Unscentable
Chapter 14

Bradley

POV

Bradley just stared at Eddie, more than a little confused by what the man had told him. In fact, all in the room were staring at him with raised eyebrows. As the man reported to him that he was unable to get any information out of the Assistant Manager, Izzy, from Piper's Goddess Gown Store.

Absolutely nothing at all, that apparently the tiny human woman was immune to not just his good looks and natural charming self, but also to his mild use of his Gamma Charm and then his full Gamma Charm as well. They were all shocked, and Eddie himself was clearly not happy about it at all, he'd never come across a human who could resist his full use of the Gamma Charm, gifted to him by the Goddess herself.

Izzy had watched him walk into the store, he'd smiled right at her full of charm and she had damned near blushed apparently, smiled right back at him, like she'd already liked the look of him and he'd thought it was going to be a walk in the park.

For when she had slid her eyes over him and she had done, he'd registered her heart rate increase and she'd sucked in a breath all sharp, reacted to him as though she was very attracted to him even her dark brown eyes had darkened slightly and her pupils had dilated a little, all the tell tale signs of attraction. All the things he used to tell if his Charm was going to be needed or would work. Everything had lined up for him to charm her.

But though he'd been able to flirt with the girl to soften her up, as he worked up to getting the information that he wanted out of her. The moment that he had brought up Piper, her whole attitude had completely changed, she had gone from smiling and being all friendly to instantly frowning at him, with narrowed eyes.

So he'd kicked it up a notch and turned on his Gamma Charm just enough to sweet talk her like he would any human woman, and the reaction he had gotten had shocked him completely. Izzy apparently had taken a half step back from him and glared right at him, then snapped at him "I don't give out personal details of employees to anyone." looked like she had been about ready to smack him one.

Eddie had decided to use the full use of his Gamma's Charm on the woman to try and calm her down and had reached out to touch her to assist with the use of his Charm, only to have her actually hit his hand away and tell him not to touch her. His southern drawl had been well pronounced when he'd tried again to get the information from her and she had raised an eyebrow at his sudden change of accent, he'd still gotten nothing from her.

So he'd changed tactics altogether, figured hitting on her and sweet talking wasn't going to work, so he told her the truth, that Piper had gotten injured in an alleyway behind the store and that he was honestly concerned about her, had even let his real concern for Piper shine through to her, been genuine with her, that he just wanted to make sure that Piper was okay.

She had not believed that either, had stood before him and folded her arms right across her chest and outright called him a liar to his face. Had still refused to give out any information on Piper.

Izzy wouldn't even put in a call to Piper for him to make sure she was alright and safe.

Stated flatly, "If Piper was in trouble she would have called me and told me." and then glared right at him, took a step towards him and stared him down almost, no fear in her where he was concerned, one tough lady, which Bradley had thought the same thing the other day.

After a full minute of the two of them just staring each other down with Eddie starting to get more than annoyed with the woman, she had pointed a finger right in his face and narrowed her eyes right at him and he'd quoted her "Tell your boss, to get lost. Piper is not interested in A-holes, who believe they can just have whatever they want, because they are some bigshot, rich, smug bastard who are used to walking all over everyone, without a care as to the fallout."

Then she had just turned and walked away from Eddie, stalked her way across the store to the front door, and yanked it open for Eddie to leave had looked right at him pointedly and told him "Get out, and do not come back. Get a dress elsewhere."

Bradley was still frowning at the man, for the term A-holes, he was not an a*s-hole. He was actually quite liked by his pack, tried to keep everyone happy, and well protected. As for the smug bastard, well, that would likely have come from his interaction with her himself earlier the day before. The walking over everyone without a care as to the fallout, could be that Izzy knows more about him and Piper than he did.

But hell he'd not so much as looked at another she-wolf since learning about his unknown Mate all them years ago. Just in case touching another one would still hurt her, he had no idea if a rejection was in place or not. He thought he had actually been very considerate of her, even though he'd had no actual proof of her being his Mate. Not so much as even let a she-wolf near him in 8 damned years.

Not an easy thing for an Alpha blooded male to do.

Though it hadn't been that hard for him, likely because he had already tasted her and nothing else really interested him any more. A tell-tale sign she was actually his Goddess-Gifted Mate.

He'd gone and searched that court yard and found a small gate covered by the hedge that was growing along the courtyard walls, hidden from view but well maintained, the gate had not even squeaked when he'd pushed through it.

He had set Cooper up to watch it, had him mask his own scent so that she wouldn't pick up on the fact that there was someone there watching her. She had turned up again the next day, late in the afternoon, though Cooper had not gone in and confronted her or tried to explain anything to her, instead he had stayed outside due to the conversation his wolfen hearing had picked up between her and Izzy.

Apparently, Eddie had been given a nickname by the two of them, "Mr Yummy." It seemed that Piper and Izzy were very close indeed. Izzy had reported to Piper, just like Cooper or any of his unit would to him.

Izzy had told Piper that she thought he was playing dirty to get at Piper and that she didn't think Bradley was going to go away. Izzy was very right about that, it was very interesting to Bradley.

Cooper and Harry that Izzy thought Bradley himself had a better chance of sweet talking information out of her than, Mr Yummy did.

Eddie had huffed and stared hard at Bradley for a long moment and then just turned away to look out the window. He was unhappy to hear that, it was clear to the whole room. Cooper had looked right at Bradley for a long moment then just sighed a little on the heavy side, which had made everyone turn eyes on him, even Eddie from his place by the window.

He'd not wanted to impart anymore, but there was definitely more he had to report, finally stated softly that Piper had a son, that his name was Brandon. Cooper had come back late that night, had managed to flag down a passing taxi and gotten him to trail her car home, so he could lay eyes on the boy as well, stated he just wanted to confirm if what he'd heard was true.

It was true, he had watched her pick the boy up and take him home. Then he'd just retired to his room shortly after he'd made his report, not said anything further on the matter at all.

Bradley knew that there was more, something else was going on, the whole bloody unit did.

Cooper was not one to sit on information, so Bradley had strolled down to the man's suite himself after dinner, to give the man time to think about it and how he wanted to impart it, only to find that he was not there at all. Cooper had left the hotel, without informing his Alpha or any of the others at that.

Bradley had called him right away and gotten the man's voice mail.

Had stood and frowned in Cooper's room, he'd not said anything more about the boy, actually had not said anything about her or the boy, other than that he had trailed them home. He knew where the woman lived now. Had not imparted her address to him either and now Bradley was starting to wonder if Piper did not live alone, she had a son, she could well have a human husband.

If that was the case? Cooper likely wouldn't want to tell him at all, not considering what they all thought she was to him. He'd never scented her out. So he had no idea if her having s*x with someone else would affect him. She'd stated her rejection and likely thought it was in effect, due to not one pain of betrayal since that night. She could well have found a human and gotten married.

Bradley did not know how that was going to go down. Right this minute, Benson was agitated by the thought of his Mate with another, seemed to kind of understand the situation, but was very unhappy with the thoughts that were rolling around inside his mind. They did not know the exact situation, didn't even have it confirmed she was his Mate either, but they did believe this was the case.

Both he and Benson did believe she was theirs deep down.

Morning came and Cooper was still not back, Bradley had called the man a dozen times, damned near every hour on the hour, something was definitely going on and he did not like it. He was still sitting in Coopers room when the man finally let himself into his suite.

He stopped and stared at Bradley when he saw him, then just sighed and closed the door behind him.

"What the hell is going on Cooper?" Bradley had snapped right at him his anger showing.

"I spent the night watching her. Trailed her to work this morning as well. Leave it alone Brad, for now." "You said, she had a son!" he snapped still angry.

"She does, I've been trying to get a photo of him, it's why I was out" he walked towards the bathroom.

"Cooper whatever is going on. I need to know it." he'd gotten up and stalked after his Beta to the bathroom, not ready to let it go, sitting waiting on the man all night that would not take his calls, rejected his own Alpha's calls, his bloody best friends calls at that, had left Bradley ticking away like crazy, his annoyance with his Beta had turned to anger. He'd not slept all night.

Had prowled around and paced back and forth inside of Coopers suite all damned night long, and just got more furious about the entire situation.

"We can't just take her Bradley, not when she has a child to consider, More tact is going to be needed."

"I understand that, I just need to know if she is or isn't my Mate, if she's not I'll walk away, regardless of what father said. So did you get a picture? Of the boy?"

"I did." Cooper nodded "I need a shower, had a run this morning, I'll talk to you when I'm out." Then he'd shut the bathroom door right in Bradley's face.

Bradley was hard pressed not to kick the damned door in and Alpha Order the information out of his Beta, stood glaring at the door, he knew Cooper would have heard the snarl that came from Benson because of the lack of respect.