Unscentable
Chapter 54

Brad POV

Aspen was all up front every time he went near Piper, it had taken both Eddie and Izzy to contain the boy's wolf. When Bradley had collected Piper from the plane he wasn't about to let anyone else touch her. If she woke up it would likely set Harper off into a fury, that wolf had threatened all of them bar Harry now.

She did not like wolves touching her that much, he did know, so if she woke it would be him she'd have to deal with. He'd take the hits that would come. In all likelihood she'd only fight til he let go, would just want him away from her. As for the others, he wasn't exactly sure if any of them would be safe.

Brandon had to travel in a different car, his wolf had fought and snarled, all his claws had been out, Eddie had war wounds, and many of them, by the time Bradley had gotten Piper into his car, the boys wolf was a little ball of uncontrollable fury and hard to hang on to from what Bradley had seen and he had been watching.

Izzy, on the other hand, hadn't gotten a single scratch on her, had tried her best to calm the boy's wolf, not even scared of him, it seemed. As he had gotten into his waiting car with Piper, he was worried about Brandon, who Izzy had managed to latch onto as he'd ripped himself from Eddie and shot towards Bradley.

Izzy had Wrapped herself around the boy. He'd ended up screaming, his wolf had receded the moment Izzy had held him, he was being traumatised from being separated from his mother. Bradley just knew it, but he couldn't have Aspen fighting him in the car for the whole trip over the top of her body. Izzy had held onto the boy who'd sobbed in her arms.

He'd never seen anything like it, their car had followed directly behind his and the Coopers, and the minute he had gotten out of the car and headed for the pack hospital, he could once again hear Izzy and Eddie trying to contain the boy's wolf. Though this was completely different now. It seemed what he was hearing was Aspen growling and snarling at all the other wolves that were suddenly around him as they walked through the pack hospital.

Bradley had put Piper right into the Luna's medical suite. His pack doctor, Samuel, was waiting for them, had everything already set up. Bradley had stepped back so they could work. Only to have Eddie mind-link him, 'Bradley Aspen is really loosing it.' He could hear the boy's wolf and looked at Piper, knew she was in the best hands right now, had to head for the boy. Found him with Aspen all on the surface, even Izzy was no longer getting through to him.

He'd walked down the hallway, knew that he was risking his own son's wolf ripping into him, but had to.

He needed Aspen to calm down. Bradley could already see two of his nurses with bared necks to his boy, and he realised why Izzy wasn't able to contain him. She was sobbing on the floor, affected by the Alpha Aura that was rolling out of Aspen. She was only human and in a lot of pain because of it.

He stepped right up to Aspen and grabbed him, tried to be gentle, the wolf turned right on him, a massive snarl and all his Alpha Aura pouring out of him, he had to shake it off, could actually shake it off, he was only young.

"Stop Aspen." he stated, getting down on his knee to be level with the boy and his wolf.

Took a set of claws right to his shoulder, as Aspen lashed out at him, could smell his own blood. "Look at Izzy" he coaxed him. Benson was well back, knew he was part of the cause, but was more than worried about the behaviour being displayed, it wasn't normal at all. "Your Aura is hurting her." he told the wolf.

Saw Aspen's eyes move to Izzy, she had tears streaming down her face, was forced down on the ground by him. "Calm down please." took another hit from Aspen, a s***h across his chest as the wolf turned and threw himself at Bradley. Heard both Cooper and Harry swear 'Stay out of it'.

He shot down the mind-link to the two of them, then yanked Aspen right into him as tight as he could to try and contain him "Shh, son, calm down." He stood and walked away from them all, with a struggling boy and his wolf in his arms, walked right into the Luna suite.

"Look, Aspen. She's right here." he turned the boy and his wolf to face their mother. He was still rolling his Aura out of him. Bradley could see the nurse and Dr Samuel staring at the boy, more than a little worriedly. "We're just about done," Dr Samuel told him.

Bradley stood and held onto a struggling Aspen, containing him until all were out of the room, then put him down next to the bed where Piper lay. Got a full bite to his leg as the wolf latched onto him, actually felt Benson snarl inside his mind, and then stalk off away to the far reaches of Bradley's mind, unhappy about what was going on.

Sighed when Aspen stepped away from him, towards the head of Pipers bed, a growl emitting from him "Aspen please, I'm just trying to help. You know this.

"Out." the boy's wolf roared right at him, actually sent a shiver through Bradley, raised Benson's head from the deep recess of his mind. This was not good. Stared at the boy for maybe 10 seconds and then just turned and left. He needed to let Aspen calm down. Traumatised by what he'd seen in all likelihood, if the boys wolf had been calm, he'd have let him travel with Piper, instead of separating them. Stood out in the hall and closed his eyes, Would wait for him to calm down and try again. He didn't know what had happened, the wolf had just lost it completely upon getting out of the car, but it was a different thing to needing to be with his mother.

He had turned on the pack members, snarled and growled at any that came near him, completely lost it, as Eddie had linked him, something else was going on here, he just didn't know what it was.

Standing there outside the Luna's suite, Bradley could hear the boy sobbing in that room with Piper. His wolf had receded, it seemed, it was just Brandon's voice he was hearing, he was begging her to wake up.

They had no one, only each other. It was very clear to Bradley that the boy was terrified his mother was not going to wake up. Perhaps they knew something he did not. Sensed something in his own mother's condition that Bradley could not.

Gave him a few minutes to himself, till Bradley himself couldn't stand the sound of so much pain in his own son, it was tearing at him to hear his boy so distressed. Turned and walked right into that room, uncaring if Aspen surfaced and lashed out at him once more. He had to comfort his son, regardless of what the boys wolf did.

Stepping into that room, he saw Brandon standing by her bedside, tears pouring out of him, he was clutching at Pipers hand with one hand, and shaking her with the other, still pleading with her to wake up.

Bradley knelt down and picked him up "I'm sorry." He whispered and hugged him, felt the boy sob even harder and then just cling on to him. He stood there next to her bed and held his son to his chest until his sobs subsided. Didn't want to step away anymore than Brandon did. They both just wanted to be close to her.

Brandon allowed himself to be held and comforted for almost 30 minutes and then stated "put me down."

Bradley hunkered down and put him on his feet, looked at him sadly, reached out to brush his hair from his eyes only to have the boy turn away from him "Get out." It was Aspen's gravely voice, his wolf once again back in control of the boy. Bradley reached out to him again only to have angry white eyes turn on him "out." Aspen snarled.

The boy had needed comfort, his wolf had likely realised this, and so had allowed it, but now that the boy was calm, he was back in control and wanted Bradley out of the room once more.

"Aspen, I want you to understand, I want to be here too"

"You have no right." Aspen snarled. "Mine, not yours. Those words shocked Bradley more than a little. He didn't exactly know what to say or do with them. He had been right in thinking Aspen considered the three of them his pack.

"Yes, she is your mother." Bradley acknowledged. "Is my Mate, Aspen." he reminded the wolf.

"You, hurt her." he snarled "Out." he growled all full of menace.

"I don't want to fight with you Aspen, Brandon is very upset. He needs.."

"His mother." the wolf growled at him. "Not you." Bradley sighed, the boys wolf was not going to relinquish control unless he was out of the room. That much he did understand. Did not want to leave the room, but got the very distinct feeling, as did Benson, that Aspen, as the Alpha to his little pack, was not going to play nice. Didn't want to bow to the wolf's commands, but didn't want him ripping right out of the boy altogether and Benson was all up waiting on it, was dead certain their son was about to become a fully fledged Alpha Wolf and take them on at that. Stepped out of the room.

Saw Cooper look right at him, he was just outside the room, "He's seven." his Beta commented it did not get passed him that Bradley had just given a seven year old full control of the situation.

"I understand Cooper, he is traumatised at the moment." Bradley sighed.

"He's learning very quickly, how to make everyone do what he wants. Even you Brad." Bradley could only nod, "I just need him, want him to calm down." He was well aware of the current dynamics of the situation at hand, of his son's wolf commanding everyone around him, trying to actually assert himself.

The boys wolf had learned that behaviour from all that he had seen, picked it up from every interaction with wolves he'd ever had, very limited exposure, but understood Alpha Wolves threatened to get what they wanted. Alpha Timothy's threats against them to get what he'd wanted, more than one threat. Benson's rage and anger to claim his Mate.

Aspen had learned very quickly that threats and aggression were how you got what you wanted and he was using it, because it was all he'd ever seen, didn't know any better. Had to let it go, and would try again later to reach the boy and his wolf.

"Izzy?" he asked, knowing just how much an Aura could actually hurt and harm a human.

"Alright, once you took Brandon away, Just.. got up and shook it off, hugged into Eddie."

"Shook it off?" Bradley frowned, that wasn't right, should have needed medical treatment from what he had seen.

"Yes, odd to say the least. If she was Marked I would understand it, but.."

"Lock her down. I saw something too, when she was challenging Benson and I."

"Oh there is definitely something there." Cooper nodded "What it is?" he shrugged.

"Lock her down until we know."

"Eddie won't like it."

"Put her in his room, solve the problem." Cooper nodded and headed off.

Bradley prowled around outside the Luna Suite, every time he pushed the door open. He was faced with Aspen, snarling right at him. Knew he was not getting into that room anytime soon, sat himself down on a chair out in the hall and sighed. Saw as Lilly his stepmother walked down the hall, smiled right at him "I hear you have a Luna Brad." "Yes," he nodded, "Can't get into see her though."

"Ah yes, rogues on pack territory, always difficult" she nodded. "upsets their equilibrium, likely its to much for a young, half realised Alpha Wolf to handle." Bradley stared at her now. "What do you mean?" Lilly walked right over to him, put a hand on his shoulder. "He needs an adjustment period, to many wolves of different ranks all around him all of a sudden, and with his emotional state already fragile from his mother's condition, and now the dynamic of the pack on him, he can't cope. It's too much, for one so young." "I don't know what to do." Bradley sighed, and he really didn't.

"Remove everyone above omega rank, they'll affect him the least." she smiled right down at him "You should go change your shirt, I'll go in."

"I don't think that is a good idea."

Heard her laugh softly "I was an omega for a long time, remember. I'll be fine. Your father is also looking to have words with you."

"Well, he can wait, or come here." Bradley commented. He wasn't leaving the hospital until Piper woke up.

To his surprise, Aspen didn't react to Lilly stepping into the room. He heard her introduce herself and tell him she was here to check on Piper. Bradley had completely forgotten that Lilly had been a nurse in her old pack.

Only now realised that the woman had actually been wearing the packs nursing uniform, of dark purple scrubs, she had come dressed the part, had come here to actually go into that room. Sighed, at least someone was allowed in there, without Aspen growling at them.

Bradley sat on his chair outside Pipers' room, had a clean shirt on, Coop had brought him one. Watched as Lilly strolled in and out of that room, she actually managed to get Brandon to eat something, though he didn't really talk, she also managed to settle him down to sleep on the couch even at about 10pm.

He'd not gone inside, but he was getting regular updates from Lilly. There was still no change in Piper's condition, she was still unconscious. Lilly took blood for the doctor and did all the obs, just stepped right back into her old life of being a nurse. If the pack doctor wanted something, she did it without issue.

Stood in the doorway at 2300 and held the door open for him to step inside the room. He did, kept his foot fall light, but though it seemed Brandon was asleep, Aspen was not, just two steps into the room anda low growl emitted from the wolf. He'd sighed. Lilly had however, put a hand on his chest to stop him from leaving the room, then proceeded to give him a full nursing handover. He smiled at the woman, she took her time in telling him what was going on, then asked him if he had any questions.

He knew that she was simply giving him time inside the room, even though he couldn't walk over and sit or stand near Pipers side, he could actually see her the whole time. He didn't need the nursing handover, she was just actively helping him out and he knew it. Was grateful for her loving nature.

He stepped out of the room a few minutes later.

This was going to be a long road. He sat himself back down and even managed to dose off at some point, woke to Lilly's voice inside his head. "Bradley.. Piper is waking up.

He was awake and alert in an instant, as was Benson, tuned their hearing into the room. It was clear Brandon was still asleep. Wanted to strangle Lilly for the first time ever since his father had brought her home.

When she told Piper she was a Luna, he'd wanted to be the one to talk to her, tell her that himself, explain. Seems Lilly had other plans.

Heard her some horrified gasp of 'no' and knew she was just realising they'd Marked her, well Benson had.

Didn't seem to know or recall who Lilly was, offered to let her mate know she was awake, he already knew, stood waiting on her reaction to that bit of news, asked her to wait on that, made him sigh, though he was not expecting open arms, and or smiles about it. A part of him had hoped she'd want to see him.

Heard Lilly tell her how excited the pack was about their Alpha replaceing his Luna. He had no idea if that was true himself. Cooper was currently in charge at the pack-house and he knew that man had instructed the pack to leave him be, due to Piper's condition. Brandon was up, heard her greet him, even heard the smile in her voice, happy to see him, always a smile for the boy, regardless of the situation. Then the boy was sobbing again and Lilly appeared in the hallway next to him. "She's still tired, very confused." "Mm, Benson Marked her while she was unconscious." he nodded. Of course she was confused.

"I heard from Cooper." she nodded simply.

Heard the word 'dad' come out of Brandon and a smile of pure joy broke out on his face, couldn't have stopped it if he'd tried. That one little one brought him joy and happiness. The boy had accepted him. Then he sighed as he heard the boy tell Piper that it had been Benson that had bitten her, that Aspen was really mad.

Felt his heart ache, when he heard Piper tell Brandon that he would still not get to see Harper in wolf form.

Felt Benson fill with pain at the thought that his wolfen Mate may not want to come forward at all. Maybe not be able to at all. Years of pain had reduced her wolf to just a mere shadow of herself. In all likelihood, had suffered too much. He was not clear on if Harper didn't want to or couldn't at all.

Both he and Benson knew her comment "just leave it for now," meant that it was not up to her. Only Harper could make that decision. If she was unable to at all at the moment, there could possibly be a chance that if she could get her wolf back to full strength, she might be able to shift in time, but it could take quite a while, they would all just have to wait and see.

Smiled when Brandon called Eddie, uncle Eddie, felt a hand right on him, hadn't even heard the man come down the hall, saw Eddie's smile too.

"The boy likes me." he grinned and then headed into the room, without so much as a single hesitation, it seemed to Bradley that everyone was going to be allowed in that room but him.

Cut that man off from telling Piper, something was wrong with Izzy, though what it was, he did not know yet.

Heard her actively challenge the man. She was the Luna now, and he couldn't do anything without her permission, certainly not take her son from her. Eddie left the room and shrugged at him " tried." smirked "She knew I couldn't without permission." and then just wandered off down the hall.

Heard Brandon call his mother mean and chuckled. Heard her reply of 'what did I do?"

'Aspen says you're keeping dad away, by having me here!' made him smile, to hear Brandon calling him dad all the time. He really liked it. Just had to get past Aspen.

"not so dumb is he." Piper had replied, and then he'd heard the boy giggle.

It was good to hear them get along so well and so quickly, she was going to be fine, and with her awake maybe, just maybe Aspen would calm down and let him go in and see her. There was nothing after that, likely resting in there together.

She didn't seem all that mad about being marked by them, just more shocked and had already used that knowledge against Eddie to stop him from taking Brandon to allow Bradley into the room, sank back down, would still have to wait, it seemed.