Unscentable
Chapter 43

Bradley POV

Bradley smiled when he received a text message from Eddie, damn near made his day. Al it read was "Piper's phone LOL, I'll delete this." How he managed it, Bradley did not know, but somehow Eddie had gotten hold of Piper's phone, unlocked it and sent him a message from it.

He was very curious about that. Would have to ask him at some point. He knew Piper was in a meeting, wondered if she'd put her bag down and the man had gone through it. Hmm, didn't know if he liked that idea at all. But if that was the case, he could forgive him because now he had a way to call her, text her and bug her into talking to him when he wanted to, about whatever he wanted to.

But better not just yet. She was still stand offish, might block him if he bugged her too much. Only use it when he needed to for now. But the curiosity was killing him. He texted Eddie on his own phone to find out. "How'd you manage that?"

"Brandon and I were playing a game on her phone, she's in her meeting. Brandon went to the bathroom, told him it is not hygienic to take the phone in there. I'd hang on to it. A smiley emoji." "Well, thank you Eddie."

"Remember that when we get to the pack, and you want to punish me for mating Izzy." Bradley shook his head. "Forgiven," he replied.

Couldn't punish the man not now he'd gotten Pipers number for him.

He wondered if Eddie was bonding to the boy. To all of them, Piper had not seemed phased by Eddie going with them this afternoon, apparently just rolled her eyes at Eddie.

Bradley had not wanted her to leave with Brandon, but with Eddie with her, he had to tell himself they would all be fine.

It was good for her to be with Eddie anyway, would give her time to get to know him and build some trust, especially considering the man was likely going to be sleeping in her hotel suite, and pretty much hanging out all the time with the three of them, because where Izzy went, Eddie was bound to go.

It also appeared that wherever Piper went, Izzy went as well, and of course, so did Brandon. The woman was not getting away from Eddie, unless Izzy went out with him for a meal or a movie, just the two of them that was. Eddie was not even giving his Mate room to breathe.

Poor woman, hoped she liked clingy men. It certainly seemed that's what Eddie was going to be.

Bradley left it alone and went back to answering emails from his business and pack related things, when he got one from his father about the moving van and if Bradley had gotten Piper to clear that up yet, so it could be collected.

He sighed, no he had not. Was going to have to try and sort that out today, or at least broach the topic with her, see if she would be willing to assist him or not.

Bradley honestly didn't know if she would. Yes, she'd found out he was still her Mate, but had not so much as brought it up once. Not before their running challenge this morning or afterwards.

All he knew was that Piper had not been impressed by him trying to just up and move her back to the pack.

At least he understood some of that now. Still knew she was likely to be against it at this point. She did know that they were still Mates, had felt it herself, had not uttered a rejection to him, or at least not yet anyway.

He was hoping that she would not at all. He had voiced himself that he had not accepted it back then, that he would not be accepting it now if she uttered it and he did mean that. It was not always easy to find your Goddess-Gifted Mate and when you did. You should cherish them, he would cherish her, if she would let him that was.

He picked up his phone and dialled Piper's number, had already saved it to his phone, liked that it was in there. She was also actually the only Piper he knew. It was a pretty name. The call was rejected. He frowned at it, and then sighed Edward had not put his phone number into her phone.

So he sent a quick text to tell her it was him and to please pick up. Then waited a minute before dialling her again, took a while for her to answer the phone. Likely wondering how he got her number in the first place, wouldn't take her long to figure it out, though he could tell her something else and spare Eddie her anger. He didn't want her kicking the man out of her hotel suite.

She finally answered it after a full minute of it ringing, thought she wasn't going to yet again, but must have just been contemplating the out come of not answering it. "Yes." No hello, no use of his name yet again, and she sounded very annoyed to have to talk to him.

He kept it light on his end, ignored her annoyance at him calling her, he knew why, she was not expecting him to have her number, and to have to take his calls either. "Hi Piper." He even smiled, liked knowing he could call her anytime he wanted to "I have a dilemma, I need your assistance in cleaning up." he told her honestly.

"Very unlikely." he heard her comment, didn't sound as though she believed him, or didn't care to help him out, Bradley wasn't entirely sure, she was very hard to read, even when she was right in front of him. Piper it seemed, had very good control over her emotional responses, with the exception of anger and aggression.

That she had no problem with showing, but everything else seemed to be masked by her. Only Eddie was able to pick up her internal emotions.

"Very likely." He told her and explained about his movers being arrested and the current need for her assistance and he actually did need her to call, a video call at that, so the officer's could verify who she was.

Heard her clear amusement at his current situation, got the feeling she was very happy about his position "that is a predicament, not really my problem, now is that? Bradley nearly sighed out loud, she might be fully amused but only because he was not getting what he wanted "Piper please." He breathed evenly, kept control of his tone, didn't want his annoyance at her not assisting him to show, told her he had the direct number for her to call the police officer in charge. "Hm, I don't know if I can do that."

Made him shake his head, didn't know if she could do that. Of course, she could, would take her all of 10 minutes in all likelihood, she either wanted to play him along or just out right didn't want to at all. Annoying him further. "You did send men to my house without permission," she reminded him.

Bradley held in the heavy sigh that was trying to escape him. Heard Cooper snort amusingly from the other couch, obviously listening to their conversation.

Cooper had actually asked Bradley if he should do that. Cooper had not thought it was a good idea, but Bradley, of course, had ignored him.

He was the Alpha and had wanted her and Brandon in his pack, so had tried to take control of the situation and started organising it. Now he realised that he should not have, but of course, only in hindsight did he now realise this.

"That technically is theft, what you.." her words just stopped mid sentence, his hearing picked up something cracking and smashing and then Piper's panicked voice as she screamed "Izzy.", shot him straight to his feet. His eyes moved right to his phone screen, to see if the phone call was still connected. It was, something was wrong.

Heard the screeching of tires and car horns blaring. picked up Piper's voice more distant as she cried out in pain, felt his right knee suddenly course with pain.

"Piper." he yelled down the phone, already knew she was no longer carrying it, that sound had been her phone dropping to the ground, and the pain he was feeling. She was injured, he just knew it. He could feel fear welling up inside of him. Benson was up inside his mind agitated as well, had not liked hearing her fear when she'd called out for Izzy or the pain in that cry a moment later.

"Up," he roared to Cooper and Harry and he was on the move, heading for their car. She'd last been seen at the store and Eddie had not texted him to say they'd gone anywhere else so that was the likeliest place to head for. Put his phone on speaker and heard her

roar.

Both she and Harper together for Eddie. His heart was suddenly racing, they were in trouble. There would be no other reason for her to roar like that.

But why did she need to, "Why is he not there?" he snarled angrily, the man had been told to stay with them at all times. Where the hell was he? If Piper had to roar like that to get his attention.

"I'm calling him now." it was Harry. They were all taking the stairs, could use their wolf speed unchecked and unseen to get down to the car, much quicker than having to wait on the elevator.

He felt more pain course through his leg, they might not be Marked or Mated, but he was feeling pain. Her pain and it was real. "She's injured." he suddenly burst out, realising he was not carrying the med kit.

"There's traffic, could've been hit by a car?" Cooper verbalised for him.

Brad had heard tires on the road and horns blaring, his eyes widened, how badly injured was she? there was no pack around here for medical attention. "The med kit." he cursed himself.

"On it." Cooper was going back in the other direction, back to the suite. Brad could hear her talking to a woman, who was stating she was going to call an ambulance. How stupid he was to have forgotten to pick up the med kit, was now wasting valuable minutes in which he should be driving to her, waiting for Cooper to go all the way back up there retrieve it and bring it all the way back down.

Damned man also had the hire car keys, so they had to wait for him in the hotel's underground car park.

Cooper was their Medic on all trips, his uncle was the pack's doctor, Dr. Samuel. He had taught Cooper quite a bit of medical stuff to help with emergencies while they were away from the pack.

Cooper came back and tossed the med kit at Harry, while he was still moving.. He didn't seem to care that he was still using wolf speed in full view of any humans down here as he unlocked the car and got in.

Heard Piper yell out Izzy again and then started rattling off details of car, told Eddie to go. She would be fine, called for Brandon, the boy must have been with Eddie, wherever he had been. "Sounds like Izzy is in trouble," he muttered, though he was still unhappy that Eddie was not right there with her.

If he had been she likely wouldn't have been injured and in pain.

Heard Brandon's worried voice and her tell him her knee was dislocated. To get her phone, the boy did exactly as he was told, seemingly without hesitation likely they weren't that far from her phone. He was picking up everything quite clearly, thankfully. No wonder his leg hurt, her voice came down the line loud and clear, she had the phone "Izzy just got kidnapped"

Heard Harry's horrified gasp from the back seat, and Cooper swore while he was navigating the traffic, he knew Harry had called Eddie, but the man had not picked up and wasn't likely to, was in all likelihood running on foot after that vehicle.

Bradley prayed that Timber wouldn't rip out of him and scare the hell out of the humans. He knew Eddie and Timber were out of control where Izzy was concerned, it was completely possible that Timber would assert full control and let loose in the city to get her back. He'd already ripped out of Eddie once in Maine. Though she had been running away at the time, she clearly was not going of her own volition this time.

Asked if she was okay, where she actually was, still at the store, thank the goddess, they were already on their way there. A good thing, were headed right for her.

"There are no wolves here Brad." it was Harry. "Who would take Eddie's Mate, in broad daylight, with him right there. No-one even knows about her."

"I don't know." he shook his head. But Harry was right. There were no wolves here, and even if there were, there was no way they would know about Izzy.

Bradley was more than annoyed to hear that Eddie had been off getting coffee when all this went down. He didn't really care that Piper had told him to go and do it, the man should have known better.

Then she was trying to persuade the human woman, likely the one who'd hit her with her car to leave, that she didn't need an ambulance. Waited for her to stop and then asked exactly where Eddie was. No surprise gone on foot after the vehicle.

"It was Phillip." she told him, shocked everyone in the car, heard Harry's wolf snarl all aggressively from the back seat, turned and looked right at him found Axle right there on the surface, clearly unhappy about the matter at hand. They'd met Philip.

More pain coursed through his leg and he was told to "Shut it." in a very aggressive manner. Could actually feel more pain radiating through his leg, wave after wave of it. He didn't take the being yelled at personally, he could actually hear through the phone she was moving down the street, trying to walk or hop he thought. It was causing her more pain. Made him rub his actual knee at one point.

Felt Cooper look right at him, "You can feel her pain." he gasped.

"I can." Bradley admitted with a nod.

"A strong bond you'll have, when you claim her."

He could only agree, he did know that some Mates could feel each other's pain of injury and even childbirth on the odd occasion through their bond. That won't be fun for him, he thought.

Once again, she was talking to Brandon, finally heard Harry get a hold of Eddie. It didn't sound like good news, sounded as though the car had gotten away from him, nearly laughed when he heard Piper mutter she was going to b!tch slap Phillip into next week. Made Bradley wonder if she had met the man, at some point in time, it was entirely possible. Clearly she did not like the man, she might only know of him from what Izzy told her, though it appeared she was holding a personal grudge against the man. Listening to her explain about Phillip and Izzy's father, only made him mad. If they had known this prior to right now, it could have meant this incident could have been stopped before it happened. They could have prepared for it, but he did not chastise her about it. Eddie could do that later when they got Izzy back.

Told her Cooper would be able to fix her knee, but that the man would have to put his hands on her, knew she was not going to like it at all, Harper certainly wasn't, neither did Cooper. He could already see the frown on the man's face, she had already threatened to rip his hand off once, just for a brief touch to her back.

Realignment of a dislocated knee was going to take more than that.

A full assessment and likely two hands to move and adjust it, until it popped back into place, depending on the type of dislocation of course. Bradley was hoping it wasn't one of those one's that required surgical intervention.

He could hear her talking to Eddie, he'd come back to her car. The man sounded angry and sad at the same time, that the car with his Mate in it had gotten away from him, was upset with himself, probably no point in yelling at the man, he and his wolf would both be berating each other or themselves for not staying with her.

But who would have thought that Izzy his human Mate would be kidnapped in a country without werewolves? No-one here would have thought it, likely not even Piper.

The minute he arrived, Harry jumped right into the drivers seat ready to head off after Izzy. Piper was yelling at Eddie to go and he did not hesitate for a second. Then she was glaring right at him, practically demanding to know why he wasn't going with Eddie to find Izzy.

That was simple for him. She was his Mate not Izzy, and she was injured and he needed to be here with her.

Why would he go off and leave her alone and in pain? Eddie had Harry and the two of them were not about to let Phillip get Izzy out of the country. There was no way, not unless they had her passport, which Bradley had no idea about. He knew Piper carried hers all the time, but did Izzy?

Glanced in the car past Piper to check on Brandon.

He was sitting there biting his l!p but looked okay, worried, not scared, likely Aspen was talking to him.

Smiled at him with reassurance when he looked at Bradley. But then the boy's eyes moved back to his mother and Bradley realised this was probably the first time he had ever seen her injured.

Watched as Cooper assessed the injury, lots of bruising, nil blood to be seen. A bonus.

'Not the worst I've seen.' Cooper mind-linked him 'I got this, you just be ready to fend off your Mates wolf."

"Will do. Bradley acknowledged, he did like how they all called her his Mate now.

It took several minutes to realign the knee and it was not a comfortable feeling for him. He could only imagine what Piper was feeling was way worse, he heard it click right back into place and saw her flop down on the backseat, understood that. His pain was nearly non-existent now as well.

Assisting with putting that brace on, had to breathe through that himself, still found touching her bare skin very hard to do, so damned hot to touch, saw Cooper look right at him, likely picked up on the fact that his heart rate was shooting through the roof and that he was trying to control his own breathing as well.

'Think about something else. he was mind-linked

'Trust me I'm trying! Bradley had muttered back, put her leg down the minute he could, damned woman felt like she was addictive, breathed in deep calming breaths a few times. Also noted the minute that brace was on, his pain was gone altogether. She was also talking about going after Izzy and wanting to punch Phillip in the face, clearly did not like the man.

Was not going to let it go, was already pulling herself into the car and had tossed Cooper the keys. One track mind it seemed.