A/N: Hope you are enjoying the story so far. Like I said at the beginning, it will delve slightly into control but not anything major because my mind can't wrap around that before my face explodes into redness. So enjoy a PG version of it I guess. Next chapter will be more of Eric's POV

Chapter 20

Eric grins and taunts me. "What's the matter Raven? Are you afraid to let go of that control?"

There is that challenge shit again. My eyebrow quirks and I take everything off the burners and turn to face him "I have no problem with giving up control if the person I am giving it to knows how to handle it." I say in a low voice beside him.

I try not to let my jaw drop from my own words again with him. Where is this shit coming from? It is like he flips this switch inside of me.

Ajay and Matt snicker then Matt sees Eric's face. He grabs the plates to go check on the food "I think we are going to step onto the balcony and check on dinner."

Eric is breathing hard and doesn't even turn to look at them. "You guys do that."

Our eyes are locked as he takes my bottle of beer from my hands and pulls me with him out of the kitchen then down the hallway. He jerks me into a room and pushes me against the wall, pressing into me "Was that a challenge Raven?"

I can't answer right away and I think my heart is going to pound out of my chest. Eric smirks and leans into me. "Answer me Raven." He demands as he grabs me by the nape of my neck.

"Yes it was." I gasp out.

His mouth grazes my jaw "Are you sure you want that? To give me control of you Raven?" I feel his teeth scrape against my neck as he tilts my head and locks me there. I don't answer because I am too engrossed in his touch. "I asked you a question Raven." His voice takes on the steel quality he has perfected but it has a seductive quality to it.

I moan as his lips press to my pulse point and then his teeth scrape against it. "I think I do."

He smirks against my neck. "You need to be sure Raven because once you do there is no going back."

His pelvis pressed against me. I feel how hard he is and close my eyes moaning. He starts to pulse his hips into me slowly. My arms run to the back of his neck and my nails scrape against the skin there. He growls and claims my mouth after he reaches to cup my ass with both hands. That makes his erection press into my burning core. He pulls back. "Fucking answer me now Raven. Do you want to give me control?" He growls to me.

"Yes." I whisper through the haze of passion I am feeling for the first time in my life. It is stronger than any buzz whiskey ever gave me.

"Then you are mine now Raven." He purrs against my jaw. I feel his smile before he claimed my mouth again roughly making our teeth scrape against each other lightly.

"Foods ready." Matt calls and Eric pulls away.

"Fucking of course it is. We will finish this later Raven. Hmmm…but first let me give you your first taste." His hand had been working its way down between us and cupped me. I moaned and pushed my hips forward against his hand.

"Mmmm…you are nice and hot for me aren't you?" Eric purred against my neck again stroked me through my pants lightly and teasing.

I panted and strained to achieve more contact but he just chuckled. He pulled away to look at me then moved his hand away.

He stepped back and I stepped forward to try and bring us back into contact and he grinned. "It will have to wait for later Raven." He whispered and kissed me gently before taking my hand and leading me from the room.

Ajay and Matt had already set everything up and when we came back in Ajay looked me over a bit worriedly then smiled when she saw me smiling and blushing.

"Ajay. I think Raven is up for playing a few sets with you. When are you playing next?" Eric said as we all fixed our plates but he held my eyes as he said it. He was testing me to see if I meant what I said.

I don't know where the need for this came from. I hated being controlled by my Father and Brother. But this was different. It wasn't that kind of control. I think I had already been responding on some level to his demands of me during training because anytime he would demand I do something again but better I drove myself to do just that. So I smiled at him and held his gaze. His eyes flashed with lust that mine mirrored.

"Excellent! Everyone will come out for that. We were going to do it next weekend so that should align with your off days. I will have to meet up with you after training one night to go over what songs you want to join in on." Ajay chirped happily oblivious to what had really caused the change of answer and the tension in the air between us.

We all went to the couch and Eric had me sit by him, almost on top of him. We pulled up Ip Man from the Vid screen network and sat back to drink our beers and eat.

"I see what you were saying about this. The drama is there of course but it just shows the skill levels to the utmost degree." Eric said after a while as he lazily stroked my shoulder after he had put his arm around me.

I sipped my second beer and smiled. "Ip Man is actually a real person. This is based on his life and he was the one that taught Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee is everything and everything flows from Master Lee." I repeated what I said earlier laughing a bit.

"Not going to fucking argue with you there." Eric smirked but kept his eyes on the screen. I liked watching as his eyes took things in. It seriously was shiver inducing and also sent cold spikes through my spine. It was beautiful and dangerous and something I felt myself doing at times.

The movie was starting to near the end and Ajay had rummaged in Eric's kitchen. She found a bottle of Tequila and decided to go straight for the shots without making a drink with it.

Eric tensed for a moment but then looked at me. His eyes held mine and I could tell he was checking if I would be comfortable with this. So I nodded slightly, he smiled and sighed.

"Fuck it, pour them out. Let's see if this shit brings the random on." He smiled and looked over to me debating something. He got that grin and his eyes were hard to read but he got up and went to the kitchen. He brought a salt shaker back.

Ajay grinned shaking her head. "You don't have any limes, but the salt will work."

Eric smirked "Oh yeah it will" he drawled out in this silky deep voice that seriously caused me to get wet right there. "Raven come here." He sat down near me but gave me the commanding look and voice.

Tingles surged through me and propelled me forward. I scooted to the edge of the couch closer to him. He smiled and leaned me back and tilted my head to the side baring my neck. "I am going to show you what you are going to do to me after I finish. Understand?"

I nod but I instinctually know I need to vocalize "Yes Eric." My voice was breathy and he closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath but I felt the slight shiver that ran through his body.

Those tingles intensified because I had pleased him and everything screamed for more of that. He leaned into kiss and graze his teeth across my neck and then licked right in the most wonderful spot near the neck and collarbone. Too soon he pulled away and I was left gasping, my eyes flew open. I felt the salt being sprinkled onto my skin, that skin that he had stimulated. How could the feel of salt being put on my wet skin feel so fucking amazing?

Eric quickly tossed back his shot and then leaned forward to lick the salt from that area. My head dropped back as I moaned. I felt his smile before he crushed his lips to mine and kissed me deeply like he was a man dying of thirst. He pulled back and then pressed his forehead to mine.

"Your turn Raven." He sat me back up and smiled at my dazed look. "Tell me where you want it?"

I looked at those tattoos on his neck in the same area he had taken his salt from and I growled as I moved towards him. "Right fucking here."

I felt his groan and shiver again at my words. Then the feel of my mouth and teeth grazing and licking that spot that I had enjoyed so much. I let my tongue flick out and grazed and teased his skin. I heard his growl and his hand went to the back of my head letting me know not to tease he wanted it all. I obeyed and licked and gently sucked the spot and pulled back blushing as I grabbed the salt and sprinkled it onto that delicious skin. I quickly put the salt down and tossed back the shot and went to claim my reward.

The tequila had this taste that salt just enhanced. His skin was already slightly salty but I relished in the feel of that smooth skin. I heard his growl as he eased me back and looked into my eyes. His nostrils flaring and the irises almost gone again. He smiled and leaned forward to whisper "Good girl." I moaned slightly and back arched slightly. He moved us to sit back with his arm around me and close to his side.

Matt and Ajay looked for the world like they hadn't just witnessed a make out session but I could see Ajay cast me worried looks every once in awhile. I know that it is because I am so inexperienced. But no one had ever awakened anything like this in me before and I needed to explore it. My body had been a starving entity that was put in hibernation and now that it was awake it needed to have it all.

I responded to a few messages. Four especially wanted to know where I was but soon changed the tone to cautioning and almost supportive. Tris or someone must have said something.

Eric had a few messages and I could feel him tense every once in awhile.

The movie ended and we started to engage in the debate about was Chow better than Donnie and in the end it was grudgingly admitted I was correct. Chow was very talented but the performance in Ip Man was unrivaled. The idea of watching another movie on the debate list was tossed around but I could tell Eric was getting towards the end of his patience at his friends crashing in on dinner much less what it had turned into for either of us.

"You guys want to play Candor or Dauntless?" Matt asked.

Ajay grimaced shaking her head. "Not with just us four and I don't want to invite anyone else and have to share the chips and salsa. I seriously feel like I could bathe in the shit." She says as she scoops some up on a chip.

I laugh at her. "I tell you what Ajay. You get the stuff for it and something to store it in and I will make some for you to have at your disposal. I draw the line at trying to make a vat full though. Gallons maybe but nothing larger than that."

She grins and winks. "Deal. Damn I am just making out like a bandit tonight. Get to have your sexy ass on stage with me, get damn good food and then I get to have my own private stock of this shit." She looks to Eric and gets a wicked grin. "Only thing that could make it better is if I could maybe get the chance to…"

He glares at her and she stops. "You can just shut that shit down right there. Not happening." He pulls me closer and his hand moves from my shoulder to the back of my neck and tightens. Like he is holding me in place and showing his dominance of me, which he is.

She smirks over at him her head tilted. "My bad." She looked over the two of us and elbowed Matt. "Time to go fucker. We have to get back to Control anyway. I have to hand in a report to Zeke about the east entrance gate checks."

Matt looked confused for a moment and then looked at Eric looking me over with a hungry look and me returning it. He frowned looking over at us for a moment longer and nodded.

"Hey Raven thanks for making dinner. Eric I will see you tomorrow for my report as well." He said as he stood and followed Ajay to the door.

Ajay looked me over one more time and nodded "Thanks for the food and I will be looking forward to sharing the stage. Are you going to the dorm tonight? I still don't like you staying in the same room with that shit head."

Eric growled "No she won't be going back there tonight. I am working something out with Zeke." He said with a clenched jaw.

She nodded and shrugged. "Wherever she stays as long as it isn't there with him."

I almost expect that the moment the door closes for Eric to continue what we were in the middle of before his friends, and mine as well considering Ajay really is a friend, crashed our dinner and movie plans.

His hand goes back to my shoulder and traces the shoulder part of my tattoo. He shakes his head smiling. "How is it you inspire so many people to adopt you, or look to want to protect you? Or take you to bed…or both."

I shrug and frown "I don't think I do any of that."

He scoffs shaking his head at me. "That is because you don't see yourself very clearly. You said yourself…your own worst critic."

I blush "Agree to disagree?"

He shakes his head. "Maybe I will just have to tell you every day how beautiful, scary smart and fearsome as hell you are until you believe it."

I reach for my beer and drain the bit that is left. "Did you still want to play the roulette game?"

He smirks at me with a bit of a wicked look in his eye. "Do you just want to do more body shots?"

I smile and wink. "That too."

He bites his lip then shakes his head. "Not right now. I need to be clear headed because we need to set some ground rules."

I frown confused about what he means. "If it is that whatever this is stays private I can understand that."

He sighs shaking his head. "Hell no. I don't give a shit about that."

My brow furrows in confusion. "What ground rules?"

He moves until he is sitting Indian style and moves me to do the same so we are knee to knee. He sighs and tilts his head "You saying you wanting to give up control. Do you know what that means? Really means in the romantic sense? Not as in I want to control your life?"

I blush with a shrug. "In general yes. I never could get into the erotica that discussed it. But I know a bit about the basics. I just never thought I…"

He grins and shakes his head "So not quite into say…the Marquis De Sade?"

I turn beet red and he laughs. "So you know the name and what the books are about but you don't know specifics. Don't worry, not really my thing either. So tell me you truly want this Raven and why?"

I frown and look at my hands. "I don't quite understand it. But every time you would touch me. Before my last fight I mean, when you would verbally push me to do more or touch me to correct me. When you demanded me to. Even in my state of detachment my body needed to do what you said. It spurred me on even mentally too. Don't get me wrong sometimes I barely restrained myself from punching your lights out because you were being that big of a dick, but other times I didn't. It left me confused because I didn't know what it all meant. Then that night when you were there with me in the tattoo parlor. Your eyes commanded me and I saw the desire for me and understood that was something I had seen before from you. I liked it." I get red again. "Probably sounds a little messed up but that mixed a bit with the pain from the piercings and I liked that too." I look down and frown again.

He takes my chin and makes me look at him. "Don't be embarrassed to talk to me about this stuff because I need you to be open with me. And it doesn't sound messed up to me because I felt it too. Raven I don't really do more than just single nights and I damn sure don't do the sadism thing. But this, you and me Raven even without the physical part, I want nothing more than this right now. You are going to have to let me know when you need me to stop and I will stop. I am also going to push limits too because that is just me. So that is a ground rule, you tell me when you truly need me to stop. I want you to trust me so keep that in mind. If it is uncomfortable but you can handle it or if I am pushing it and you are fine with it but change your mind. You need to let me know immediately. Does that make sense?"

I smile and nod, but am still blushing. "Yeah I can handle that."

He smirks "Good girl. Now for the next one. I am finding myself to be extremely fucking jealous when it comes to you. So the other ground rule is I don't share. If you think you want to, I don't know, sow some fucking wild oats. You better fucking tell me now. I am not going to start this shit with you and find out you feel you need to explore other people."

I scowl at him, almost offended. "If I wanted that I would tell you. But I'm not built that way. I won't ask you for some kind fucking commitment or think we are going to get married. But I am not exactly the type that would want to date or be with multiple people."

Eric tilts his head and smiles "I never thought you did the multiple people thing Raven, but it needs to be made clear. Those are the ground rules."

"What about keeping it out of training or keeping it quiet?"

"I don't plan on taking it easy on you in training and most likely will be harder on you. I would be that way anyways because I expect more from you. Am going to fucking make out with you during training? No that 'ain't going to happen. I don't plan on hiding things either though. Are you ashamed of it or afraid of what one of your friends might say? Because I have to say you don't exactly seem that way to me. I could be wrong so I guess I need to ask. Do you want to keep it secret?" His body had tensed up when this part of the conversation came around.

I shake my head and smile. "No I don't want to, Eric. I would never be ashamed to be seen with you. It is a relief though that we are on the same page about training. I also think I would be a very jealous person in regards to you. So does the same ground rule count for you? Or do you see yourself also seeing other people and continuing with the casual thing?"

He laughs shaking his head. "Oddly fucking enough I haven't pursued anything like that in fuck, over a year. So no that isn't going to happen." He licks his lips leaning closer as he pulls me to his lap to straddle him and smirks at me when my breath catches. "So about those body shots…"