Unscentable
Chapter 22

Harry

POV

Harry raised an eyebrow at the growl of displeasure that came from Eddie, when he saw Izzy struggling to get away from that man on the dance floor, they'd both come to this wedding dressed to fit in as guests. This was a formal occasion and though they were not invited at all, had simply hopped the 12-foot brick wall that surrounded the Jenkin's Estate here in Maine. Cooper had sent them a link to her family's information. He'd glanced at it but left it in Eddie's hands and dozed for most of the impromptu flight out here.

She was likely his mate, so he was going to let the man sort her out himself.

The place had guards at the main entrance to the Estate and guard dogs as this wedding was entertaining some very wealthy guests. Sneaking in was the only way, so that was what they had done, parked the rental car down aways and strolled on through the woods to the north of the estate to get in.

They were all aware that Izzy had been unaffected by Eddie's Charm, even when he'd turned on his Gamma Charm, it had gotten him nowhere with the woman.

Eddie was annoyed to say the least, never before had he come across a human woman he could not Charm information out of. He'd told them she'd looked like she was attracted to him, even detected the tell-tale signs of arousal from the woman.

Harry knew a Gamma could not charm his own Mate, as did the entire unit, including Eddie himself. It did speak volumes about this woman, it bothered Eddie that she was human. If she was his Mate, and Eddie was not totally convinced she was, and Eddie had stated, nor was his wolf Timber, they smelled nothing,

It however, was not a full moon though, and when Bradley had called and offered Eddie another cock at the woman, the man had jumped at the chance, even rubbed his hands together in excitement at the prospect.

They'd not long been home inside the pack, he'd barely had enough time to tell his mother what had happened with Izzy. She had been super excited at the thought of Eddie finally replaceing his mate.

Before Bradley had called them to tell them that Piper had gotten away yet again, bolted from Alpha Timothy and that the last place she'd been known to be, was at Izzy's, that it was likely that Izzy would know where Piper was.

Now, as he stood watching the man, hearing the low growl that had come from Eddie at seeing her try to get away from a human male, it was interesting to him.

Stood and watched him as his wolf shot forward to the woman at full wolfen speed, not something normally done in a room full of humans. Dance her away from those two, one was her father and the other from what he'd seen was one of her father's men, a junior partner at his company.

Saw them both look at Eddie and the way he whisked Izzy away across the dance floor, saw her father look at them, then to the man Phillip, told him "Stay here, I will retrieve her, and we will sort this out."

Harry didn't think that was going to happen, not with what he was seeing. The full moon was still a week away, but Eddie was all hands. Eddie was the charmer of the group, but he had his own rules, had never touched humans, didn't think it was right. Harry was tracking them out there on the dance floor, saw the way Eddie touched the girl, kissed her too, that was new, never seen him go that far with a human woman before, a lot of flirting and a some touching, but never seen him k!ss one before. Took it way too far when Izzy got between Eddie and Phillip, actively touched the woman all intimately, Harry tried to warn him to dial it down they were in the human world, it would be acceptable in a Pack to see such a thing but not here in the human world and especially not here at a freaking high end wedding.

Though it pissed that human right off, which was likely Eddie's intent in the first place, he had just verbally called her his woman. Then all of a sudden he was all over Izzy, and any attempts at charming the woman for information on Pipe, they were gone from Eddie. It seemed he was going to seduce the woman and she was not putting up much of a fight.

Harry could actually hear both their heartbeats.

Eddie had been a gonna the minute his l!ps had met hers, he'd been done for. Watched Eddie pick Izzy clean up, knew the man couldn't just grab her and stroll out the ballroom with her, not when he was fully turned on and ready to Mate her. It did not take the man long to replace a bedroom. They had seen plans of the house, his memory would have taken over and told him where to go. Harry was strolling along behind them, quite curious as to just how far Eddie was going to take it. The room was not sound proofed in anyway and as Harry leaned up against the wall to text Bradley that they had arrived and there was a hick up in the night's plan, he could hear the woman's cries of pleasure, shook his head, but smiled to himself. But it was when he heard Eddie tell the woman to state she was his, he knew she was definitely the man's Mate, he and his wolf were in there trying to lay claim to a human and have her claim him back. Silly woman told him what he wanted to hear. She had no idea what she was actually saying.

It was then that he walked away, sighing heavily.

This was not how one laid claim to a human, they needed to be brought in and told what their Mate was, told that they would be turned, had to be explained to, what Marking and Mating was. But Eddie was, it seemed, bloody out of control and that human girl was now in deeper than she knew, was now attached to Eddie without even understanding the consequences of her words and how could she, when nothing had been explained to her first.

Hopefully, the woman would be alright and she would just presume they were in a relationship, that she wouldn't run away when told the truth. Harry didn't think Eddie would Mark the woman. That would be monumentally stupid, with the full moon so close, was not enough time to sit her down and explain things to her, or talk to her about the transformation she would undergo.

Dialled Bradley's number, he answered right away "Did you get the information?"

"No, Eddie, I believe is.." how did one put this without ticking their Alpha off "Trying to Mate his human Mate."

"What?"

"Mm, laying claim to her as we speak. I'm not going in there to try and stop it." he stated, likely to get his head ripped off.

"Bloody hell." He heard Brad's annoyance at the current situation.

"Oh, it's going to be a mess, Brad. He actually got her to say the words I'm yours." Harry shook his head, there was only silence on the other end of the line, for a long minute, then a heavy sigh.

"Not much I can do about it, from across the other side of the country. If she is his mate, he's not going to be able to charm her into giving Piper up anyway."

"It's unlikely" Harry agreed "I'll try to talk to her when they stop...going at it."

"Keep me up to date and, Harry, smack that idiot for his stupidity. This is not how its done." the line was disconnected.

Harry smiled to himself, permission to smack the Gamma and get no retaliation. He liked that idea a lot. He found a chair and made himself comfortable in the hallway down from the room, did not need to hear what was going on in there between them. Dozed off as he relaxed and settled for the night, Eddie was unlikely to come out of that room until morning.

Woke to Eddie's voice in his head, 'Harry'

Yes you dumb a*ss.' Harry shot right back, his disapproval showing in his tone and word choice.

Heard Eddie actually chuckle, he knew why the insult 'Piper is at her store, that's what Izzy told me, right on the edge of falling asleep.

'Found away around her resistance to your Charm, I see.'

'I did. he sounded cocky and proud of his ability to get that information out of her. Might not go down so well when she woke up and realised, though. Likely just tick the woman off. He knew that from personal experience. 'Brad said I have to smack you for your stupidity!

'You told him?'

'I did... we should be leaving, you know.'

"In the morning, heard the man yawn 'I'm tired, tell the boss what Izzy said, nothing we can do from way over here on the east coast, anyway."

'You'll have some explaining to do, and not just to her.' Harry cut the link. Yes, he was going to have to explain himself to her, to his Alpha, to his mother. He was in for several lectures and likely one full on beating.

Pulled his phone out and texted Brad that Izzy stated in her half-addled sleep state that "piper was at her store."

"Which store?" had come right back at him.

"I don't know, didn't get that much out of her."

Got an annoyed emoji from the man and then nothing more.

Woke up to replace Izzy walking passed him, or trying to sneak he thought. She was barefoot and her shoes were in her hands, glanced right at him, he glanced right at her neck as he sat up slowly. There was no Mark there, a bonus. He turned his head down the hall to look for Eddie. There was no Eddie.

Oh, the girl was doing the walk of shame, it seemed, his eyes moved right back to her. She was biting her l!p as she looked right at him. Little did she know, Eddie would not be accepting her little run-away attempt. She was his now.

"Where are you off to, young lady?" He stretched himself out, feeling a little stiff from sleeping in the chair. "Breakfast." he heard her say, but her heart rate picked up, it was a lie.

"I wouldn't try and run, Izzy. Mr Yummy in there," He jerked his thumb towards the room she'd left Eddie in "I will likely get really mad."

Saw the woman's eyes go really wide at his use of the nickname she and Piper had given Eddie, then she was just gone, running down the hallway, it was her family home and she would know every inch of the house. He sighed and shook his head, could go and stop her, but not his Mate, and Eddie had played this out backwards. This was the fallout of that decision. Sighed mind-link to the man 'Eddie, your human woman is running from you.' He told the man, fully amused by the turn of events.

He was not the only one to hear the massive snarl that came from Eddie down in the room Eddie had spent the night in with her, or saw a very na*ked Eddie bang out of the door a second later to stare down the hallway, his eyes locked right on Izzy. Who'd come to a halt at the end of the hallway at the sound of that very aggressive pissed-off snarl.

She was now looking right at Eddie, biting her h!p at him. Oh, she knew she was in trouble. It was written all over her facial expression, somehow she knew there was more going on here, knew she had gotten in deeper with Eddie than expected. Saw her hesitate when Eddie rapped out her name, and thought for a moment the woman was actually going to stop running away and come back to Eddie.

Actually thought about it, he realised. Possibly their bond in effect, seeing as Eddie had gotten her to claim him. Then she was just gone, around the corner and he could hear her actually running.

"Didn't bother to stop her?" Eddie snarled right at Harry just shrugged, as he watched Eddie head back into that room, to pull his pants on. She had not been Marked and did not understand what she was to him at all, so had run away like any confused human would be.

They headed off after her the minute Eddie had his pants on, didn't bother with anything else, found her outside, about to get into a car.

"Isobelle," Eddie snapped out, "Don't you dare leave, you are mine now." They were standing about 20 yards away and she was now in the car and locking the doors.

"I don't belong to you," She shot back, "not to anyone." she sounded annoyed by the man's claim that she was his "and I'll not tell you where Piper is, no matter how many times you try to seduce me into it."

"You already told me." He heard the amusement in Eddie's voice "While you were half asleep baby."

Saw her eyes fill with anger almost instantly and then she yelled right at him "Stay the hell away from me." and sped away down the estate driveway.

Harry grabbed the man as he actually gasped out in pain. "No," he cried out, clutching at his chest.

"It's not a rejection, Eddie, she just doesn't understand. You did this all backwards." Harry tried to console him.

They stood and watched as she drove away from the estate, heard Eddies wolf Timber suddenly snarl all angry, and then he was gone at full wolf speed, running clear across the estate, a massive snarl ripped right out of him as she actually left the estate grounds. 'F**k' both he and his wolf Axle muttered together and shot off after the beast and it was Timber, not Eddie right this minute, the man's wolf was about to rip out of him and go and claim her in full wolf form, and the poor human woman had no idea what he was, seems Eddies beast was not taking her leaving him at all well.

Watched as they went up and over that 12-foot wall like it was nothing, he and Axle followed had to get to him first. The stupid man and his beast were going to scare her to death or traumatise the woman into a full-blown rejection. Heard the first cock of his shift and swore out loud as he saw Timber, Eddie Wolf rip right out of him, now in full control to claim what was his.

Saw his large silver wolf shoot out of the forest and right out into the centre of the road she was driving down, had managed to get in front of her car, used all his wolf speed to do so. The man's beast, uncaring of who saw, heard her car's brakes squeal on the road, turned his eyes to her, to see a very shocked-looking Izzy staring down the road at Timber as that wolf stalked towards her car.

Timber was a good-sized wolf, at least twice the size of a regular wolf, and his very bright green eyes were locked right on Izzy in her car, his mate, who was actively trying to run away from him.

Harry launched himself right at Timber as he stalked around to the side of her car. It was clear he wanted his Mate and he was going to claim her regardless of the consequences. He slammed into Timber and shoved him away from the car with all he and Axle had 'enough you're scaring her.' they roared down the mind-link to both Eddie and his beast. Flooding their Aura at them to try and contain him.

'Mine. Timber snarled right back at him. Harry found himself wrestling with Timber right there on the side of the road. The wolf was all snarls and claws out "Drive." he yelled at Izzy, when she just sat there and stared in complete shock at what she was seeing "Go." he roar at her a second later, he and Axle.

They had to get her away from Timber, and Eddie was going to have to deal with it and re-approach her another time, when he was calm and his beast was not in control.

Saw her finally gun the engine and speed away as he struggled to maintain his hold on Timber, had that beast around the neck and shoved down on the ground, Axle lending him every ounce of his wolfen strength, pushed past his Delta Rank and pulled on all his Gamma bloodline to hold the man down. On the bright side, they were blood brothers and their strength was matched. He could hold him down till she got far enough away to be safe from Timber.

He was holding that wolf down yelling at him to release, to calm down, that it was not a rejection, that they could fix it, knew where she lived, knew where she worked, that this was not the time or place to be fvcking wolfed out, on the side of human world road where anyone could drive passed and see the two of them fighting against each other.

Took a good 10 minutes of fighting the damned wolf, managed to get him shoved into the tree line thankfully, and was thankful for the very early time of morning, didn't relish having to try and explain this to humans or their Alpha if a human filmed it and it went viral.

Finally, he got Eddie back, glared right up at his big brother, annoyed with him "look at what you bloody did," he muttered to Eddie, indicating all the bite marks and claw marks on his arms and torso. His ruined suit too.

"Sorry." Eddie sighed as he looked down at his own wolf's handiwork.

"Come on, your butt a*ss na*ked on the side of the road, dumb a*ss." walked Eddie all the way back to where they had left their rental car, changed into casual none-blood stained clothes, used the emergency patch kit they carried everywhere for just this kind of situation to patch his bloody wounds while Axle healed him. "Stay here you bloody fool," Harry muttered as he headed back to the estate.

They had not actually expected Izzy to drive away from Eddie and though he had pulled his pants on, had left everything else behind in that room. Came out of the room carrying Eddie's belongings only to see Phillip strolling down the hallway a smug look on his face. "Ran away, didn't she! That's because she'll be coming back to me."

Harry's jaw tightened as Axle bristled inside of him.

She won't. Edward will be marrying her in about 9 weeks, they just haven't told anyone yet." He shot at him"

Lovers tiff, is all. Izzy always goes back to him, loves him, you see.

Watched with satisfaction as the man got angry, and then stalked off. Harry left himself now that he had Eddie's belongings.

9 weeks would give Eddie time to sort this bloody mess out, not only was he going to be in trouble with Bradley. Their mother and father were going to tear him a new one as well. They all knew humans had to be handled very differently to wolves, seeing as they knew nothing about otherworldly creatures.

Had to basically get them to fall in love with you first, move them into the pack and ease them into their new life, allow them to see wolves here and there, get them used to the fact that large wolves roamed about all the time, and once they were comfortable with that, had no actual fear of wolves, tell them what was going on and what Marking and Mating meant. Shift for them to see their Mates wolf and make sure they understood that the beast inside them was of no threat to them.

Found Eddie staring out the window of the car when he'd left him, unhappy about all that had gone on. Did not bring up Phillip or his comment. It was likely to set Timber off into another rage and go after that man, who still thought he had a claim on their Mate. "She'll head back to Portland." Harry told him "It's going to be alright Eddie."

His brother said nothing, took the clothes handed to him, and muttered "Lets just go." sounded like he was still hurting.

It was not a full rejection, just a really bad start to their Mate Bond, but Harry knew the man was now practically in the same situation as their own Alpha, had a run-away Mate to hunt down and persuade into coming back to him, to give him a chance to show her he loved her and would never hurt her.