The Future Queen and King of Dauntless

Chapter 15

Tris POV

I walk out of the dining hall with Tobias close on my heels.

"Ready to go back to training?"

I give him a soft smile. I really want to visit Eric to see how he is doing. I know it has been less than 24 hours that we have been here but the man did save my life and my virtue, he deserves to know how grateful I am to him for that.

"Could we check on Eric first?"

Tobias stiffens a bit but quickly relaxes. Is he jealous?

"Yeah of course we can."

He gives a soft smile putting his arm out of me to take and we walk in a peaceful silence to the infirmary where Eric is.

We knock on the door to Eric's room.

"Enter" I hear a tired or possibly bored male voice, Eric.

Tobias opens the door for me and I enter, Tobias enters right after me. Eric looks up from a book and quickly puts it down he tries to get up, but I put a hand on his shoulder to stop him from hurting himself. He gives a quick nod and lays back down. I ask how he is feeling and he responded that he was fine and that he just wanted to get out of the room, but the doctors said he has to stay for at least a week for his wounds to start healing up. He smiles at me and asks how I am and I tell him about last night and how Tobias is training me in the ways of the dauntless solider to help me protect myself a bit more. He promised to help out in any way he could about finding who is after me and that he looks forward to our first horse race. I smile at that one, I learned to ride not even six hours ago and I already have a challenger. Welcome to Dauntless Tris.

We say our good byes as Tobias informs me that we still have archery practice and then tomorrow he will be showing me some self-defense moves in the gym.

Tobias POV

"Ready to go back to training?" I say a bit too excited. She is just so surprising and I can't wait to see more.

She is a bit hesitant. I wonder what is going through her beautiful mind.

"Could we check on Eric first?"

That shocks me a bit but I quickly recover. Why does she want to see Eric, should I be worried? No, Tris is meant for me and I trust her. She is probably just grateful and wants to check on the guy that saved her life. Yeah that's it.

"Yeah of course we can."

I give a soft smile trying to hide my concern. I am sure she can see right through me. I extend my arm for her and she takes it without hesitation. I have to admit the simple gesture made me feel a lot better. We walk in a peaceful silence to the infirmary where Eric is.

We knock on the door to Eric's room.

"Enter" Eric sounds pissed off, but then again I would be too if I was stuck in a bed.

I open the door allowing Tris to enter first then I enter right after. Eric looks up from a book and quickly puts it down, I see his eyes brighten a bit as he sees Tris. I feel my fist start to clench a bit. He tries to get up, but Tris puts a hand on his shoulder to stop him from hurting himself. He gives a quick nod and lays back down.

She asks him how he is feeling and he responded that he was fine and that he just wanted to get out of the room, but the doctors said he has to stay for at least a week for his wounds to start healing up. He smiled at Tris again and asks how she was and she explained about last night and how I am training her like a dauntless solider. He promised to help out in any way he could about finding who is after her and that he looks forward to racing her. I involuntarily take a step closer to Tris and I wrap my arm around her waist silently telling Eric that she is mine, I don't like this feeling inside of me, but I feel a need to stake a claim on her in front of him. I see him glance at me for a moment but then looks back at Tris. I feel my anger rising, we need to get out of here before I do something I will regret.

"I think we should head back over to the Archery fields. So we can finish up for the day and then tomorrow I'll take you to the gym for self-defense. Good bye Eric."

I hear Tris tell Eric Thank you for saving her again and a good bye and we head out the door. I continue to hold Tris around the waist as soon as the door to Eric's is closed completely I quickly but gently push her against it a soft thudding sound goes through the empty hall but I don't care, I do hope that Eric heard it though. I grab Tris' face with my hands and kiss her with a lot of passion and want and yeah even jealously. I want her to understand how much I need her and how much better I am then Eric, I don't even know if Eric likes her, but I can't seem to stop this feeling. I feel her hands wrap around my neck and feel her fingers go through my hair. I smile into the kiss forgetting about everything else except her. I move my hands down her body and rest them on her hips. We stay like that till we need to stop for air. She smiles at me and removes her hands from me taking up one of mine in hers and we start walking back to the archery range.

She is mine, and I trust her. I make a mental note to talk to Zeke about all these feelings and about Eric. He will know what to do.