Unscentable
Chapter 34

Piper POV

She just knew that Bradley was not going to let Izzy out of that suite they were all staying in. The only way Izzy was going to be able to leave was if she went up there and retrieved her, herself and that damned man knew she would, to it seemed. Brandon had been quiet since the second visit, and had only asked one question of her.

"Is Aunt Izzy in trouble because of us?"

Piper had sighed softly and told him "No and yes. It is not solely because of us, and Brandon none of this is your fault. Alpha's do what they think, they need to, to get what they want. Izzy.is currently a bargaining chip, she will be fine, and she is safe, no harm will come to her, I promise." and she knew that it wouldn't, she was Eddie's Mate, a precious commodity so to speak. Updated by Narugi.com and visit us for more free novels.

He had sat now quietly for the past hour and Piper knew he was concerned, he knew that Izzy was human and not like them. She looked at the clock, it was coming up on 1230. Bradley's lunch invitation wasn't really an invitation at all, she didn't think. More of a demand which he had just put as politely as he knew how, she supposed.

It had also not escaped her attention that Brandon himself was watching the clock. The longer she left it the more worried he was getting. "We'll go and get Aunt Izzy." she told him at 20 past 12. He was becoming restless and fidgety, she didn't want him worrying any more than he needed to. Held her hand out to him. "Come on." He took it.

Piper didn't want to sit down with this man, even if that redhead from her store had been his little sister, that did not make being in a room with him any easier at all.

She doubted that there was anything that ever would.

Stepped out of her hotel room and frowned as she saw Cooper lean away from the wall down the end of the hall to her right. Turned and looked the other way and found Harry leaning on the wall, his eyes were also on her right this moment. Likely stationed in the hallway to stop her from leaving without them knowing.

She ignored the two of them and walked to the elevator. Brandon, she noted, looked from one to the other and then inched that bit closer to her. Aspen must have told him what they were, or from the size of the two of them, he realised they were wolves. She didn't think he had seen these two before.

Bradley would have told the pair of them about the lunch or they would have been within earshot of their last conversation, likely had been standing out there in the corridor all morning doing exactly what there Alpha told them to do. Watch for her trying to leave with his Son.

She was not surprised to see them out there in the hallway, just annoyed about it. But also knew that now he knew about Brandon, there was nothing else but this to be expected.

Found Cooper, the pack Beta step right into the elevator with them before the doors closed. Found Brandon clinging right to her leg, "It's alright." She murmured as she reached down and picked him up, and felt him hug into her "I got real sharp claws." She whispered, trying to make him smiled, felt Cooper's eyes move right to her, as she pressed the 10th floor button.

Heard him chuckle a little "Me too." He whispered right back.

Piper couldn't help but snort a little, as she tried not to look at Cooper, it had been a veiled threat, and she'd never seen Brandon's claws at all, but she imagined if Aspen was awake he'd likely told Brandon to say it and the boy had. It amused her completely, though she knew it likely did not amuse Cooper at all.

He could not command her or Brandon, for that matter, could roll his aura at them and try to instil fear into them, but he couldn't make her back down. Maybe she should tell Brandon that. It might make him have a little bit less fear around all these wolves and she did want that. Though she had not seen Aspen since this morning.

Not since Bradley's wolf had laid claim to the boy and his wolf.

Stepped out of the elevator onto the 10th floor, "This way Piper" Cooper stated casually, his hand dropped to the small of her back and before she had time to register it, Harper was all on the surface, snarling loud and aggressively snapped her eyes right to his "Don't touch me." her gravelly voice roared right up at him.

Saw his eyes go very wide, and his hand was gone a second later, Harper stood staring him down. She also registered Aspen was growling from his place in her arms.

They did not want to be touched by another wolf, and though a part of both of them understood, it had likely been pure instinct on his part, just being the pack Beta guiding her where to go. He wouldn't have even thought about it, it did not go down well with Harper.

Both his hands were raised in a defensive, non-threatening gesture. "I'm sorry," he commented.

"What's going on?" it was Bradley's voice. He'd likely heard the snarling and growling with his wolf's hearing and thought there was a problem.

Cooper backed away. "I just put my hand on her back, to guide her Brad, nothing more."

Harper was still watching Cooper as he moved away, still on the surface, and a very low growl was still being emitted from her as she watched him, "Doesn't like being touched, I don't think." she heard him tell Bradley.

"Piper, please calm down, he meant no harm or disrespect." Bradley told her as Cooper walked off down the hall.

"He touches me again. I'll rip his hand off." Harper snarled, before receding and giving Piper back control, she slid her hand through Brandon's hair and looked down at him. Aspen was gone too, it seemed, it was just Brandon looking up at her, his wolf had likely reacted to hers, reaction to being touched.

"It's alright." she kissed the top of his head and let him lean right back into her, turned her eyes to Bradley.

Harper had not once looked at the man, had been solely focused on the one that had dared to lay a hand on her.

Bradley had a look of concern on his face, he was likely very unhappy about her wolf's threat to his Beta, she had made herself so very clear in her intent. He was also likely to be very unhappy with his own son's reaction to the pack Beta as well. "This way," he commented, and waved a hand down the hall, she walked.

"Where is Izzy?" she asked the moment she stepped into the room.

Heard him sigh before answering her "In Eddie's room."

Her eyes moved right to his, she was annoyed to hear those words.

"She is fine Piper, though unfortunately, Benson growled at her earlier, for disrespecting us, and it scared her. Eddie is with her now."

"Do they just go around scaring everyone mum?" Brandon asked up at her.

"No, son. I do not. It was an accident, just like now, when Harper and you growled at Cooper, my Beta."

"That was not an accident." Piper informed him, then turned away from him. "Izzy." she called out. She didn't really care what he thought about Harper growling at his Beta, they knew nothing about her or her wolf. He and his pack had done nothing but cause them pain and loneliness. Harper was not interested in being a wolf or being touched by one at random, regardless of the manner of said touch.

Saw as Izzy stepped out of a room, felt Brandon squirm to get down and let him go, "Are you alright?"

Piper asked her as Brandon ran right over to her and hugged her. Izzy nodded "I'm alright." She knelt down and hugged the boy back, reassured him she was okay and smiled at him.

"I was scared you were hurt by them." Brandon told her.

"I'm alright Brandon." She squeezed him gently.

"But they took you prisoner."

She heard Bradley huff in annoyance at the boy's words, but what did he expect a 7-year-old to think, when his aunt was taken and refused to be allowed to come back, or be given back when asked? Saw Eddie frown down at the boy. Frown even deeper when Izzy didn't correct him.

It was likely she had tried to leave at some point and had been refused to be allowed, therefore was actually a prisoner, not that any of these wolves would see it that way, but things worked very differently in the human world.

Tilt her head slightly as they looked at Izzy, Harper smelled her, smelled human blood, felt Harper's instincts rise and a low growl issued from her inside Pipers mind 'Izzy's injured.' she told Pip.

She slid her eyes over Izzy, couldn't see any blood, but yes definitely could smell it. "zzy, your bleeding." She stated coldly, her eyes moved right to Edwards accusingly.

"No."

"Yes you are, or were. What happened?" there was an angry edge to her voice, Harper was almost on the surface.

"She got scratched is all." it was Edward. "Only lightly so, she is fine Piper, I assure you." Watched as the man put a hand on Izzy, the woman didn't flinch away from him, likely didn't fear him, his touch might even bring the comfort of a Mate's touch. Harper however, didn't care, his wolf had Mated her and she'd gotten injured by him, it seemed.

'Does she need medical attention? Did you even check it?" she didn't think so. Wolves had natural healing abilities and a scratch to them was nothing, but not to a human, saw him actually blink in the realisation that he'd forgotten to even check it. Didn't care about anything but himself and his need to Mate her.

Didn't even care about causing her injury, saw guilt on his face a second later. Yes, not a wolf. She wanted to yell at him, but couldn't because Izzy had no idea what they all were, "Izzy, perhaps you should let me check you over." Eddie said softly. "What why?" she didn't seem to understand at all.

"Piper is right, a scratch could get infected." saw his eyes move to Bradley. "the med kit?" "Cooper." Bradley stated.

How was it. There was a whole room full of wolves and it took her to pick up the scent of Izzy's blood.

Brandon come here please." she held her hand out, knew Edward would tend to the wounds, his own wolf had caused, found Brandon's hand in her a moment later.

"Mum?" he sounded worried.

"Edward will tend to her or Harper will have a piece of him." she stated flatly. Izzy looked very confused by her statement. Saw Edwards' eyes move right to hers, it was an outright threat to the packs Gamma. Harper did not care about who he was, he was nothing to her. Never had been.

Izzy was also going to replace out in short order what they all were anyway, probably better that it was she who told the woman, Izzy had known Piper and Brandon for all of Brandon's life bar the first 6 months. They'd never hurt her not once, there was a lot of trust between them, a sister's bond she liked to think of it. Izzy would be able to see that not all wolves were mean and nasty creatures. Not all were arrogant and selfish.

Though from what Izzy had seen of late, by this Alpha and his entire Unit, was that they only cared about what Bradley wanted, and the typical arrogance of a wealthy man trying to get his own way, she knew Izzy had looked him up, told Piper as much. Wondered why the woman had done so? What had piqued her curiosity about the man? Or was it that she was simply trying to get a heads up on what she would be dealing with? Seeing as they had been stalking her and Piper since she'd refused to make that dress and tossed them out.

Saw Edward take Izzy back into his room, with the med kit Cooper had handed to him. She turned her eyes on Bradley, raised an eyebrow at him questioningly "My apologies, I have been distracted of late. Other concerns blinding me, you could say." he was looking right at her, never took his eyes off of hers.

Heard the hotel door be knocked on "That will be lunch." he commented. It was, and the woman pushing the cart, blinked and stared up at him when he smiled down at her, Piper rolled her eyes and walked away.

"I'll get that, Brad." Cooper stated and headed over to the door.

"Thank you Coop." Brad acknowledged him.

"I didn't know what Brandon liked to eat, so I got a couple of choices for him." Bradley told her "Please come and sit, we'll wait for Eddie and Izzy."

Harrison, she noted, was coming in the door as the service lady was leaving. He held the door for her to pass him. Piper watched as the woman, turned and looked at all three of them, shook her head almost as if to clear it, and looked again, like she couldn't believe that they were all real.

Eddie appeared with Izzy. "A couple of light scratches, nothing serious." He looked right at her as he spoke.

Her eyes turned to Izzy for confirmation of his statement. She nodded at her. She only sat down at the table once Izzy did. Brandon was between her and Izzy, he likely felt safer, she thought.

A plate of chicken and chips was put in front of Brandon. Bradley himself did it. "Is this alright Brandon? If not, I do have a hamburger and fries for you."

"It's fine." Brandon told him, but didn't look at the man. He too was unhappy that his aunt had not only been a prisoner but had been injured as well, it seemed.

Likely Aspen could also smell the blood on his Aunt.

Bradley also placed a meal in front of Piper. It was a medium rare steak with vegetables, a typical wolfen food, she thought. Noted that the was careful not to touch her, likely didn't want Harper to threaten him, she'd already threatened two of his Unit, and she'd meant it. They might be what these creatures were on some level, but had not been inside the wolfen world for many years, lived as human, because they actually didn't like wolves, or pack life. Being touched by one, was not something they wanted.

Saw Brandon look at her meal and wrinkle his nose at the sight of those vegetables on her plate, shake his head, "You have to eat vegetables." he whispered.

"Mm." was all she said "Be thankful you don't."

"Yuck, I won't." he shook his head.

She couldn't help but smile down at him, even here in this very awkward situation, he would refuse to eat vegetables if they were on his plate, heard Izzy chuckle, then watched her wave a piece of broccoli from her plate right in his face, and Brandon swat it away. "Eew get it away from me." he was shoving at her hand as she tried to make him eat it, playing with him.

Even Izzy knew the boy was hard pressed not to eat vegetables, though he would actually eat broccoli if necessary, one of the vegetables she could bribe him into eating. Realised the whole room was quiet, and found all four of them watching the antics between Brandon and Izzy.

It was a completely natural thing for her to see, for them to do, so of no surprise to her, just amusing to see and hear. This was however, the first time they were seeing it, seeing Brandon actually act normally and not afraid of them. She supposed. Picked up her knife and fork, there was not going to be much conversation here.

Not with Izzy in the room, they could not talk openly and freely about being wolves with her around.

So she ate quietly and just watched as Izzy tormented Brandon by trying to get him to eat other vegetables off her plate. It was cute, even Harper was enjoying watching him.

"Piper?"

Her eyes moved across the table to Bradley, by way of an answer. "Do you think you could actually introduce me properly to Brandon?"

"He knows who you are," she told him simply.

"Piper, I would like an introduction." She stared at him for a few seconds then shrugged Brandon, your father:" she waved a hand at Bradley to indicate him to the boy. Saw Bradley frown right at her, didn't like the way she did it she guessed. What did the man want? Bells and whistles? Brandon already knew who he was.. Narrowed his eyes right on her "That is not a proper introduction, Piper."

She raised an eyebrow at him. "Then I'm not exactly sure what you want. Protocol.." she halted. "Traditionally, can't be followed right this minute. Introduce yourself, how you want, I suggest."

He was looking right at her, seemed he wanted something from her but she was not exactly sure of what that was. There was a human sitting at the table. She couldn't well introduce him as the Alpha to his pack now, could she?

His eyes moved to Brandon who was watching the interaction between the two of them, likely so was Aspen, she thought. "Brandon, son. My name is Bradley Drake, I am your father."

"I know." he shrugged right back at the man "Mum told me already, when I asked who you were." Piper saw more of herself in him than she realised was there before. That shrug and his dismissive tone, that was all her.

"It's really good to meet you." she watched as Bradley smiled right at Brandon, and looked away, had enough issues being in this room, did not need that image inside her mind to t*****e her further. Focused on her meal. Noted Brandon didn't actually say anything back to him.

He was biased against wolves, as was Aspen. All they had seen of wolves so far were that wolves were and threatening. That's also what she'd told him, before she knew this was coming, before she knew Bradley was going to be a part of their lives. This likely also didn't help his reaction to his own kind.

Probably going to have to curb that, it was clear to her that Bradley was not about to go away anytime soon, wanted to get to know the boy, likely she was going to have to deal with him on a regular basis, felt pain touch her at that thought 'yay see him with others. not what she wanted at all. Had had enough of that to last her a whole lifetime, took a deep breath in as her fork hovered over her plate, while she pushed that pain away.

This was the very reason she left, to stay away from him, to forget how it felt to see him with another, "Piper it's okay." she heard the southern drawl of his Gamma, even felt the wave of calming aura he was suddenly pushing at her. Likely being the Gamma had picked up on something of her emotions.

"You touch me Edward you'll loose that hand." She muttered, knew he would need to touch her to get the full effect of his Gamma's Charm to work on her.

Didn't even look at him, didn't care to, she knew what a Gamma was, what he could do, all about his particular Charm, had seen him use it around the pack, on distressed she-wolves after rogue attacks. Not that he had ever come to help her, and she would have been his actual job, his main concern, or should have been, but no, she'd gotten no help from him, not once. So didn't want it now.

She'd dealt with years of pain, could handle much worse than a little heart ache, hell a lot worse. She'd felt like she was going to die at times, inside that pack. Had actually prayed to the moon goddess, who'd forsaken her to end her miserable life, on more than one occasion.

But no, that woman seemed to enjoy her suffering and had allowed it to continue, year after year. Until she had taken matters into her hands, and left, that was, but of course, couldn't even let her do that her way. No, the moon goddess just had to have one more jab at her before she left. Put Bradley right back in the pack when he was supposed to be away.

Given her a taste of her own unattainable Mate, only to have him still not recognise her, just enjoy the use of her body for his pleasure, a good fvck was all she was to him, and nothing more.

Wondered not for the first time what she had done so Wrong to piss off the moon goddess, to be cursed by her, to be toyed with by her, wondered if the woman they all prayed to and worshipped actually even cared at all about them. Or were they all just toys for her to play with, little puppets attached by strings to her fingers that she liked to just cut loose or toss around un-caringly?