7

Roman pulled the soft fleshy woman up against his chest. There was dirt in her hair; they were laying on a bed of leaves and pine needles. Roman smiled as his hand felt something soft and round as he closed his arms around the woman.

She'd changed back into a human soon after the kill. The other wolves had their fill but because her change was so sudden and unexpected she didn't feel like eating raw meat, nor get anywhere near the other large wolves. She'd stayed back while Roman brought a chunk back to her, needless to say his tail showed how happy he was doing it.

"Roman?" Erin turned her head and looked back at him.

She gasped and shot up, her arms wrapped themselves around her chest as she looked at the figure he heard approaching them. Roman looked as well, and he got up so fast he brought Erin with him.

"She's mine, Mutt." Corbin said as he stood with a pair of jeans on and nothing else. "Your smell is all over my mate."

"What?" Roman heard his female ask as she scooted behind him, using his larger figure as a shield.

"She chose me." Roman countered Corbin's claim.

The Lone Wolf, the murderer, bared his teeth and his canines fell from his gums. Erin's fingers squeezed Roman's flesh on his back as she pressed herself closer in on him.

"That's enough, Corbin." Triple H said as he walked up with a fully dressed Seth. But they weren't alone, Finn and Melanie.

Melanie brought some of Erin's clothes and gave them to her. Using Roman's bulk as a barrier, Melanie helped Erin into her clothes. Seth handed Roman some of his own clothes while Finn kept a close eye on Corbin.

"Tell her." Triple H said. "Tell her everything, Corbin."

"It won't change the fact that she has my mark. She'll have to accept my claim." Corbin looked back at their leader.

"Yeah, you did a damn good job." Finn said. "Just tell her before I do or I'll singe your fur again, Wolf."

"You don't scare me, Little Man."

So Roman took it upon himself. After he had pulled on some jeans he turned around and looked at Erin.

"It's about your parents, Erin." Roman said.

Her eyes looked at his much like they had the previous night. They were big and full of fear that rolled off of her in waves. He wanted nothing more to pull her to him and make her feel safe.

"I was attacked by a werewolf. I know, I remember Finn saying that."

"Our resident Lone Wolf was the one that did the killing, and then he attacked you." Roman stepped aside so that she could look at the man responsible. "It's not often that a bite from a werewolf could change a human, but it was that way with you."

"You?" She looked Corbin. "You attacked my parents, me? Why?"

All he did was lift a shoulder. The prick had a damn smirk on his face that Roman wanted to rip off and shove down his throat.

"Why?" Erin asked louder this time.

"I don't have a reason, because I was a rogue I guess. But none of that matters, now that you're going to be my mate."

"Hell no." Erin said.

"Females have no say in it, you're going to bear my pups even if I have to force you."

Triple H grabbed the back of Corbin's neck and had him kneel down. A sure sign of superiority, Corbin had gone too far with his claims, even Seth had come to stand next to Roman, Melanie and Finn as well to protect the newly turned female werewolf.

"You stop that bullshit now, Corbin."

He got a huffed grunt in response.

"The Para-Council will decide if Corbin's claim is valid. I sure as hell hope it's not." Triple H said as he crossed his arms. "Until then, I would suggest that you don't try anything with her, Roman."

"Yes, Roman. Don't try fucking my mate." Corbin said, his eyes looking down at the shorter woman.

"Wait, what's the Para-Council?" She asked, glancing around at the group of paranormal creatures.

"It's a council of paranormals, leaders of each species. Though Demons don't have a part in it." Corbin said. "He's been cast out of the demon council for cavorting with witches."

"Yeah?" Erin looked at Melanie.

"Remember, Fomorian Demons don't have an angelic presence. We never were part of the council to begin with." Finn said.

Melanie had her hands on Erin's shoulders, the witch looked at Finn who also approached them. Finn's sulfur kicked up again as he approached Melanie and Erin.

"Stop scent marking her!" Corbin roared as he approached.

A flash of flame shot out and hit the man in the face. What little hair that was there wasn't anymore. Finn lowered his hand and turned back to Erin. His hands rubbed up and down her arms, his eyes looking into her. Manipulating her feelings was something he had been doing for far too long.

"You're still in my care, Erin. Melanie and I will make sure nothing happens to you." Finn told her.

"Roman," she looked over at him. "I…" she closed her eyes and shook her head. "Thank you for helping me last night."

"Happy to help, Erin." He mumbled, not caring for the dumb ass grin that spread out over his face.

Melanie took Erin by the shoulders. "Come on, you still have your stuff in the hotel room. Let's get out of here, Finn."

Roman watched the three disappear into the shadows of a nearby set of trees. He turned back to Corbin who glared right back at him.

"She's mine, Mutt. She…"

"Stop repeating yourself. I heard you but I will also make a claim for her when we see the Council. Until then, keep your dick in your pants."

Corbin advanced toward Roman. "You do the same, Mutt."

Triple H stepped between them. "Stop it, the both of you. Until this is cleared up, neither of you will be going after her, you hear me?"

Roman grunted, but Corbin growled. They both turned and walked in the opposite direction, Seth following Roman and Triple H going after Corbin.

"I don't understand this Council stuff." Erin said as she sat in the back of the car.

"It's the laws we follow. Wolf leaders, Witch leaders, Vampires, Fey, they make the rules that the rest of us have to follow. But Werewolf laws dictate mating and mating pairs." Melanie said. "Because you have Corbin's mark, you have to be his mate."

"No." She said. "I don't want to be his mate." She crossed her arms.

"It doesn't work like that, Erin." Finn said from behind the driver's wheel. "Wolves are an ancient race, almost as old as the witches and demons. But you're now a wolf. You have to abide by their laws."

"Females can't really decide who they mate with. A male makes a mate claim and usually it sticks. And now there's more power behind Corbin's claim because he's the one that attacked you and…"

"That's the part I don't understand." Erin cut in as she ran her hand down her still clammy and hot neck. "If he bit me, why didn't I turn six months ago, if I'm understanding this changing thing right."

"That's the thing, we don't know." Melanie sighed. "Maybe...you know what, what if it was dormant."

"What?" Erin asked.

"What made you a werewolf was dormant. Sure Corbin bit you but you're right, you should have turned at the first full moon. Why didn't you turn earlier than now?"

Erin closed her eyes and tried to ease off the heat that still poured through her body. Ever since waking up in Roman's embrace, his hand squeezing her boob, she was still hot. Radiating heat in all places over her body.

She whined as she tried to get comfortable in her seat.

"Roman," Finn said.

"What about him?" Melanie asked.

"She didn't start doing this stuff since coming on the road. Roman has been around, and as the peak of the full moon hit, so has something else."

"He caused her to go into heat?"

"I think so."

"But Corbin didn't?" The witch asked.

"No."

"Then that will have to be a good reason for Corbin not to claim her. He killed her parents, he shouldn't be able to claim her. He essentially killed her pack."

Finn made a sound. Erin, though listening in, still didn't fully comprehend those thoughts. She just wanted Roman, she wanted him so bad it almost hurt.

She fell into a sleep that drowned out her pain, that drowned out the heat that still surged through her body. When she woke up, however, they were already in another city for another show. Finn had to wake her up, even in her dreams she still dreamed of being a wolf, but other times seeing Roman in his wolf-dog form running with her. Maybe it had been her fantasies that had kicked her dreams into high gear.

"You should sleep." Finn said as they checked into their two bed hotel room.

"I've already slept." She said as she sat down on the second bed, knowing that Finn and Melanie would be sleeping in the opposite bed.

"Come here, Erin." Finn said in a tone that made her body tingle.

She looked up at him. She stood up and walked towards him. He put his hands on either side of her face, said something in a strange launguage and the next moment she was falling into darkness.

Erin only woke again, in the hotel bed and feeling hot again. She was back to being uncomfortable and miserable, hot and a little on the horny side.

From the sounds, thanks to her enhanced hearing, Finn and Melanie were showering together. As Erin sat up, her nose twitched. Under the artificial smell of body wash was the smell of something that called to her. A little bit of a beacon, spicy and dark, like wood. The woods had called to her the night before when she had changed but this was a different woodsy smell.

Getting off the bed, thankfully she was all the way clothed, she slipped out of the hotel room. Once outside the room the spicy woodsy smell intensified.

"Roman," she mumbled as she looked both ways up and down the hall.

They were up on the sixth floor of the hotel, but she didn't know where the other wolf had been staying. Sometimes the performers stayed in different hotels. But this time she could smell her wolf, that wolf that held her the night before, the one's whose scent was calling to her. She sniffed, deciding that the scent was strongest from her right side and went padding down the hall.

It probably would have looked strange walking up to each and every door, sniffing at it and then moving on to the next, but that's what she did. Though there were other smells, people smoking when they weren't supposed to, Finn's own sulfur smell was still hanging around her as she walked.

Erin stopped at room six zero six, just four doors down from her own room. It was like he was standing on the other side of the door. Just as she raised her hand to knock, the door opened.

"What are you doing here, Erin?" Seth asked as he looked down at her.

No, it wasn't her wolf, the big one with gray eyes. She glanced around him into the darkened room but didn't say anything. She didn't see the one she craved.

"You can't be here, Erin. Look…"

Something of a growl came out of her throat as she closed her eyes.

"You're not making it easier on him either, you know." Seth's voice said in an odd calming way. "He's been holed up in the bathroom trying to ignore you."

"Why?"

"He's been told not to mate with you, both he and Corbin aren't allowed near you for the entire week until you guys go see the Para-Council about this matter of mate claims."

"I want Roman." Erin said through clenched tentth.

"I would like a mate myself but that's not going to happen anytime soon. So why don't you go back to your room and sleep?"

"I've slept twice today, one forced by Finn no less. But I want to see Roman, just for a minute."

He sighed and shook his head. "Fine, let me go get him. But I am not leaving the two of you alone. He's so damn horny he might start humping your leg." Seth said as she turned back into the room.

Erin didn't have long to wait. The bathroom door swung open and out came Roman with nothing but a white hotel towel and a scowl on his face. His large wide frame looked too large for the room as he walked up to Erin with dripping wet hair and droplets of water streaking down highly copper colored skin.

"Yes, Erin?" He asked as he came to the door.

She took a deep breath and whined. She lifted her hand and put it over his peck, the one that had part of his Samoan tribal tattoo on it. She felt his skin ripple as she stepped in and pressed her head into the center of his chest.

"I need to feel you." She mumbled, flexing her fingers into his skin, her sensitive hearing picking up on his thunderous heartbeat.

"You're making this hard on both of us." He rumbled.

"Why can't I just have you?" She looked up at him. "Why can't I just have you?"

"You have no idea how much I would like that. I would love for you to claim me." He rumbled.

Roman had not touched her, no matter how much she wanted to feel his hands on her again, Erin still continued to touch his chest. Her fingers danced over the expanse of his tattoo and the heat pooled in her nether regions.

"Erin," Finn said from somewhere behind her. "Come here now."

She hung her head, her hand fell to her side and sighed. On the inhale she smelt Roman's spiciness that made her nerve ending tingle. Turning around, she walked towards Finn.

"Erin," Finn started, hands raised to touch her.

"Keep your demonic spells off me." She snapped at him, which was followed by something that was akin to a growl.

She went back to the hotel room and face planted into her bed. She still ached to touch Roman.

Even if Erin didn't stick to the rules, she would get her wolf one way or another.

Sorry it took a while to update, I've been really sick lately and writing hasn't been happening. I still want to continue with this story though. I hope you liked this one and I'll be back when I can for the next.