Unscentable
Chapter 51

Izzy POV

So much had happened in such a short period of time, she'd felt panic set in when she'd heard that Piper had been attacked by a vampire. To not wake Brandon, they had to leave in a real hurry, due to needing to leave before the vampires turned up to extract

revenge, seeing as Piper and Harper had managed to kill the vampire.

Izzy had only just learned that werewolves were real, now vampires too. She'd tried to ask Eddie when he'd come into the hotel suite in a real hurry, he'd just told her. "Not now Izzy. There aren't enough of us to take on a pack of vampires, please baby just trust me and hurry."

She'd had no choice but to trust him. He was moving about in a hurry himself, making sure everything was being packed. She'd felt deep down something was wrong, that they were all in real trouble, the word 'move.

Had popped into her head, there had been urgency in that one word, and she had not asked anymore questions.

She had shushed Brandon back to sleep when Eddie had picked him up. She'd gone to do it herself and he'd stated 'no I will do it.' and had done so, he'd only needed one hand on the boy. Once he was picked up and out of the bed, the boy sat comfortably in the crook of Eddie's large arm, leaned on his chest and settled back to sleep.

In his other hand were two suitcase handles. He didn't even drag them, just picked them up like they were nothing and she knew they were heavy. She had struggled with them herself.

He had insisted on laying his own eyes on all of their passports, even though Izzy had assured him she had them, needed to see them for some reason, so she'd showed him and then they were out the door and headed out of the hotel, just leaving without checking

out.

Piper looked to have been washed and redressed, likely one of Bradley's own shirts. It was quite large on the woman and from what she understood, Piper had told her they were all possessive creatures, she didn't think he would allow her to wear anyone else's shirt.

Piper's hair was loose and still damp, Bradley himself was carrying her, and she'd seen wound dressings on her neck and her gut had twisted, fear was ebbing into her, as she wondered how bad it was 'really bad' had popped into her head, even her own subconscious mind sounded afraid and worried to her.

The private jet that they were on, was obviously how Eddie and everyone had gotten here. She noted it had Wolf Airlines as it's logo and then under it Eclipsed Industries, so knew it wasn't Bradley's plane or his companies, belonged to someone else. Though the words Wolf Airlines, made her wonder if it was another wolfs plane. Likely they had hired it. She was trailing Bradley and the man was walking with a purpose, as was Eddie as he carried Brandon, saw that both Piper and Brandon were settled into a bedroom in the back of the plane.

Eddie had asked her to please just sit and wait, then had gone outside. She'd not spoken to Bradley, but the man never stopped moving, they were all agitated, Eddie was pacing back and forth outside and Bradley was doing the exact same thing inside. 'Oh it is really bad,' had popped into her mind.

They were gone the second everyone was on board and Cooper and Harry had come through that door in a rush, the door had been pulled shut the second that they were in, and then they were gone. Only then did Bradley sit down, though he did not relax at all. Eddie pulled her right into his side and hugged her to him. She leaned on him. The minute they were up in the air, everything seemed to go back to normal. They all just seemed to relax, it must be something they deal with all the time, she thought. She'd seen Bradley get up and walk to the back of the plane and let himself into that bedroom, close the door behind him. She'd sit right up. 'Piper would not want that' her subconscious mind told her. Went to get up to ask him to leave and found Eddie tugging her back into her seat.

"Leave it, he needs to be close to her right now."

"Piper won't like it." she stated, mimicking the annoyed tone of her subconscious thought.

"She is unconscious, he won't do anything to her."

Felt a little anger well up inside her, tried to shake it off, couldn't it seemed, her mind was ticking and it wasn't sitting right with her, if anyone should be in there with Piper it should be her. "He has no right to be in there Eddie." She'd snapped up at him a minute later after not being able to shake her anger off.

Izzy understood that Piper had left that man, not even told him about Brandon. The man had not been faithful. It was why Piper had left him. She knew that too.

Piper had told her as much, heard the woman's pain, in fact.

"Yes he does." Cooper had stated "She is his Mate, Izzy."

"Since when? Not as far as I am aware." she'd shot right back at the man. Piper had not voiced that, though it was likely. till she voiced it to Izzy, their relationship meant nothing. "Enough Izzy, it will sort itself out."

"I doubt it." she'd muttered, but had been made to stay put, when all she wanted to do was go in there and tell that man to get out. She would look after the woman.

Piper was going to be very mad if she woke up and found him next to her.

"How badly injured is she?" she asked instead.

Cooper had told her about all of Piper's wounds and that she'd been fed on by the vampire, and she'd been more than horrified, could feel pain welling inside of her for her friend, "Will she survive?" she'd asked.

"Should do. But I have no idea and neither does Brad. It depends on how strong she and Harper are, how much blood they have lost, and her survival instincts, her will to live the bleeding has stopped. That is a good thing."

"Why didn't you take her to the hospital?" Izzy was curious about that.

"We're not like humans and her wounds," Cooper had sighed. "The bite to her neck, we do try to keep those things out of the human world, we have a hospital in the pack, all packs do actually."

"And we're running because?" she wanted answers.

Eddie had said not now at the hotel.

Cooper had looked at her a little exasperated and she'd felt irritated almost instantly. "Human remember, I don't know how it works."

"I know Izzy, there is a lot you need to learn.

Vampires and wolves, we don't always get along... and killing one, on their own turf, would bring more of them, would usually take 2 of us to take one of them down, sometimes 3 or 4, depending on the strength of the wolves. They are much faster than we are and pinning one down is hard." "And Piper killed one on her own?" she was confused.

"She did. Likely the creature was newly turned, didn't seem to understand the consequences of fighting one of us face to face, Harper literarily gutted it with her claws while it fed on her, and then snapped its neck. A trained vampire would normally attack a wolf from behind to keep clear of the claws."

"So you're worried more will come?"

"Yes and all well trained, we'd be out numbered and unable to protect you, Piper and Brandon from more than two or three of them."

"and you expected more than that?" she frowned at him.

"Yes." Cooper nodded to her.

Izzy had sat quietly after that, for a really long time, now understood why they had left in the middle of the night, but still Piper had no idea what was going on.

Neither did Brandon, for that matter.

She had nodded off at some point and when she'd woken up Bradley was still in that room. No one seemed to mind, she'd gone to use the bathroom and opened the door to the bedroom upon coming out. Brandon was sleeping curled at Piper's side and Bradley seemed to have nodded off, sitting on the bed right next to Piper.

His hand was in her hair, she'd frowned at that, Piper wouldn't like that at all. 'shouldn't touch her.' Had popped into her head.

Felt a hand on her shoulder and the door had been pulled closed and clicked softly shut, likely not to wake them, turned to replace Eddie right there behind her. "Let them be, it'll be good for all of them."

"No it won't." she'd muttered "he has no right to be in there, let alone touching her like that." He'd just frowned down at her, and then turned her around and walked her away, back to their seat.

Cooper and Harry were both sleeping or appeared to be. She didn't like it, how Bradley just got to do whatever he wanted to do, and everyone just let him. Surely they all had to know that Piper wasn't going to like it. They'd all seen how indifferent she'd been towards the man.

She may have no idea what happened at their dinner, just that Piper had said nothing at all about it, and retired to her room the minute Brandon had, it was unlike Piper to be so very quiet. Izzy had been concerned, but the look Piper had given her, had stopped all her questions, that look had simply been a 'don't go there.

Izzy had known to stay away, to not ask questions, it hadn't gone well, she didn't think.

Now this, she didn't know how things worked in their world, only knew what Piper had told her, knew that the man in there had caused Piper pain, and that Piper now had to deal with him because he'd found out about Brandon. She'd heard Cooper tell Brandon "you understand."

The boy had nodded and replied "Yes, he'll hunt.

That bothered her a lot. Did Piper not get a say in any of this? Did what she want, not matter at all to the man? It seemed very much that way, and all these men, including Eddie, were on Bradley's side. They all wanted Bradley to get what he wanted, that wasn't very fair at all. Certainly not to Piper.

What right this minute, was so different from what Phillip had done to her? Bradley was trying to take Piper against her will, make her be with him! There was no difference. Not once had Izzy heard Piper say she was going back, she had said, Izzy was going back with them, but she'd never once, said she was, or Brandon for that matter.

Izzy just knew Bradley had come to take her back, and not once had Piper agreed to it, as far as she knew.

She didn't like it. These men were just like her father, taking what they wanted, because they were in charge.

Turned and stared out the window, someone needed to give that man a piece of their mind, and she knew that it was not going to be any of his men. Could once again feel anger welling inside of her 'we'll do it' popped into her head, her subconscious mind kind of sounded all growly and ticked off.

Was gone from the plane the minute Eddie told her they were going to get food, heard him ask her what was wrong and she muttered "Nothing." For the longer she thought about it, the more angry she was getting and her inner voice was telling her to go and demand that man to get the hell away from Pipe.

She understood that Piper was in need of medical attention from her own kind, but she did not like, that everything Bradley wanted, he just got and his men helped him to get it. They were just as mad at Eddie as the rest of them.

Piper had said those four men were the top of the food chain and always got what they wanted. Why?

Surely someone was allowed to say 'no' to them. 'we can. had popped into her head, and Izzy totally agreed.

They didn't own her, no-one did, not even her own father could make her do as he wanted.

Removed herself from Eddie's hand, every time he tried to touch her, she was just as mad at him for helping Bradley to get what he wanted. Why couldn't he help Piper instead? She didn't understand that.

"Izzy, whatever it is, calm down." It was Eddie.

Oh, she'd calm down all right. "Why should l, when you're all allowing Bradley to railroad Piper into giving him what he wants? No one cares about what Piper wants." Turned her eyes right up to his accusatory "Not even you." she snapped and then stalked off away from him.

"Izzy, it's not like you think it is. Bradley does care, things are different."

"Oh, that's all I hear, things are different. Well, so what, doesn't she even get a bloody say in it?"

"Isobelle, Bradley has more concern for Piper, than likely even you." It was Cooper.

Oh, she really wanted to punch that man right in his stupid face, "I'll do it! her mind snarled right at her. "I doubt that very much. He only wants what he wants, hounded me, you all did, relentlessly. Uncaring that Piper didn't want to see him." she grated out, her anger bubbling to the surface.

"It's complicated," he snapped right back at her.

"Oh, I heard that too.. when really he's just a cheating pig, like all other men out there." she glared right at him "Piper told me, he always had another." Practically daring him to deny it. If he did, she was going to punch him right in his face, uncaring of the consequences. "I'll punch him into next week! her mind told her, was itching to punch the man it seemed. "Isobelle enough, you have no idea."

"Enough?" she yelled right back, angry at him. "You all only care about him, what he wants. Not once have I seen any of you,' she pointed right at him and jabbed her finger right at Edwards' chest, 'ask Piper what she wants." Saw Cooper just stare at her. He looked as mad as she felt, didn't like her standing up to him, 'punch him anyway! the words were roared into her head, could see the man's jaw ticking, watched him look right at Eddie and just knew what that man was going to do. "Yes, go ahead. Tell him to pull me into line, see what happens" she snarled right at him, even heard the roll in her voice, felt the vibration of her anger as she spoke, effecting her words. Saw him blink in complete shock, then just turned and stalked away. Izzy's eyes moved right to Eddie. He too, was looking at her with surprise, tilted her head slightly as she looked at him. "Go on." she dared him, to try and put her in her place, so to speak. Saw him just shake his head no.

Turned and stalked away from him still fumingly angry 'bunch of a*s-holes' she thought, and then agreed with herself at that, knew that Eddie was trailing her. She walked with a purpose till she found a place to get something to eat for herself and Brandon. 'They can fend for themselves' she thought, 'top of the food chain, well I ain't going to feed them.' she stood in line 'no way, they can go shove it! ordered for herself and Brandon only, shoved Eddie's hand away "I can afford my own food. Piper pays me well." she snapped and pulled out her own card, and swiped it over the machine, heard him sigh and ignored it.

Carried her and Brandon's food back to the plane, put it on the table between two of the seats and then walked right into that bedroom, to collect Brandon, glared right at Bradley, really just wanted to punch him, was actually itching to hit that man, didn't really understand why, had never hit anyone in her life, but today, really wanted to punch all of them. 'we could beat them all.' rolled through her mind.

Walked over and picked Brandon up. He didn't seem to mind, sat him down to eat at a separate table from the others, and smiled at him, "Have something to eat, kiddo." felt a little bit calmer with him right in front of her, taking care of him, like Piper would. He looked sad to her and she knew why. The boy had never once in his life seen his mother sick or injured, and now here she was unconscious and he likely had no idea at all why. She had no idea if Bradley had told him the truth or not. "Izzy, can you not take your temper out on Brad please!" it was Eddie.

Her eyes turned right to him, anger burned right through her, so poor Bradley couldn't handle being glared at. "Is he such a baby, he can't handle one glare?" she spat.

Saw Eddie's mouth fall right open, it was only for a brief moment then he seemed to check himself "Enough Izzy. Cut the man some slack, he's dealing with a lot."

"Oh, I'm sure he is. Never been told no, in all his life.

He can't handle it. Just a prissy prima donna.

"Isobelle." Eddie frowned down at her.

"What?" she snapped "Can no one say what they think, does everyone have to give him what he wants? Born with a silver spoon in his mouth. Well Edward, sometimes you don't get what you want don't bloody deserve it." she snarled. Saw him sigh and reach out to touch her "Stay the hell away from me."

"Eddie, let it go man, you can't. I'll try." it was Harry.

She frowned at him, not had much to do with him, only knew he was Eddie's brother. But as his hand reached out to touch her, she turned her eyes on him and saw him blink at her. Caught movement behind them all and saw Bradley come out of the bedroom. The next thing she knew, she was being dragged off the plane and away from everyone. Stood there and glared up at the man, called him on all his bullshit, had the hide to tell her it was complicated. Well no it bloody wasn't, he had another woman. Hell, he could have had more than one for all she knew, told him exactly what she thought of him, just like she had Phillip, "A cheating pig."

Got snarled at and actually saw his wolf surface.

She snorted inside her mind as she stared up at him, we're not afraid of him.' she thought, so, stated it to his face. Then asked him outright how he could do that?

Cheat on Piper. When wolves Mate for life, they're not supposed to want some other, only their Mate. That was her understanding of it. Yet he did want another, had another if fact.

Telling her to cut the attitude, he hadn't seen anything yet, she might be small, but was tough and knew how to handle men like him. Her inner voice had always been strong. He was right about Piper being different, she was better than all of them, was in the middle of telling him he didn't deserve Piper when Eddie just grabbed her and carried her away. She'd seen Bradley was seething with anger, but so was she.

Everything inside of her was roaring to protect the Woman.

He needed to be put in his place and no one else seemed to have the balls to do it. Well, she did and she would. Yelled and hit and kicked out at Eddie to put her down. He was impossibly strong, nothing she did seemed to affect him in any way, no matter how hard she struggled or hit him, he didn't even flinch.

Found herself shoved into the far corner of the plane and told to shut the hell up by both Cooper and Harry. All of them were suddenly in front of her. She didn't really understand what was going on till she heard it. A massive roar so loud it hurt her ears and even the inner voice of hers backed down and away, 'Alpha wolf rages. her mind told her, as she realised she'd pushed Bradley too far. They were all in front of her because he was coming for her.

Heard Cooper try and talk Bradley's wolf down. It was not Bradiey she'd ticked off but his wolf, it seemed, saw his wolf's eyes move right to hers, but only fleetingly and then he was gone, to the bedroom. Heard all three of them yell in panic "Benson no." and Cooper and Harry were suddenly gone from around her and after the wolf, she didn't understand what was going on, then heard Eddie swear. "Eddie?" she asked, and for the first time, saw anger in his eyes, fully directed at her. He was furious it seemed, and at her.

Found Cooper and Harry glaring at her a minute later but it was Cooper who grated out, "Well Izzy, now you can explain to Piper, just how she was Marked and claimed by Benson while she was unconscious." "Marked and Claimed?" she didn't know what that meant, but it sounded bad to her.

"Edward, you'd better keep her away from Bradley or she might end up headless, when Benson lets go of control."

Actually felt fear touch her for the first time where these men were concerned, and actually went where Eddie told her to go, and sat quietly. Wanted to ask what Marked and Claimed meant, but got the impression that now was not the time. 'I'm sorry!' popped into her head.