Unscentable
Chapter 44

Piper POV

Finally, they both got the message, and got in the car. It was moving and they were headed after Izzy, Piper leaned back in the backseat. There was nothing she could do about it till they got there, so try to stay calm and let Harper heal her up as best she could. Felt Brandon's small hand in hers, opened her eyes and looked at him, smiled at him softly, it was going to be alright, they would get Izzy back. She was taken by two humans is all and though Izzy herself was still human, she was bound to a werewolf, nothing but death separated a bonded pair. Eddie would never give up the hunt, and Piper knew it.

Eddie would catch up to them at the airport or Izzy would holler at the police once there. There was no way in hell she was going home with Phillip of all people. Her father should have come for her himself. And how they were going to get her through customs without her passport? They couldn't.

Closed her eyes and swore "Don't go to the airport, they're not there, Izzy's passport will be with her luggage at the hotel."

"Do you think she'll take them there?" it was Bradley.

Piper thought about that for only a minute, then nodded "Yes, she'll be looking for an opportunity to get away and head for your room, you and your men. Seeing as I'm here and Eddie?"

"Good. Cooper head for the hotel, it's a good assessment and covering both places is a good plan." she found his eyes on her. "What?"

"Nothing, it's a good plan."

"It just makes sense is all, can't even buy a plane ticket out of the country without passport numbers. I should have thought of it right away."

"You were injured Piper, a lot of pain and so likely distracted." Saw his eyes move to Brandon. "We'll get Izzy back. I'll not stop looking and neither will Eddie till we have her back. I promise you this." Looked at Brandon herself, he did look very upset, wanted to pull him into her lap but couldn't while the car was moving, smiled reassuringly at him and squeezed his little hand gently. There was not much she could do but reassure him at this point.

"Is the pain bad?" he asked quietly.

"Not so much now, only at the time, and Harper is already healing me."

"Feels all tingly when Aspen heals my cuts and grazes."

"It does, kind of like.. pins and needles." Piper smiled down at him, "but without that hideous pain on movement."

"I hate that bit when I sit on my feet too long and then got to get up." Brandon shuddered.

She smiled "No one does, very annoying for all."

They pulled up outside the front of the hotel, and Piper realised that it was likely that neither Bradley or Cooper would know what Phillip looked like, asked that very question as Cooper got out the car, got a resounding 'No' from both of them, and why would they he was human and of no consequence to them or Eddie, or shouldn't have been.

Watched as Cooper opened Brandon's door and leaned in and unbuckled the boy, then just picked him up from his seat and took him from the car. Surprised her more than a little, even more that Brandon just allowed it. Guess he was learning to trust them already, he had seen them come to aid and help her. She also knew he was actively getting along with Eddie.

Though it had looked like Eddie was hindering Brandon playing his game on her phone at the store, she'd seen the boy smile a few times, and Eddie had, apparently while she was sleeping, congratulated the boy on beating Harry, and told him they would have a rematch, he was cheated into losing. Brandon had told him he was on, that the challenge was accepted.

Though Eddie also told him he was not going to challenge Piper herself. That had made her smile. Not even Bradley could beat her, wondered how long he was ticked off about that.

Bradley was standing holding her car door open, while she eased her leg out of the car, she'd waved his hand and his offer of assistance away, did not need a repeat of what had happened at dinner last night, when he'd touched her.

Winced as she put actual weight on her knee, but it was bearable, saw him frown as she winced, but what did he expect, wasn't going to miraculously heal itself.

Put most of her weight on the other foot as she turned and looked around, she actually knew what that hire car looked like. Even the number plate, scanned the immediate area for it "Son of a bitch." she growled, as she saw it parked a few cars down and across the street.

"That's the hire car, that took lzzy." she pointed to it, took a step towards it, regardless of the pain it shot through her knee.

"I'll go." Bradley stated, putting a hand on her shoulder to stay he. She looked right at him as she heard the hard edge of his voice. He was all Alpha right this minute, she realised, as she watched him stride away.

Someone had just kidnapped his Gamma's Mate and though Izzy was not an official member of his Pack yet, they all knew Izzy was bonded to Eddie and it was only a matter of time and all the major details being explained to her.

"Bradley will sort this out, Piper." Cooper informed her, though he did not go after the man.

"I know he will." Piper nodded and she did actually know that "Call Eddie, Phillip and Izzy are here somewhere."

She watched as Cooper put Brandon down on the hood of the car, uncaring about any damage it may do to the hire car, he fished out his phone with one hand while keeping the other on Brandon, likely just making sure he wasn't going to fall off or run off. Piper looked right at Brandon, he seemed comfortable with Cooper touching him, though the boy was watching Bradley as he stalked his way over to that SUV, and the man sitting inside it, to have words with him about Izzy.

Wondered if Cooper was keeping contact with Brandon for a reason, they'd all seen how attached to Izzy he was, wondered if both Bradley and Cooper were worried that boy's wolf would appear and try to assert himself. It was a possibility she supposed. Not even she knew if he would shoot to the surface and try to take on Phillip if they laid eyes on him.

Turned at the sound of an American accent, male and sounded more than annoyed "Just do as your told, for once and you wont get hurt."

Found herself looking right at Phillip, as he was coming out of the hotel's front door with one hell of a grip on Izzy's upper arm, she could already see there was bruising on the woman's arms from where they had man handled her into their car in the first place, dragging her across a street and fighting to get her in the car when she'd not wanted to.

Could see right this very minute that his fingers were digging into her arm painfully so, and could see the pain on Izzy's face. She looked more than upset as well. Her usually neat hair and appearance were gone. She looked dishevelled now. Her hair messy and Piper could tell she'd been crying as well.

Shot of the mark regardless of the pain in her knee, and it hurt to blazes, felt that knee actually give but the brace held, and she was able to move and stay up right because of it, ignored the pain that rushed her knee, knowing she had likely just done more damage to it but Izzy was more important that her knee.

Izzy was glaring up at the man who was dragging her by the arm, and Philip didn't see Piper coming at all, too busy focused on Izzy and trying to get her to do what he wanted of her. She was on him fast.

Her hand landed right on his forearm and she let Harper loose on him, felt all her strength pour into her grip on him, so very tight he would be forced to let Izzy go, and the minute his fingers loosened she yanked Izzy free from his grip altogether with her other hand and turned her away, she knew there was no way Phillip could keep his grip on Izzy not with Harper literally crushing his forearm.

"You son of a bitch." She snarled right up at him.

Heard him gasp in pain and saw his other hand come up to hit her, smiled right at him "Yes hit me." She practically dared him, blocked that hit with ease and slashed it down and away from her as she'd trained how to once. Then twisted that arm she had hold of till he was crying out in pain, heard it cock and break and his scream of pain. Then they let him go but only to put her foot into his knee.

Watched with satisfaction as he dropped to the ground on one knee, more pain issuing from him, grabbed a fist full of his hair and yanked his head back to force him to look up at her "You ever touch my friend again." she grated out and leaned right down to him, her face a mere inch from his, Harper pushed forward to stare him down "You'll suffer and eternity of pain. "I'll break every bone in your body." They snarled at him, and to make sure he understood the clear meaning of their threat, punched him right in the face and heard his no break, saw blood run down his face.

She could smell the fear coming off of him, Harper's presence had scared him, not so tough now, she thought, as she glared down at him, he was looking right into her white eyes, not Pipers normal brown ones.

Which he would have seen when he'd looked at her for the first time.

Heard Harper emit a low menacing growl and he was backing away from her. The minute she let his hair go, good he seemed to have gotten the message loud and clear.

"Piper?" it was lzzy.

They turned and looked at her, saw Izzy's eyes widen and Harper receded and allowed Piper control again."

Are you alright?" Piper asked her, took a step over to where Izzy was standing and hugged the woman. "I was so worried." She whispered and meant it, she did not want to loose her friend like that. Felt Izzy hug her back "Where's Eddie?" she asked softly.

"looking for you, at the airport." Piper leaned back to look at Izzy, taking in her appearance further, looked at the bruises on both her arms, and then frowned a the red mark on her left cheek. She'd not seen that before. "Did he hit you?" she reached up and touched the woman's cheek gently. Izzy nodded. "I tried to get away from him, thinking I could get to Mr Drake in his room. When he caught up to me, he slapped me for it." There were tears in her eyes now.

Piper's eyes turned back to Phillip. Oh, he was a dead man, she could feel Harper's anger mingling with her own at this news. Let go of Izzy and shot towards Phillip. All their anger on the surface, was going to payback in kind with all the strength they had. Only to be yanked clear off the ground, knew it was Cooper right away. "Calm down, Eddie will deal with him," he told her as he turned her away from the man.

She screamed at him in her rage, to be put down, as he denied her right to beat the hell out of that pathetic man, how dare to not only kidnap her friend but hurt her as well. Found herself carried away completely and taken back to the car, put right in front of Brandon "Enough Piper, human world, calm Harper. I understand the need."

"Let me go." she snarled at him, but he had her arms pinned to her side in a vice-like grip, he was clearly much stronger than she was.

"I'm not Eddie, I can't calm you down, so either calm yourself or deal with me holding onto you." Turned her head to look at Phillip over the man's shoulder and saw Bradley hauling Phillip up off the ground. He was also dragging another man, the one from the car, she supposed, had a hand around that man's elbow. Neither of them were a match for him and his Alpha Wolf strength.

"Where is Izzy?" she gasped, panicked as she could no longer see the woman.

"I'm right here." She heard Izzy's soft voice and turned to look at her, "Piper?"

"I'm alright?" she told her, and felt calmer just seeing her.

"I've never seen you this mad before." Izzy murmured, and bit her lip, seemed a bit nervous.

"I try not to get mad." Piper admitted "I'm sorry you saw that." She knew Izzy would have seen Harper on the surface, it had been unavoidable at the time.

"What was it?"

"Not here." Cooper interrupted them.

"Let me go, Cooper." She sighed.

"You sure your good?" he asked right back, didn't sound as though he believed her.

"Yes." she nodded, and she was released tentatively. He stepped back from her and she turned to look at him, gasped as her knee screamed at her, she had used it to kick Phillip, looked down at it, gritting her teeth.

"That will need realignment again." Cooper told her, sounded like he was disapproving of her actions. She did not really care what the man thought, put all her weight on her good leg, reached out a hand to hold Izzys hand, the woman had just seen Harper on the surface but hadn't run off, was still standing there with her, she didn't seem to be all that scared about it and Piper for one, was really glad she did not want to scare her friend.

"You called Eddie?" She asked Cooper.

"I was on the phone with him when you shot off after Phillip, he is aware and on his way back now. Stay right here." Cooper told her "I need to go and assist Brad to take those two upstairs." His eyes moved from her to Brandon and he frowned.

Piper knew what he was thinking, that without anyone from the Alpha Unit here to watch her, she could put Brandon in the car and leave, run away.

"Tm not going to get far." she indicated to her injured knee. Not to mention he was holding her car keys still.

"You run." He warned her.

"We won't." It was Brandon and he was getting off the car, stepped between her and Izzy and stared up at the man.

Cooper looked right at the boy "Do you understand Brandon, your father is not just going to walk away."

"Yes." He nodded up at Cooper, "Hunt us if we do."

"Correct." Cooper nodded and then just turned and walked away towards the hotel's front doors.

"He can be a little...scary." Izzy murmured.

"We can all be," Piper nodded.

"What happened to you?"

"Ran out into traffic to try and get to you, stop Phillip from taking you, and got clipped by a car, busted my knee, it was fixed, not so much now." She sighed" Eddie is going to be really mad when he gets back." "I didn't leave on purpose."

"No, not at you lzzy." Piper smiled, "at your state, your bruises, that hit to your face, where he comes from, he has rights to.. punish any who would harm you."

"Hmm," she shrugged, "I think you beat up Phillip pretty good."

"Won't help, just be prepared, he might." how did she explain it.

"Look different, his eyes." she stared right at Piper as if challenging her to deny it.

"Yes." Piper nodded.

"I've seen his eyes bright green before." She shrugged "Guess you knew about that."

"Normal, where they come from."

"Where you came from? Your eyes were white!" Piper sighed "yes." she knew Harper had been on the surface, when they'd looked at Izzy, she just confirmed it. Opened the car door and sank down to get off of her knee.

It didn't take Cooper long to come back, he frowned down at her, "I can fix that here, or carry you up to your room and fix it there." he stated flatly.

"Here is fine." Piper muttered, would rather it be fixed than be carried.

He removed the brace and looked right at her pointedly. "You dislocate it again, before it heals properly, you'll likely need surgical intervention. Do you understand me?" Piper nodded, she got it. Harper didn't even snarl at the man, she still just wanted a piece of Phillip mostly, seemed to understand and be okay with Cooper helping them again. She knew they had been impulsive and risked re-injuring themselves, and had done just that.

With the brace back on they could manage a hobble and some light pressure on her knee, but after 5 steps, the pain was too much came to a stand still on her good leg, heard Cooper sigh, "you bite me, I'll bite back". And then he picked her up and carried her into the hotel, she had no choice, was not going to be able to walk all the way across the lobby and then down the hall to her room.

They were escorted back to their room, and Cooper put her down on the couch looked right at her. "I'll leave you all here, Eddie will want to see lzzy."

"I'm aware of how things normally work, Cooper." Piper muttered.

"Good to see you recall somethings." Cooper murmured, then looked at her knee "Ice it, don't walk on it period, until Harper tells you it's okay." He stared right at her for a solid minute, then turned to Izzy "Do you need medical attention?" "No." she shook her head.

"Then I'll take my leave, am needed somewhere else." he stood and left without another word, all Beta mode, she thought.

"Spill it." Izzy turned on her. Piper sighed "Sit down and don't freak out."

"Oh I'm already freaked out." Izzy muttered as she sat down.

"Mum?" She could hear the worry in Brandon's voice.

"She has to replace out sooner or later, she is Eddie's Mate." She clarified for him. He knew what a Mate was now.

"Mate?" Izzy asked.

"Yes Izzy, and you're bonded to him already, so take a deep breath."

Watched the woman do just that, and after a moment allowed Harper to push forward. The woman had seen her once already, so there was no harm in it, this was what she wanted answers on.

Allowed Izzy to really look at her, for as long as she liked, watched the woman's eyes move to Brandon's after several minutes of contemplation, his wolf Aspen pushed forward but only for a brief moment. "That's just plain weird." Izzy shook her head.

"Harper is of no threat to you." Piper offered up.

"Harper? Like what Cooper just said, and ...you used that name yesterday, threatened Eddie with it in fact.

"Yes and I did." she nodded "Harper is my inner wolf.

"Wolf?" Izzy snorted, and sounded fully amused.

"Yes. I'm not human, well...I mostly am nowadays."

That got her attention. Now Izzy was staring at her, so she sat and waited, the woman would either accept it or fear it and run away. Piper didn't think Izzy would run away though, she'd known Piper and Brandon a very long time. "What are you?...Them?... Eddie?" she was frowning.

"What do you think we are?" Piper countered, Izzy was an intelligent woman, and she had seen and heard the wolf side of likely most of them now, definitely Eddie's he'd growled at her, and she was pretty certain that Izzy had Mated to Timber, which meant she had likely seen him on the surface as well. And she knew she'd seen Timber in the flesh that Wolf, had not liked her running away.

Bradley had told her that Benson his wolf, had growled at her and scared her for that matter, sat and just watched her as she stood and paced around the room a good 10 minutes of staring at her and Brandon, pacing some more and then she shook her head and sighed "I want to say something but, it'll sound completely crazy."

That was a good statement, likely was on the right track, "Say it anyway Izzy." Piper encouraged her.

Saw her friend look right at her "Werewolf."

"Correct." Piper nodded "Harper is the name of my wolf."

"Aspen is my wolf." Brandon told Izzy, sounded not only happy to tell Izzy this but proud as well. Liked having his wolf she realised.

Saw Izzy's frown deepen and then she came and sat back down, stared right at her some more "Is...Timber, Eddie's wolf."

"Yes." Piper nodded.

"So, the other day.. yesterday.. that was Timber?"

Piper smiled "Mm, yes. His wolf it seems, is crazy insanely in love with you, as much as Eddie is."

"You knew all along." she pointed a finger at her.

"I did, it's why I warned you."

"And" her brow furrowed, then her eyes widened"

That wolf stalking my car in Maine? That Harry was wrestling that was Eddie?"

"That was Timber, but yes, technically Eddie too."

"Wow." she leaned back on the couch was taking this really well. A good thing "He was the biggest damned wolf I've ever seen."

"For now." Saw Izzy's brown eyes turn on her "There are bigger wolves."

"Mm, it's likely both Cooper and Bradley are bigger in wolf form."

"How big is Harper, and Aspen." her eyes moved to the boy. The door to the hotel room banged open and Eddie came rushing into the room. "Izzy?" Watched as Izzy smiled right up at him, knew everything and still got up and ran over to him, hugged him and he hugged her right back "I was so worry Izzy."

She heard it in his voice, knew Izzy would too. The man did not care who heard that he had been afraid he'd been going to loose her.

"You and Timber don't need to worry anymore. I'm right here." She heard Izzy tell him softly. Smiled to herself as she saw Eddie look down at Izzy, a litle concerned, but she was not. Izzy had already accepted the idea, their bond was good and strong, likely always would be, watched as Izzy reached up and touched his face, tilted her head slightly and really looked at him. "Can I see Timber?" she asked him.

Timber was right there in less than a second. Poor Eddie had no hope, he wanted to see his Mate too, she was asking for him and he would not deny her "Mine." He growled right at her all possessively.

Izzy laughed up at him. "Yes," she nodded. "Crazy as it is, yes." found herself crushed. into the man and his wolf, Eddie looked at Piper when control was given back to him.

"Your welcome." She told him. "You know Eddie, you owe me a lot" He smiled right at her "That I do." he nodded, then put Izzy away from him and frowned at all her bruises "I'll deal with Phillip and your father." he told her "Stay here, I'll come back." kissed her softly

and was gone.

Izzy sank back down on the couch. "Life is about to get weird."

"Yes it is." Piper nodded.

She'd let Eddie talk to Izzy about Marking and that she might gain her own wolf afterwards. Not all humans had the gene, though Piper didn't see that being a problem for either Eddie or Timber, or Izzy for that matter.

She was not going to deny either of them, likely just get to choose which one to be with first each night. Timber seemed happy enough mating her in human form. Loved Izzy already.

The moon hadn't even risen or set yet and she knew it would. Today was the full moon, even things would feel different for Izzy now that she understood and accepted them. She thought s*x was good before.

Tonight would be a whole other matter for the woman. Arg, they'd better get their own room. She did not need to hear that, nor did Brandon for that matter.