The look on Erin's face almost had Roman in stitches. She did not look thrilled with that bravado from the General Manager of Raw.

"Just making sure that nothing happens with my PA. She's rather important to me." Finn responded. "How about I talk to you about something that has been on my mind, Erin."

"Oh, uh okay. Sure, Finn."

Finn motioned for her to follow him down the hall. He put his hand on her back and guided her between Roman and Corbin.

When Erin was out of earshot Corbin growled at Roman.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? I saw her first." Corbin said.

"Last I checked, you were bedding Fox."

"Why do you think she's after your tail? Besides, she calls to my wolf."

"As does mine."

"Are we going to have a pissing contest in the middle of a hall?" Dean's voice cut in, the fey man leaning on his wife's shoulders as they walked up with Seth in tow.

"Keep away from Erin." Corbin took a step towards Roman.

"Fat chance, Lone Wolf," growled the Universal Champion.

"None of you will get anywhere near her without Finn's involvement. So why not just stop?" Renee said.

Corbin grunted. "Keep your woman in line, Ambrose."

"Not going to happen." Dean responded, eyes narrowing just a fraction and the air getting chillier than what would be considered normal.

Dean dropped his hold on Renee, Seth even started to crowd Corbin as Roman pushed off the wall. Three against one, with no back up seeing that Corbin was alone in this matter, he broke eye contact with Roman and stepped back.

"She's mine. I will stake my claim to her." The Lone Wolf said.

"And you better expect to get a spear to the gut if you bullshit your way into her pants." Roman responded.

"See you tonight, mutt."

Mutt, just the thing to be called. Sure, unlike Corbin who was a full wolf, that jab was just harsh. But then again turning rogue was worse than being a mutt.

"Roman," Renee's calm voice said. "I know you like her, I know she calls to your wolf side, but we don't need any fighting going on in the roster right now."

"Come on, man, listen to her." Seth said. "This will just blow up in your face."

Not if he convinced Finn to let him have Erin first.

Finn's hand ran up and down Erin's arm to a slow and silent rhythm. He smiled at her as they stood in catering. There was a law that all superstars and crew workers had to abide by, never to leave the arena before the show ended. So Finn had taken her to catering for some sandwiches and a few drinks while they talked about something. It was work related, after all.

"So you want to do this?" She looked at what he had brought up on the Ipad.

"It's for the kids, mostly." He shrugged. "I like Legos and doing a signing at this Lego shop would be fun, don't you think?"

"You're asking me?"

"You'll have to be there."

"Is this something your COOs are okay with?" She shivered as his thumb brushed over the junction of her inner elbow with his thumbnail.

"They're fine with it. I just needed to make sure that you're okay with it, there will be a lot of kids there."

"I'm fine with kids." She glanced down.

At least Finn insisted on wearing clothes this time. It wasn't that she was uncomfortable with seeing the man in his wrestling outfit, but she didn't have to worry about looking down and it seem like she was staring at his crotch. Not that she didn't try to guess what his ass looked like any time he was facing away from her in his trunks.

The man was a walking sin almost.

Yet, she couldn't stop thinking about a certain Samoan superstar who seemed to stand off in the distance and stare. Like really stare at something, and sometimes Erin thought it was her but she couldn't be sure.

When she looked back up again, sure enough there was Roman standing just at the doorway with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose, Renee Young tagging a long. Seth, Dean and Renee were talking together but Roman wasn't, he was staring off somewhere and again it appeared that he was staring right back at Erin.

"Erin," Finn poked her arm.

"Huh, sorry. I was...thinking."

"I have a funny feeling that it's about someone in particular." Finn tilted his head. "Am I right?"

She sighed but ended up nodding. How could he not know that she was thinking of someone. As she fiddled with the Ipad, Erin heard Finn chuckle.

"Who? If you don't mind me asking."

"No, I don't...I don't think that's a good thing to do. We've barely known each other."

"Erin, if you're going to work with me, I need to know what's bothering you, what's really upsetting you." His hand touched her knee. "You can trust me. Just let me in."

"I…" she glanced back at Roman, but he was no longer there. Dean and Seth were also gone but Renee was talking to Bayley. "I like this guy."

"That guy isn't me, is it?"

"No, I'm sorry." She caught him smiling. "I mean, you're nice and all, you're really attractive but I…"

"You fancy someone a little bit bigger, in height and muscle?"

"Well, yeah." She felt her face get hot.

"Is he a worker; someone who works behind the scenes?"

Erin shook her head. "No, he's a performer."

"Baron Corbin?"

"Oh, geez, no. Not him. He seems nice and all but he really puts it on thick. And it was rude to call you little man."

"Jabs like that are normal around here. I'm used to them." He waved his hand like there was an annoying fly buzzing around or something.

"Well, it's still rude."

"Roman Reigns?" Finn asked, but then again it didn't sound like he was asking it as a question. "I kind of figured you would gravitate to him."

"He just...I don't know what it is that attracts me to him. There's something there that feels...good. Dangerous, but good at the same time. I can't really explain it. Then he asked me out to dinner a little while ago."

"Did you say yes?"

"No, I didn't. Baron walked up before Roman could say anything else." Erin sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time. "I mean, I'm not a nun or anything but if I knew that we weren't doing anything for dinner, I would have accepted his invitation."

"Right now, I want you to focus on your job, Erin."

"You're right, Finn." She looked in his eyes. "I should focus on my job. I've only just started working here but I need to do my job, not worry about some man or two men trying to woo me." She paused. "Where did that come from?"

"What?"

"That last sentence. It didn't sound like something I would have said."

He shrugged as he leaned on the table. He still smiled though.

Finn's phone went off and he grabbed it. As he texted whoever was on the other end Erin looked around and felt nervous. Scared. Fear. Yes, she felt fear and she didn't know why.

When she looked up there was no way of missing the smile that Baron Corbin was giving her.

He stood a ways away, leaning up against a wall in the catering area. Much like Roman, he seemed to be looking right at her. But this feeling, it wasn't a thrill that ran through her body. It was cold, icy and dangerous, a different kind of dangerous than what she'd previously thought about Roman. This was the danger in which she knew she was bodily going to feel pain.

Why? She asked herself that as she looked back at her Ipad, hoping to look like she hadn't noticed him.

What was going on around this company?

Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this update. I'll be back when I can.