Unscentable

Chapter 9 - Unscentable

Bradley POV
Back in his pack, Bradley was sitting at his desk researching into wolves with white eyes, had a stack of books from the pack's library archives on his desk about wolf types. Many to go though.

He’d sent Hadley, who was still upset, up to her room to unpack, told her he would try again with Piper Harper, that perhaps getting an appointment under her mother’s name or someone else’s here in the pack might resolve the issue. Hadley had just nodded, though she looked doubtful to him.

She had already asked him, why a she-wolf would run away from her Mate. He’d not been able to answer that question for her. Didn’t want the girl to blame herself for making Piper think she was his Mate.

Bradley had already gone through the packs database, searched for the name Piper Harper, had come up empty handed, there was not even a family with the last name Harper in his pack. He was more confused than before. Maybe it simply wasn’t the same girl.

He had sent Eddie off to bring Renee to his office. She’d stocked Piper Harper gowns for 3 and half years, if he recalled correctly, had said she’d even met the woman. He wanted to know how and when. So, why he was waiting on Renee he was doing research, as was his Beta Cooper.

Though Cooper had told him, white wolf eyes was itching inside his mind, like he’d seen it or read it somewhere, just couldn’t quite latch onto it. Same as Bradley for that matter.

Renee walked into his office with Eddie next to her, she smiled right at him like always, and then sat herself down in the chair on the other side of his large oak desk.

“No such luck with Piper Harper, Alpha?”

“Not in the making of a dress for Hadley, no. I did actually get to lay eyes on the woman,” he commented.

“How is Piper doing? It’s been a long time since I saw her.”

Bradley frowned at her words. “How well did you know her? Did she ever come here to the pack? She is a wolf, I found out.” he told her.

“Um, yes! I know that. Did you not?” she was now frowning at him, seemed confused by his words.

“No, I did not, even Cooper here could not pick up what she was, her scent was masked the whole time.” he Saw as Renee raised an eyebrow, and then looked from him to Cooper and
back again, did not look shocked by the news he’d just imparted, just appeared curious that they brought it up or that maybe they should have known this already.

“Did she come to this pack? Or did you go to her pack to purchase her brand?” Renee frowned deeply at him now.

“Alpha, why would you not know the
answer to that yourself? You approved yourself, her working for me, in my store. Piper Harper used to live here.”

That snapped his head up. “What?” he’d already checked on that. It was the very first thing he’d done when he got home, trying to verify if she could be his Mate. There was no record of her here in this pack.

“Born in to this pack, I believe,” Renee stated. “I thought she’d up and left, because you’d approved her owning a store in the human world, her label sold very well, could barely keep her dresses on the racks. Though I was disappointed she never told me and left without so much as a goodbye.”

“Piper Harper sold out here in this pack.”
“Well the label back then just stated Piper. I guess she changed it when she became big.”

“Wait...Start again. This, Piper Harper, is a pack member. I didn’t sense any connection to her. I certainly didn’t give her permission to open a human world store.” but that would make sense of her reaction to Cooper and himself, her
old Alpha and his Beta turning up inside of her store.