Unscentable
Chapter 42

Piper POV

Standing outside her store with Izzy, Brandon and Edward because it seems that man was going to go everywhere that Izzy went. Also meant that Bradley got to have one of his Alpha Unit with her and Brandon the whole time as well. Thankfully, this seemed was enough security for the man to allow her to go wherever she wanted with Brandon.

They were currently waiting on Devon, so she could have that meeting with him about taking over Izzy's position to be the actual Manager, not the Assistant Manager, though Izzy was still put out about this, unhappy she had to relinquish her new-found job title and promotion. Devon, who was stuck in traffic, was now running late.

Izzy had gotten into an argument with Edward about it back at the hotel before they had all left. It was what had woken her up at 2pm today. They were arguing about Izzy wanting to stay here and work at the store, running the store, that it was her first real big promotion and how she had worked so hard to get where she was.

Though she had heard Edward agree with her, he had also told her he had responsibilities in Montana and was needed there, that he couldn't be out here all the time. That Bradley needed him, he was an integral part of the leadership that helped to run Drake Industries. That she would be given a very important role herself within the company.

She'd yelled about how she didn't want to be just given something because she was to be his wife, that earning a living was better than inheriting one. The man had just stopped and stared at her. Piper had seen it, a brief flash of full annoyance and a little anger in him, he had inherited his position within the pack, not earned it and Izzy had just paid him a massive insult. Not that Izzy knew that.

Brandon had looked right at her and shook his head.

He knew Edward was not human and lived within Bradley's Pack, and that Izzy, as Edwards' Mate, would need to move to the Pack. He seemed to understand all of that already. Likely Aspen understood it. But their argument was really starting to get out of hand. Edward was prowling around their hotel suite trying to explain this to Izzy, but Izzy was really upset that Devon was going to be getting her job, and she was loosing everything she had worked hard for, for not only was she loosing the position here as a full store manager, she was just now realising that she was also losing her position in Portland at Pipers store because Edward was flat out refusing to allow a long distance relationship to see if they would 'work out' in Izzy's words. He'd told her he already knew they would work out, that he was not going have a long-distance relationship. It was completely unacceptable and that she needed to come to Montana.

Demanding her to move had been the wrong thing to state and Piper sighed, saw Izzy's reaction to being told what to do. She hated nothing more than that. Her father had been trying to tell her what to do all her life, control her, and now here was Edward doing the same thing. She was going to have to save his b**t a second time.

"Enough." Piper had finally snapped "Izzy, I will build you a store in Helena, Montana, close to where you will be. You can run it." she had to find a way to end their arguing before it turned horrid and Izzy canned their relationship and broke their bond and Piper could actually see her doing it.

Izzy had turned to stare right at her, more than a little shocked by her statement. But it was Edwards' relief at her words that made her wonder if Edward was also realising he was losing his Mate, then he just walked across the room and hugged Izzy. "I can deal with that."

Izzy had tried to shove him away but he'd simply held on to her until she stood there and accepted him, hugging her, submitted to him, very dominant he was, had to have his way.

Piper had just shaken her head, at the man's need to dominate everything, though he was all smiles now, as he leaned on her store window, happy as can be, it seemed. She'd saved his b**t more than once now, he owed her one, technically two.

"I need coffee." she muttered. Looking at her watch, Devon was still a good five or ten minutes away according to his last phone call. She knew there was a coffee shop down the street a few shops down, she'd send Izzy but she also knew that Izzy wanted to be here for the conversation, so just waited.

Brandon had already told her he was bored, like 5 times, she'd given him her phone, he'd left his in the hotel and let him purchase a game to play. He was currently leaning on the window next to Edward, who was helping him or hindering, and she noticed that Izzy was watching the man with Brandon.

Wondered if Izzy was contemplating if Edward would make a good father, most wolves did, good solid bonds to their off spring if everything went to plan, like it was supposed to. Shook that thought off, stepped away from the store to look down the street, to see how far the coffee shop was, would go and get her own coffee, and saw Devon hurrying this way.

She smiled at him and he raised a hand to her in greeting, let them all into the store. She looked at Brandon, and Edward smiled right at her, "I'll watch him Piper."

Saw Brandon roll his eyes, likely didn't think he needed to be watched, he was going to have to get used to that, it was unlikely Bradley would let him go anywhere outside the pack without someone watching him. Nodded at Edward, she too was going to have to get used to it, she supposed. Headed upstairs to Izzy's office.

Perched herself on Izzy's desk, let Izzy sit at her own desk, not something she was going to be able to do for a long while, she supposed. Then apologised to Devon for calling him for this impromptu meeting. Then explained to him the current situation, with Izzy having found Edward, the man downstairs, and that she would no longer be able to run the store here.

Allowed Izzy to offer the man her own position as the store manager. He looked a little surprised, with Izzy no longer going to be here but accepted the job offer with a smile. There was a discussion about his new salary, and that he would get Izzy's company car as well. He was happy with that. Told him about the apartment she'd leased for a year, he declined that owned his own home already. Didn't need it.

They discussed him helping to find his own replacement, that she would have Izzy go through the previous applications and for the assistant managers position and send those she thought would be good and let him interview them and pick his own assistance manager from Izzy's approved list.

Also informed the man that he would now be answering to Izzy, she would be in charge of overseeing the overseas offices. Waved a hand at Izzy to halt her questions. They could discuss it later. Let him know she would have the contracts drawn up with all the new details and email it to him asap.

Izzy wanted to keep her furniture for her new office in Montana once the store was built, wanted to have it shipped out there. Piper shook her head at the woman.

"Just but it all again when your office is built, you've got all the invoices and know what you bought and from where."

Izzy pout up at her as they headed downstairs. "But Piper, that was my first time picking out office furniture, I want my things." rolled her eyes and sighed "zzy it will be cheaper to purchase it all again than to pack up and ship it all bit by bit as it arrives. Likely also quicker as well." Again that pout "Fine." Piper caved in "On one condition."

"Yes." Izzy was still smiling "You also have to sign a new contract with me, now your position within the company has changed. I'll be putting in a few new clauses to suit myself, and you have to agree to them.

Seeing as you're leaving me, for him." she jabbed a thumb at Edward.

"I'm not leaving you Piper, just working for you at a different location is all. No different to me working here really."

"Hmm, if you say so."

Devon locked up and headed off after bidding them farewell.

"I still need coffee." She sighed and she did.

"I want a drink to mum." She nodded but wanted to talk to Izzy for a moment in private. Looked at the woman, didn't want Edward around for it. The woman had earned her place in Goddess Gowns and Piper wanted to promote her, make her an official partner to the company.

"I'll go get us all something, you can wait here." It was Edward, surprised her quite a bit, that he would leave her and Brandon alone, with the view to possibly running away. Then saw the man's hand fall right on the boy's shoulder. "This young man can come and help me carry everything."

Brandon shrugged, didn't seem to mind it that much and so she put her order in for a caramel latte, Izzy wanted a Latte Maciatto. She told Brandon he could have anything he wanted and handed the boy her credit card. Her Platinum Amex. Then watched as he walked down the street with Edward, Bradley's Gamma.

She knew that Edward would not allow anything to happen to Brandon. Bradley would likely kill him, if she and Harper didn't do it first.

Walked with Izzy down to their car. It was parked four spaces away in the other direction, then they just leaned on it. "Do you like Eddie?" Izzy asked her.

"Why do you ask?" Piper asked in return.

"You just let him walk off with Brandon. I did not see that one coming." Izzy was smiling up at her.

"Hm." she shrugged, "he won't hurt him. I know that," Piper answered.

Turned at the sound of her phone ringing, fished it out of her handbag and frowned at the unknown number, dismissed it and turned to Izzy "I wanted to talk to you about that new position with Goddess Gowns."

Heard her phone chime as a text message came through. Flicked it open "Piper please pick up it's Brad." it read.

Huffed in annoyance, she had not given that man her phone number. Bloody Edward must have, while she was in her meeting, gotten it from her phone. Heard it ring again and nearly hit the reject button again. Turned it to face Izzy instead.

"See what your boyfriend did. That's Bradley." She muttered.

"Sorry Piper, "ll talk to him about boundaries.

"None of them understand boundaries." Piper muttered as she hit the answer button to accept the call, knew he would just keep ringing or texting until she answered him, bloody Alpha's always wanting their way.

"Yes." she answered, fully annoyed that he had her phone number, stepped away from her car and walked a few steps away.

"Hi Piper, I have a dilemma. I need your assistance in cleaning up." he told her.

"Very unlikely." she commented, bored already.

"Very likely. My movers got arrested at your place and my moving van is still at the police impound. I need you to call and have the charges dropped so they can collect the van," Piper snorted, damn near laughed out loud "That is a predicament." she nodded. Strolling a little further down the street fully amused now, she'd forgotten for a moment she'd had her neighbour call the police on his people. "Not really my problem, now is that."

"Piper please. I have the number for the police station, they are waiting on your call."

"Hmm, I don't know if I can do that, want to do that." she amended her words "you did send men to my house without my permission." she turned around to walk back towards her car and frowned. Izzy was not there, looked in the car, not in it. "That technically is theft, what you." her eyes caught movement across the street as she looked for Izzy and her phone fell from her hand as she saw two men shoving a struggling Izzy into a SUV, one of them had a hand over her mouth.

Piper had heard nothing of the snatching of her friend, she'd been preoccupied with Bradley's call, and had left her alone and walked away even, had not expected that anything would happen to her. Didn't often use Harpers wolf hearing, no need in the human world mostly.

"Izzy." she yelled in panic and bolted right out into the street after her friend, without thinking about it, someone was trying to kidnap Izzy. What the hell was going on?

Saw one of the men turn and look right at her, at the sound of her calling out Izzy's name, he looked right at her 'Phillip' Izzy's father's lacky She knew that man, felt Harper snarl inside her mind as he slammed the door shut, finally having gotten Izzy inside the vehicle. Felt a car she'd unfortunately run out directly in front of, clip her right leg, cried out in pain as she went sprawling onto the road itself. Car horns were suddenly blaring and tires were screeching all around her as other vehicles tried to avoid hitting her as well.

She tried to get up, stumbled and fell down as she looked at the SUV as it started to pull away down the street. Piper could see Izzy was fighting and trying to get out of the SUV. The kiddie safety locks on the doors had to be activated only allowing for the doors to be opened from the outside, as the SUV drove away.

She still couldn't get up. Something was wrong with her leg, her knee specifically. There was a woman now standing right in front of her in the middle of the street.

Yelling at her about how stupid she was for running out in front of her.

Piper grabbed onto the woman. "Get me up, my friend just got kidnapped" she yelled right back at the woman, saw complete shock on the woman's face and then she was helped up. Looked at the SUV driving away as she leaned on the car next to her, what was she to do "Eddie" she roared with all she and Harper had, surely the man's hearing would register it. Saw the woman's hands snap over her ears "sorry" Piper apologised to her and then hopped around her car, leaning on it so she didn't have to put weight on her leg. She did know that using Harper to help her roar at full wolfen strength would likely hurt the humans hearing but had no choice, she couldn't go after Izzy couldn't walk at all. So running at full speed was not going to happen.

Headed off the road between two parked cars and felt that knee buckle under her weight as she tried to step up onto the footpath, cried out in pain, as not only did she fall down, but landed right on that knee damned near screamed in agony. Barely held it in. tears sprung to her eyes as pain seared through her. 'Harper?' she questioned her wolf as to what was wrong with her."

'Knee dislocation.' she heard Harper snarl at her. She too was in pain from it. Couldn't heal it herself without it being put back into place first.

"I'll call an ambulance." the lady was talking at her.

Ignored the woman and looked down the street to see if Edward had heard her. She could see him coming, running in her direction. Brandon had been swung up onto the man's back so he could move quicker, she supposed.

"Izzy" she yelled "Grey SUV, Hertz hire car." and she pointed in the direction it had driven off.

Saw his eyes go wide right before his head whipped around as he skidded to a stop, to scan the road and search for her. He and his wolf would be able to spot her in the vehicle easily if it was still in sight. "Go." she yelled at him as his eyes moved to her and then back to the car. It was getting away, but he also knew she was injured. He was torn.

"I'm fine." she yelled out "go." looked right at him when his eyes landed back on her "Brandon." She reached out for him, and he jumped down and ran towards her. Edward was gone in a flash after lzzy.

"Mum?"

"I'm alright, dislocated my knee, find my phone." She looked around for it, couldn't be too far away "Down there." she located it and pointed to it. It was only a few meters away on the footpath he ran and got it. The Screen was completely shattered but she could see the phone call was still connected to Bradley at the other end.

"Izzy just got kidnapped." she rapped out, knowing he would still be on the other end of the line.

"Piper, are you alright? We're on our way. Where are you exactly?"

"Where the hell is Edward?" she could hear the anger edging his words, didn't like that he wasn't right there, she guessed.

"Yes, and outside my store."

"He and Brandon were off getting drinks, I asked him to." she snapped at the man. Her pain was horrible and it was affecting her mood quickly. The man was angry about Edward who wasn't with her, when he should be worried that Izzy, Edwards Mate had just been taken clear off the street.

Looked at the woman still standing there watching her. "I'm fine, go." she waved her of.

"Its fine, I'm not going to press charges, was my own stupid fault." Piper told her through gritted teeth.

"Just go,"

"But I."

"You're injured."

"Just dislocated my knee, happens all the time, don't worry about it." she waved the woman away again.

"Piper, where is Eddie?". It was Bradley still on the line.

"Gone on foot after the vehicle. It was Phillip.." she swore as she moved herself, and pain shot through her knee.

"Piper?"

"Shut it for a minute." she growled at him, as she forced herself up off the ground. Breathed deep and long to calm herself and try to let the pain wash away. Then hopped her way down the street to her car. It was only one away. Opened the back door "In." she told Brandon "All the way over."

He did as he was told and she eased herself into the car backwards, couldn't get that leg in the car at all, closed her eyes and breathed for a good 30 seconds.

Opened her eyes and contemplated putting it back in, but didn't know how to.

"Mum?" she could hear the worry in his voice. "Aunt Izzy?"

"Eddie will get her, if not.." she breathed as a wave of pain rolled through her "That bastard Phillip won't get far sweetie...and I'll b***h slap him, into next week. I promise."

Closed her eyes again, frick her knee hurt. She had never before dislocated anything in her life. And was right this moment thankful that she had not. Picked her phone up from her lap. "Who's talking to Edie?" she knew the line would not disconnect till they were here. Or it was very unlikely anyway.

"Harry." came the reply.

"Tell him it's Phillip. Her dad threatened to have Phillip collect her, and take her back. If he can't get her, go to the airport."

"Piper are you alright?"

"Yes, my knee freaking hurts." she muttered "Dislocated.. I don't know how to put it back in." she admitted.

"Cooper will do it when we get there, will hurt like a b!tch Piper."

"Hurts like a b!tch now." she muttered, could feel Brandon's hand on her, turned and looked at him, could see he was really worried "It's alright sweetie, it's all going to be fine."

"Cooper's going to have to touch you Piper." She could actually hear the concern come through down the line.

"Yay." she muttered.

It was Edward who reached her first. He looked more than ticked off, "I'm sorry I walked away for just a moment." she apologised to him, that bastard Phillip would never had taken Izzy had she been standing right next to her.

"Not your fault," he stated flatly. She knew he was only here without Izzy because that car had gotten away, he couldn't wolf out in public to use everything he had to retrieve her. indicated her knee "I tried Eddie."

"It's Phillip, I saw him. Got hit by a car." She in,"

Saw him nod, he was hunkered down in front of her, lifted up her pant leg and looked at her knee, assessed the damage "I'm not the right one to put that back car.

"Cooper is." she nodded "I heard already. Leave us hear, take the car Eddie." Piper started to get out of the car.

"No. Brad is nearly here. I'll take Harry and we'll go to the airport. We already got a man there on the jet, I believe someone would have called him already, he'll be on the look out." sounded very unhappy though and she wasn't surprised. "Her dad spoke to you? Called you!"

"Mm." he nodded.

"Call him, to call off Phillip. Explain you and Izzy are together, you came to get her." saw the man's eyes moved to Brandon.

"It's alright Brandon, I'll get her back, I promise she heard him tell the boy, likely knew how much Izzy meant to him.

It was almost a full 20 minutes before Bradley, Cooper and Harrison turned up "Go." She looked right at him, stated without hesitation, she wanted her friend back as much as he did.

Found Cooper looking at her as he squatted down on the ground in front of her. "Piper, I have to look at it, and I'm going to have to touch you" He told her calmly.

She nodded as she saw Bradley lean down and look into the car at her and then Brandon and back to her. "Why aren't you with Eddie?" she muttered. "Harry is with him, its fine."

"Piper?" it was Cooper, still trying to get permission, she guessed.

"Just do it." she muttered, Harper was not going to like it, but she too was in pain from the dislocation.

"Just get out of the way fast if Harper reacts." she told him.

She could already feel Harper was all bristled inside her mind at just the thought of a wolf touching her. Tried to remind her, they had no choice right this minute.

Heard the rip of her slacks as Cooper tore the material up the seem and then pushed it aside. Glanced right at her, she knew why, he was looking for Harper, felt his hands on her knee and instantly there was a low growl emitted from her wolf, his eyes shot to hers, knew he was concerned she was going to attack him, and tried again to calm her wolf.

"You ready?" he commented a minute later, Harper's low grow was still persisting. Wasn't likely to stop till his hands were off of her. Piper nodded her head and felt him start to manipulate the injury, and nearly swore as the pain doubled, breathed deeply as he moved it all around until she felt it lock back into place, took a solid 5 minutes and although Harper growled the whole time, at him, she did not attack him at all. She did seem to understand it was necessary. Flopped down on the seat as the pain started to ease, a sigh of relief.

"Not over yet, Piper." Cooper commented.

Felt her leg get lifted off the ground and held straight. Knew it was Bradley by the sensation it caused where his hands were on her at her ankle and up on her calf. He got snarled at by Harper, as much as Cooper did.

She kept her eyes closed, felt something hard slid under the back of her leg and then, was bracing the back of her knee, felt it roll over the front of her knee, opened her eyes and looked at what they were doing. They were locking a brace onto her knee. Cooper looked right at her "Breath in." he comment.

She did and he pulled the two straps of the brace, one above her knee and one below her knee at the same time to tighten it, to fit it to her knee, grit her teeth as pain shot through her knee once more.

"All done," Cooper stated "We need some ice. It needs to be iced to reduce the swelling."

"We need to go and help get Izzy." Piper sighed and then pushed herself up into a sitting position.

"You need rest and pain killers, Piper." it was Bradley.

"It's fine." she muttered, the pain was already decreasing, dug into her pocket and got the car keys out, tossed them at Cooper. "Let's go." she could already feel that Harper was working on healing her knee, it was all covered in a light tingling sensations. "Piper, you need rest." Cooper frowned at her.

"What I need is to punch Philip in the face." She inched herself back into the car's backseat, bringing her leg in carefully.

Then glared at the both of them, when neither of them moved, were just staring at her through the open car door. "Well, I can't drive."" she snapped at them both, irritated that they weren't on the move already.

Saw them both frown at her, and then each other before moving.