6

Roman growled. His bones ached and his skin crawled. The full moon was that night and every animal instinct in him was telling him to go running. He and Seth and some of the other wolf shifters were going to head out to the nearby forest and run. They just had one more house show to get through before then.

"Ready?" Seth asked as they were waiting for their turn behind the curtain.

Sulfur and blackberries passed by his senses. Since the previous interaction with Erin had been around Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre, his skin had been itching and his thoughts and dreams filtered with her precious looking face. He dreamed of her, dreamed of her in various positions.

"Really?" Seth asked as he turned to look at him.

"What?"

"I smell your damn arousal. Any of us can, you know. This run tonight better get you straightened out." Seth grumbled at him.

First, though, The Shield needed to get the upper hand over Dolph, Drew and Braun. The bear shifter that Braun was knew where he was going to be when Roman got the spear on Ziggler.

"There is something about your little love interest that is confusing." Dolph said.

"Don't bring her into this." Dean said. "You nearly killed your last PA pulling that much energy out of her."

"Yeah, now I'm being stopped cold turkey except during performing." He rolled his eyes. "I'm just saying something, something isn't right with her. She looks like she's in pain. I can almost taste it."

Roman looked over at where Erin was standing with Melanie. She kept rubbing the side of her neck, twisting and rolling her shoulders. She fanned her face, billowed her shirt as if trying to get cool. Finn was looking at her heavily, eyes narrowed and arms crossed as she did her job.

"She doesn't look comfortable." Drew pointed out.

That was hardly far from the truth. Roman could almost smell her constant arousal and the misery, it was diluted thanks to Finn's sulfur. Something was not right, something more was going on and he could feel it.

But he had to keep his mind on his job. He had to go out and put on a good show. That's what he did, he took his moon call energy out on mostly Ziggler.

As he came back there was a different energy in the place. People stood rigid as they looked down the hall towards where Erin was standing with Finn and Melanie. But they weren't alone.

"Dude, don't." Seth tried to say but it was too late.

Baron Corbin's hand was clamped on Erin's arm, as if he was trying to pull her away from FInn. Finn, on the other hand, had a grip on Baron's fancy vest flaring his eyes. Triple H was making his way over to them just as Roman got to them.

"Get your damn hands off of her." Roman growled.

"She's mine. She has my mark. I marked her, that's my mark." The Lone Wolf said.

"Mark? What mark?" She reached around and tried to pry his hand off of her arm. "What are you talking about?"

"Shut up!" He yelled at the short female and she jumped, but still tried to pry his hands off of her hand.

"Let go of her, Corbin," Triple H's alpha voice kicked off the walls.

The moment the Lone Wolf let go of her, Finn turned and pressed his hands into the side of her head. Before even Roman could react, Erin fainted. Finn had put her into a sleep spell, Melanie was there to help support Erin's body.

"It was you?" Melanie looked at Baron Corbin. "You were the one that killed her parents."

"What?" Triple H turned to the other wolf.

"That happened during my rogue days. So what? That's my mark, she's mine. She's not yours." He said that to Roman's face.

"She's not anyone's. She's my PA." Finn said. His voice was tight as he adjusted his hold on Erin's body.

"Alright, everyone shut up." Triple H had to yell. "Get her out of here, Finn. We'll talk about this later."

Finn glanced at Roman and then turned to look at Melanie. She had Erin's arm around her shoulders and supporting Erin's weight. Finn helped with Erin, calling up the shadows and disappearing. Seth's presence behind Roman was thick, in support of Roman and his need for Erin. As the sulfur smell disappeared, Corbin's gaze turned to Roman.

"You've seen my mark. You know that she's mine now. She's my mate and I will have her." Cobrin declared.

"Tonight is a full moon. Let's see how well you can really fight." Roman stood up face to face with him.

Corbin's fang fell from his fangs, the shift starting to take over as his eyes flashed to a silver color. Wolf eyes could change colors like that, and Roman let his glow a deep blue as he snarled.

"Both of you, back off!" Triple H pressed a hand in each of their chests and pushed them apart. "Look, your claim may hold up with the Para-Council but not here, Corbin."

"What? That's wolf law, you can't deny me my mate claim and she has my mark!" Corbin nearly screamed.

"You killed her parents, wolves are not supposed to kill humans." Roman said.

"Go to the office. We don't need to be talking about this in the middle of the hall." Triple H said. "Corbin, you first."

Marching down the hall to Trips' office. His wife was in there and already fielding calls with the Para-Council.

"They are up in arms. They already know, somehow." She looked at Baron. "They are calling for a meeting with you, Triple H. And him." She nodded toward Roman.

"They can't deny me my claim, my mark." Baron said.

"You can make that claim when we see the Council next week. Tonight, I'll make sure that…" Triple H stopped when Melanie appeared out of the shadows.

"We have a problem." She said as she looked between the group. "It's Erin. Finn thinks she's starting to turn."

She woke up to unbearable pain. In her head, in her joints, just about every bone in her body hurt.

Erin's shoulder was on fire, where she had been bitten. Finn was murmuring something as she laid on her stomach trying to keep light from penetrating her skull. His hand ran up and down her back, pressing in the spots that hurt the worse.

Whatever happened at the arena, she didn't remember, but she did know she was in just pain and heat.

"Ahhh," she moaned as a new wave of discomforting heat flared down her limbs, pooling in the center of her body and the excruciating pain snaked into her head.

She felt Finn's hands push up her shirt, letting the cool air in the room hit her skin. It only helped the barest of degrees but her body rocked with heat and pain.

"What's wrong with me?" She asked Finn.

"Shh, everything is going to be okay." Finn said.

"Sure as hell doesn't feel like it." She mumbled.

She laid in pain, she writhed in pain even when Finn's fingers lightly dug into her flesh. How long she was laying there, Erin didn't know. But one thing was for sure, she was miserable.

"Sleep," a deep voice whispered in her ear, which didn't sound like Finn.

Her eyes felt heavy again as cold fingers cupped her shoulder while hearing mumbling going on. Erin felt her body falling, she went into the welcoming blackness because that was the only time she didn't feel pain. She felt like she was floating, the unconscious state that she was in had Erin wishing for it again as she woke up in strong arms.

"Erin," Roman's voice said.

She opened her eyes and regretted it immediately. There was a fire, but the light was so blinding that she had close her eyes.

"Erin, open your pretty eyes." Strong hands wiped her hair from her face.

"Roman?" She asked and looked up at him through squinted eyes.

"Hey, Beautiful." He actually held her body off the ground.

"Where am I? How did I get here?" She asked as she pressed her hand to her face.

"Erin, look at me." He lowered her to the ground.

In the firelight she saw that Roman was naked. Full on, natural beauty naked. He knelt next to her and then the strangest thing happened, he shifted. As in full on fur sprouting. His long hair turned into medium fur, his face turned into a canine. He became a large dog thing on four legs, with luscious black and some white fur.

"You…" her voice caught in her chest as the pain went white in her eyes.

Something happened, her body burned and she fell to her hands and knees on hard ground.

Her bones burned, that's what it felt like. She felt something crawling over her skin and her jaw moved. The feeling was excruciating. Her face cracked, limbs popped and crunched and the heat became unbearable, like she was on fire.

After what felt like eternity, she collapsed down on the ground. Erin breathed in dirt, huffing and puffing as a majority of the pain leaked out of her limbs and body.

Something bumped the side of her head, and she looked up. It was the dog, the big dog she had seen Roman turn into. She tried to talk but nothing except a whine came out of her mouth.

"You can't talk in that form, Erin." Finn's voice said.

Form, what form? She looked around and then she looked at her hands. Only there weren't any hands there. There were giant paws. She yelped and tried to stand up, only she fell to her side. The large wolf stood over here, blue eyes looking at her and she strained her neck around to look at Finn.

Finn and Melanie stood next to each other on the other side of a large bonfire. Running around behind them were other dogs, large dogs. No, not dogs. Wolves.

"You've turned into a wolf, Erin." Finn said. "When you and your family were attacked, it was by a werewolf. While your parents didn't make it, you did."

She tried to talk again only to get something that sounded like a yip to come out. Her legs kicked as Erin rolled to get those big paws under her body. She kicked up the dirt and twisted. The other wolf dog thing pressed his body up against hers to help right her up on her paws. She yelped again.

"Erin, you need to calm down." Melanie said. "Roman is just trying to help."

How was she supposed to do that? She just turned into a wolf. She watched Roman turn into one himself. Her eyes widened as a monstrous blond wolf and an equally large black wolf came out of the woods. Roman the wolf growled but the black one growled back, showing his teeth. The larger blonde colored wolf snapped at the black wolf, growling himself.

"Triple H, and Baron Corbin," Finn said, but he didn't sound like he was happy to see them.

Erin tried to step back but only ended up sitting down instead. Roman placed his bulky frame in front of her as he faced off with the black wolf. Only a black and brown wolf came running out of the woods and skidded to a stop next to Roman. His wavy coat reminded her of Seth Rollins' hair.

"Nice of you to show up, Rollins. Enjoy your run?" Finn asked as he walked around the fire.

Finn got a snort from the new wolf as it stood next to Roman while watching the other wolves.

Baron started towards them, but Erin yelped and fell on her back. The growl that came from Roman rumbled in her chest as she tried to get up. Melanie was there to help her do that, lightly grabbing some of her fur and pulling her to her feet, or paws.

"Back off, Corbin." Finn stepped forward, a whip of flames leaping out of his hand towards the pitch black wolf.

Erin managed to sit down again, her paw stepping on Roman's tail. His large head turned and looked back at her, his gray eyes looking into her own eyes. However she looked around him and at Baron.

Flashes of her parents' deaths licked at the inside of her still pounding head. The black monstrous wolf that attacked from the woods, from behind the trees as they were walking back to their shared home. The new smells that she was experiencing brought back a similar smell, one she had locked away.

She whined. He did it, Baron killed her parents and then attacked her. She finally understood the tension she felt whenever he was around.

"Time to run, Erin." Melanie ran her hand down Erin's scruff. "The moon is full, you have to run in her light."

Roman came around to her other side and pressed his weight. He whined, his big nose pushing up under her snout. Then he motioned into the woods where the other wolves ran, yipping and howling. She took a tentative step in the direction he was leading her in but Baron's growl stopped her.

"Don't make me beat your hide, Corbin." Finn said in a voice that was so deep that it made her shake.

Smoke swirled around his legs, shadows swayed and then tendrils started up his legs. His appearance shifted, his human skin went back and red, his short hair stayed the same but red eyes peered from a demonic looking face. Erin shifted away from him.

"He's a Demon Prince, Erin. He's your protector actually." Melanie said. "He'll make sure that no male tries to mate with you tonight."

If her eyes could get any bigger they would have. Instantly she moved to Roman's side, draping her head over his shoulder and began to shake. Her insides told her he was it, he was the one. She needed to stick with him. Not really with Finn, but her instincts were telling her to go to Roman.

Walking was the hardest thing to master, feeling the ground under her paws was strange and having long claws to dig into the dirt was just as cumbersome. Roman and Seth, though, walked on either side of her as she got used to having four paws and a tail that spoke it's own language while trying to master her wolf.

Soon though, she ran. Granted she face planted the first time she tried to have a jog, only to feel Roman's teeth lightly pull her up by the scruff and then Seth helped her stand on her feet again. But after that, no choice, she ran.

Her senses were heightened. She could hear other wolves howling and yipping and other wolf things. Seth and Roman stayed with her, showing her how to be a wolf. She didn't fully know what she herself looked like until they came up to a river wherever they were.

Roman looked like a Malamute, Seth was the one that looked like a real wolf but she looked at herself in the river where the full moon could be seen on the moving currents. She looked like a blonde wolf. She was still chunky but it was in muscles she didn't know could own.

As she stared at herself, with a wavy coat that swayed in the night breeze, she saw Roman sit down next to her and then pressed his nose up against the side of her snout. Her ears lowered and she looked at him, looked at his gray eyes and whined. What was he doing? Then there was a snort from behind them, and Seth stood up.

A call went out and he ran after. Roman got up to his paws and watched her. He motioned his head towards where Seth ran off to and she followed.

What more could wolves do than just run out under the full moon?

It sucks what Roman Reigns is going through in his personal life right now. I hope him the best. I hope you enjoyed the story nonetheless and I will be back when I can.