Unscentable
Chapter 49

Bradley

POV

The minute the car was parked, Cooper was out the door and going for the med kit. Brad got out and took Piper up the stairs. It was the only way to get her upstairs without any others seeing, Eddie and Harry were in front of him making sure the doors to other

floors in the stairwell were closed and kept that way on their way up.

Eddie peeled off on the 6th floor to head for Piper's suite, and help Izzy to finish packing and get both of them downstairs and out of the hotel. Izzy had sounded horrified over the phone, didn't seem to really understand, but had agreed to pack what she could. Said she wouldn't wake Brandon at this point. Agreed that he needed to be kept calm.

Brad did not want Aspen bursting out of him here in the hotel, though he was going to have to be told at some point, didn't even know if the boy knew vampires were real, didn't know what he thought at all about otherworldly creatures.

Likely the best person to explain this to him was going to be Izzy. Brandon trusted her completely, and though she, too, didn't understand everything yet. The woman had simply accepted Eddie being a werewolf, likely helped that she already knew two and could see they were not monsters. So hopefully she would understand and be able to explain. Maybe if Eddie was there that too would help.

Got to his suite and took Piper right to the bathroom, stripped off the shirt. She wasn't going to like the fact that they had tended to her and stripped her naked to do so, but was going to have to deal with it. They didn't have much choice though. Had to get to her wounds and to wash that vampire's blood off of her as well.

Cooper was already running water and dousing the hotel towel, so she could be washed down, dumped them on the floor next to Brad, then opened the med kit and started pulling out combine dressings and tape, used gauze to wipe one wound at a time, she needed a few staples to her arms and side. Put pressure over the bite wound, to actually make it stop bleeding. It had mostly stopped but was still oozing slowly, Bard had been putting pressure on it himself the whole drive back to the hotel. Then it to was washed and dressed.

The med kit was filled with Primapore adhesive dressings of all shapes and sizes, and once every wound was cleaned and the edges realigned and pressed back together, dressings were applied. Then they set about actually completely washing her down. Str!pped her shoes, socks and jeans off, rinsed out her hair and put one of Brad's clean dress shirts on her, made sure it was a long sleeved one, so as to hide the various wounds from Brandon's eyes until everything could be explained to him. Coop bagged all the bloody clothing, while Brad put Piper on the bed, stripped out of his blood-stained clothes and then tossed them at Cooper to be bagged as well. Then he showered quickly to get rid of any scent of that vampire's blood on him transferred from Piper's body to his as he'd carried her.

Stood looking at her, she'd not so much as even flinched while she'd been attended to. Unconscious still, it was likely that she had lost a lot of blood, they didn't pack blood, and it was unlikely that West would have any on his plane either. Transfusion's were always done inside pack hospitals and the closest one was 24 hours away, would have to land and then be driven to the closed allied pack. Though it was possible that West could have his doctor waiting at the airport.

Would have to call him once they were in the air.

Bradley could only hope that she'd be alright, doubted Cooper had the medical training for such a thing anyway.

Maybe he should have the man do that, even if they didn't carry blood, a live transfusion could be done, if the man knew how, and they had the gear to do it. "Ready." Harry called out.

"Let's go then." Brad stated and picked Piper up once more. She still didn't flinch, though he could hear her heart beating still and her breathing was better. Looked at Cooper as they headed out the door. He was their Medic.

"She'll likely be out a while, depending on how much blood she lost." was all he said.

"Where's Eddie?" he asked as he got in the car.

"On his way, he's got Brandon, didn't wake the boy, not properly anyway."

"Probably for the best." Brad nodded.

"Harry go with Eddie, you drive so he can stay with the boy. If he wakes up completely, Izzy is to tell him we're headed home. That Piper is in our car, he can see her on the plane." "Right."

The minute Cooper was in the car, they were gone.

He was looking for signs of vampires as they drove out of the underground car park, saw nothing on the street, but that did not mean, sh!t wasn't about to get real ugly.

He kept his eyes peeled, knew Brandon would be alright, there was no scent on that car at all. It was why he'd kept them separated. Bradley also knew Eddie and Harry would protect both Izzy and Brandon with all they had if something did go down. Also knew Harry would not tail them directly behind, would travel further back and not look like the two vehicles were travelling together, in case he and Cooper were set upon, also knew that Harry would drive on past, would not stop his car to help till they were well passed. Likely get out and double back on foot, have Izzy drive Brandon away to the airport and the waiting jet, to keep them both safe.

It was not a long trip, thankfully, and there was only light traffic, being that it was near 2300 on a Sunday night, a good thing. Only 15 minutes. Both cars pulled up at the terminal and the pilot was waiting for them. "I'll return the cars with Harry." Cooper stated as he opened the door to let Brad out, and then hauled the luggage out.

He looked over at Izzy and Eddie getting out, her eyes were on him. Well, on Piper, she was still only dressed in one of his shirts, but she was tiny compared to him, so it was long enough to be like a dress on he. "Unconscious still," he told Izzy as she came over. "What happened to her?"

His eyes moved to Brandon. The boy was restless as Eddie carried him. "Let's get them both settled Izzy, then you can get a full account of details."

"Is she going to be alright?"

"I hope so," he sighed. Because he had no idea if she would survive it or not.

Thankfully, West had a bedroom on his plane, so he could lay her down comfortably to help the healing process. Walked right onto the jet and to that bedroom, lay her down in the bed, Eddie put Brandon right next to her, and he watched as the boy rolled over and curled right into her like he knew she was there. Wondered if he could scent his own mother, it certainly did seem that way.

"Did you see anything, Eddie?"

"No. all clear at this point. But they will scent wolves, when they replace that alley way."

"I know, that's why we are leaving."

"We need to be wheels up Brad, like now. So they can't track the flight."

"I know, soon as Coop and Harry are back, we're gone."

It took another 20 minutes for them to come back. Bradley was pacing around inside the plane, Eddie was prowling around just outside the plane on the tarmac.

They did not need vampires tracking them back to their pack and looking to seek revenge. He had no idea who had started the fight, though he doubted very much it would have been Piper.

She would not risk herself, not with Brandon to look after, and that first nick he'd felt, to his jaw, likely was the vampire. It wouldn't have known what she was, unable to scent her, that nick was to taste her blood and see what she was, determine if she was drinkable. He was not happy about that thought.

Bradley was pretty darn certain there were no wolves here in Australia, or at least not that he knew of. But other creatures, who knew what else lived here?

Vampires could blend in anywhere in the world, and likely out here, didn't see many otherworldly creatures that would be able to take them on, so a safe haven.

They were wheels up 15 minutes later after getting runway clearance, and still no sign of vampires that they could see or detect. Perhaps that creature was out on its own a long way from its pack, or perhaps, like Piper, it was a argue always on its own. He sat in a chair and stared out the window.

This was not good. He was pretty certain from the injuries that it was a fight not to be fed on only, he did not think that the vampire was trying to turn Piper, likely only killing her, but that didn't mean he shouldn't worry about that bite. It was on the right side of her neck, at least away from where he would Mark her.

Bradley was tempted to get up and go in there and claim the woman even though she was unconscious. He had no idea when she would wake up, or if he'd be able to continue to scent her as he could now, once the full moon was over. Though usually once scented it did remain, he was hoping that now he had scented the woman, he would always be able to.

Eddie was sitting with Izzy, she was leaned into him and looked very comfortable with him, though she also looked very worried at the same time. He knew Eddie would be able to feel her worry, though not be able to use his Gamma's charm on her to ease her worry. Perhaps the man's presence was enough.

Izzy actually looked quite comfortable around the lot of them, had just accepted what they all were. Though he was pretty certain that was Piper's doing. That she had likely been talking to Izzy since she'd met Eddie and he'd not been able to charm her. Piper would have known what that meant and after Izzy's sister's wedding, Piper would have been certain she was Eddie's Mate.

Piper had helped Eddie on more than one occasion now, regardless of her own situation and her thoughts on wolves, she'd helped to assimilate Izzy into their world, her old world and in such a way that the woman had simply just accepted it. Perhaps, living with humans all this time, she just knew how to explain it to them.

Without scaring them.

He stood and walked to the bedroom, stepped inside and closed the door, sank down on the bed next to her, sighed heavily as he looked at her and then Brandon, his family, who didn't have anything to do with him. He hated that thought. The pair of them out there all alone.

Turned his eyes back to Piper. Her life it seemed, was never easy when around wolves, had a terrible up bringing inside his pack after the age of ten, neither his father, nor he when he'd taken over had done anything to help her.

Had been living a peaceful human life outside of the pack away from wolves, in the human world, and then once wolves appeared in her life yet again, became terrible once more. He brushed some of her hair from her face and just looked down at her. Seems she had a good reason to hate her own kind. To live away from them, he hoped he could change that for her, wanted too.

Bradley's eyes moved to his son, 7 years old and no life at all inside a pack, no good experience with wolves himself. A rogue status like his mother, though the boy did not smell to him like a rogue, likely was going to be just like his mother. Had the same colouring, the hair, the same persona. But he'd seen just how happy the boy was with her. In all those photos. Hoped he could be that happy inside the pack too.

Only when Brandon actually opened his eyes did he even resemble him at all, though he had seen himself in the boy when he smiled all big, like he had on the treadmill. The boy's smile was more him than Piper.

Brad had not yet really gotten to know Brandon, not gotten to spend any real time with him, he was attached to his mother and likely whatever she wanted he was going to want as well. He was so stubborn, just like her, the way he'd turned his eyes on him accusatory said it all, he was going to be a handful and always on his mother's side.

Bonding with Brandon was necessary, though he was very proud of his son for being so protective that one accusation at lunch had said it all. Not only was he ticked off, but so was his wolf about him, not loving their mother. Wondered just how hard it was going to be to bond with both of them.

He had certainly gotten all his mannerisms from Piper and Harper, though from what Alpha Timothy had said, Aspen was recent to the boy, but wolves were born with quite a bit of knowledge, including the Mate Bond.

That was likely why he had looked at Bradley the way he had done.

Closed his eyes and relaxed as he sat there on the bed next to them, just breathed in her scent, so sweet and delicate, she smelled amazing. Opened his eyes and looked down at her again. Smiled to himself, then just leaned right down to her ear and growled softly to her, both he and Benson together "Mine." claiming her for themselves. K!ssed her temple softly and then sat back up to keep watch over her.