5

The fuller the moon got the more rage his wolf had for Finn Balor. He watched the Fomorian Demon Prince who touched her at all times. Well not all the times, he seemed to have a need with that Melanie chick.

In the last couple of days, Finn and Erin had a tag along. Finn always seemed to hold her hand, but then again Melanie looked depleted. When Finn was out in the ring doing his thing, Erin and Melanie were always together.

"Why are you hung up on that woman? That human?" Alicia Fox asked from Roman's right. "Why can't you claim me, Roman? I'm one of your species."

"Canine, yes; bitch yes, but you don't call to my wolf." He said.

"Keep saying that, honey, you're turning me on." She almost purred as her long nail left a trail on his bare arm.

He looked up in time to see Erin looking at him. Her pouty lips were turned down in a slight frown, her lower sticking out slightly.

"You know she's fat right?"

Turning his shoulder on the fox shifter, Roman walked up to Erin. She watched him the entire time. Her new friend didn't even bother to look up when he approached.

"Go out to dinner with me, Erin." He said.

"I…" she took a step back. "I don't...I don't know. Could you ask that in a way that didn't sound like it was a threat?"

It was his wolf speaking, that part of him going mad the fuller the moon was. One more night, one more night until the highest point of the moon would call to his wolf to run for a full night. Unlike other shifters, the moon call was the strongest in wolves. He was losing his human side to his barbaric side.

"Sorry, I'll just leave you alone."

"Roman," she had to reach out. She had to grab his elbow. The simple touch had his wolf howling on the inside of his mind, warning everyone to stay back. "Right now I need to focus on work. Melanie, she's having a hard time, Dolph fired her and Finn's been really taking care of her. I need to help Finn. I can't, I don't want to get mixed up with someone right now."

"I understand." He glanced at the zombie looking woman. "I'll leave you…"

"Can you stay? I don't want Baron Corbin coming around. He's giving me the creeps." She pulled her hand away. "Sorry. It's stupid of me."

"No, if you don't feel safe I'll wait until Finn comes back. You should sit down." He motioned to the chair she had been occupying.

Though the small metal chairs seemed to be swamped by his size and bulk, he was able to sit across from Erin. She kept fanning her face, pulling at the neckline of her simple blue blouse she wore and looking anywhere but at him. Melanie, it seemed like, was sleeping sitting up. Her eyes were closed but her lips moved.

She was a witch, no mistaking the magic that was coming off of her. That vampire that was Dolph Ziggler had been using her magic for his power and prowess, no wonder why she was a walking zombie. Roman could actually see the top of a the pentagram on it's leather strap around her neck peaking out at him. Her bony body a shell of what would have been a person.

"I think Finn likes Melanie." Erin said.

"Are you jealous of that?"

"No. He's a touchy kind of guy. He insisted on her sleeping in his bed, or resting on him. I don't know what she's going to do now that Ziggler fired her but maybe Finn would like her better than me."

"I highly doubt he'll let you go that easily. Have you worked as a personal assistant before?"

"I used to work in a small office back in Juneau, Alaska. I was the quintessential coffee getter." She glanced down at the iPad in front of her. "I just, after what happened with my folks and not having any close family I just wanted to get away."

"So you jumped at Finn's PA spot?"

"Yeah. I mean, I'm surprised he actually wanted me."

"You're not self loathing again, are you?" He asked and Erin looked at him. "You really do look nice, Erin."

She rubbed her neck. Her hair moved to the side and he didn't mistake the raised white marks there. It wasn't a human that bit her, it was an animal. If it really was just a plain animal that had attacked her that is.

"I'm sorry."

"I heard what Alicia Fox said to you on one of your first days. She couldn't be more wrong. You really are a beautiful woman."

She fanned herself in the face like a woman of the south would. Roman stilled himself from lunging forward when she pulled at the collar of her shirt, showing a pale white skin. His eyes narrowed and Erin froze as she looked at him.

"Sorry, it's warm." She apologized.

"I know." He smirked.

He definitely knew.

Erin took a deep breath as she and Melanie walked outside after the show with Finn. There was something going on, something that didn't feel right but then again oh so right when it came to Roman.

"Your boyfriend really wants to be with you." Melanie said in that tired voice of hers.

"What?"

"Roman Reigns. He's going to be yours soon."

Erin glanced at Finn who took Melanie's hand. "So you say, Mel. But I want her focused on her work."

"I don't really need a guy mixed in with my work." Erin said.

There were voices nearby. The Shield was walking towards their own car, Erin could make out Renee Young's bright blonde hair as her husband's arm was wrapped around her shoulders. The lumbering Samoan brought up the rear with a backpack slung over his shoulder.

Roman hung out with her until Finn showed up after his match. He left with a smile directed right at her but Finn shook his head.

She couldn't be hung up on a guy like Roman Reigns, especially with that dangerous feeling, the exhilarating feeling she got any time he was around. It sure was hotter than any time before.

"Moon is getting full." Melanie said as she looked up at the sky.

The next night it would be a full moon, back in Alaska it was a time when the wolves gathered and hunted. She rubbed at the near burning spot on the side of her neck where it had happened. The memory was still fresh, only happening at the height of the last winter.

As her heart thumped and the heat hit her skin the moment his gray eyes looked at her, Erin looked away. Finn was putting their things into the car when she looked over at the car.

"We're driving the entire way there." Finn said.

"Two hours, or three?" Erin asked.

"Two. If you get tired let me know."

"All right."

That was how they traveled, that was becoming a thing. First Finn and Melanie would sit in the back of the car cuddled up together and then when Erin got tired they would switch places. Then Erin would stretch out all by herself in the back of the car while they continued on.

This was what happened that night. Every once in a while Erin looked in the backseat to see Finn cuddled up with Melanie. At one point it looked like he'd been kissing her head, his hand coming around and cupping the underside of her neck and rubbing her pale skin.

Through the trees Erin saw the moon, saw how full it was becoming. Maybe it was what happened on that full moon that made her shiver, what happened to her and her folks.

They'd gone out into the wilderness like they usually did when it was time to see the Borealis, but then they were attacked by that large group of wolves, or mix of wolf dogs. They kind of reminded her of something but she didn't know what it was.

"You're drifting, Erin." Finn's voice said from behind her.

"Sorry, I'm thinking of something that happened. When my parents died. It'll almost be six months since we were attacked on a full moon."

She'd already divulged some of that to Finn, him and Melanie listening to her sob story of her parental loss.

"You should sleep. Is there a rest area coming up soon?"

"Yes, in a mile."

"You'll take a break and then sleep while I drive." He said.

"Okay."

She did exactly that, pulling into the rest stop and leaving to go to the restroom. There were two vending machines for snacks so she bought a soda and package of cookies, or biscuits as Finn liked to refer to cookies as. They didn't stop to eat, so Erin picked up some jerky from the vending machine.

"Why jerky?" Melanie asked when she came back to the car.

"I need something, don't know what. I'm just hungry and hot all the time." She barely noticed the woman's eyebrow quirk up.

"What do you mean by hot?" Finn asked.

"I don't know. Extremely hot, like I've stepped into a sauna or something like that." She shrugged.

Finn hummed at that but didn't say anything else on the matter. Neither did Erin as she slipped into the backseat with her snacks and buckled up. She had a back row seat to seeing Finn and Melanie holding hands though.

They did look cute together, she thought as she drifted off to sleep.

But like a lot of the nights, she dreamed about a black and white wolf, not like the one that killed her folks. That wolf that killed her folks and attacked her was just big and black; this one was almost like a malamute wolf thing, but just as huge. It had light blue eyes, maybe a husky mix then. He, Erin felt like it was a he, walked next to her. It was almost like she knew, she knew this dog. It was the big black wolf dog from her past that scared the living hell out of her when it attacked from behind some trees.

Coming up gasping, Erin looked around. She was still in the car, not in the woods wherever that was. Finn turned around in the driver seat to look back at her.

"You alright, Erin?" He asked.

"A nightmare. Similar to the one from last night and the night before." She said. "I've been thinking about what happened, that's all. It's just getting into my dreams now."

It was so easy to talk to Finn, his demeanor about everything was so caring. There wasn't a bad bone in his body. She told him about what happened, her personal issues with trying to leave Alaska.

"Well, at least now you can sleep in a real bed." He motioned in front of him.

They were parked out in front of a hotel. Oh good, that just meant she could sleep in an actual bed and not have to worry about kinking up her neck. Erin yawned and then reached for the door handle.

Ever since Melanie joined their little rag tag group, she never instigated the touching. It was all Finn's doing. He walked with her under his arm, his fingers playing with her hair. As they were in the lobby of the hotel the group in front of them was none other than Melanie's former employer, Dolph Ziggler.

"Double dipping, Balor?" The blondish man asked when seeing them waiting in line.

Finn said nothing. He stared straight ahead.

"You look capable. Are you interested in working for someone more manlier?" Dolph turned his attention to Erin.

"Stop." Drew McIntyre said.

Sienna looked over at them. She nodded at Melanie who only nodded in return.

"Damn, I'm so hungry." Dolph said, his eyes flicking back and forth between Erin and Melanie. "You look like you can sustain yourself, Balor's PA."

"Screw off, Ziggles," a voice came up behind them.

"Oh look, the mutt pack." Dolph said as Erin turned around.

The heat was back, her forehead dampened as her body tingled at the look of the lumbering giant man with big muscles. Roman was almost standing right behind her when Erin finally learned how to breathe again.

"Reigns, stop that." Finn finally said.

"Can't help it. I like the sounds she makes." The big man said, and directed a smile at her.

Erin's knees shook as she looked away from his familiar looking eyes. There was something in those eyes that pulled her in. She bit her lip and then began taking deep breaths.

"She seems turned on." Dolph said, which made Erin's eyes open so fast.

The next thing she saw was the blonde man get yanked back by Drew, Sienna stepping to the side as Drew's hand clamped down on Dolph's shoulder.

"Dolph, I'm warning ye, don't start shite." The Scotsman said. "Even I'm at the end of my tether with you."

"Hey, I know when I like something. She looks like a fun bed romp, which could…"

"Go screw yourself." Erin said. "I wonder what kind of disease I could get from you. So which ABC STD do you have?"

That was the one thing she didn't know she could possess. All eyes were on her, the heat she felt intensified as she backed up into Roman, whose hand came to rest on her shoulder.

"I knew I liked you." Melanie was the first to speak.

"Same." Dean Ambrose said. "Are we just going to stand around here listening to bullshit or are we going to be able to check in and check out?"

The spooked looking desk clerk spoke up. "I can help who is next." She said with a voice similar to what Erin would have used if seeing the group.

Drew pulled Dolph by the collar away, Sienna taking their luggage with her. Finn stepped up to the counter and checked in. Roman stayed behind Erin as she tried to catch her breath.

"Come on, Erin. We need to get some sleep." Finn said.

"Thanks for the backup." Erin looked at The Shield. "I screwed up, that wasn't supposed to happen."

"Erin," Finn called out towards to elevator with Melanie at his side.

"Goodnight."

"Night, Erin." Roman said in a slow manner with an even slower smile that spread out across his handsome face.

"Night," she half mumbled as she went after Finn.

Well, there you go. Hope you liked it. I'll be back when I can.