Unscentable

Chapter 14 - Unscentable

Piper hit the treadmill at sun up, like she did every morning. Her ribs were still causing her pain, but Harper was working on them. She found Brandon next to her 15 minutes later. She smiled down at him as he stepped onto his own treadmill, frowned right at her and pointed to the bruising on her ribs, “What happened?”

“I’m alright, slight altercation with a man, trying to hurt a woman...I won.” She grinned down at him “So you think today’s the day, you’ll beat me?” Piper asked, distracting him with a challenge.

“Maybe.” he grinned right up at her as he turned on his machine.

Piper ran every day, about 18 kilometres in the morning and another 18 to 20 in the evening, depending on how she felt at the time. Both their treadmills were hooked to the iFIT app and she was currently running through Vermont. It was up on the screen with the iFIT trainer running and chatting away about
the sights and when to breathe and when to kick it up a notch and when to slow it down. Her treadmill under full control of the iFIT app.

Brandon only ran every other day usually, but he had been running every morning with her since they got back. She didn’t mind the company, liked running with him. “How’s Aspen?” she asked him.

“Sleeping, he’s not awake every day.” Brandon commented.

Piper wondered if that was because Brandon was too young or if it was because Aspen was too young to emerge fully. Or if pushing forward in histler, had been too much for the boy’s wolf.

“He’s alright though? You’re alright?”

“Yes, stop talking and trying to make me loose my breath.” Brandon shot at her, then grinned “When he wakes up, he said we’ll beat you.”

Piper and Harper both snorted at him, fully amused now. “Good luck.” they laughed at him “Challenge accepted.”

“You’re on mum.” He grinned right back at her.

Brandon got off the treadmill first with a huff, which had made her laugh. The morning was brisk, but sunny. They ate out on the deck of the dining room,which overlooked the woods of the Emerald Estates Park, and then she took him to school herself instead of him catching the bus.

Came home to work in her home studio on the 2nd floor till her appointment at 5pm this afternoon, where she dropped Brandon off at one of his friends' homes to hang out until she was done working. He didn’t mind, happy to hang out and play soccer in the back yard till she came back to pick him up.

Arrived the same way she did the previous day, via the back entrance and courtyard, strolled up the stairs and let herself into her office, called Izzy to let her know she was in. Saw Izzy walk into her office and look right at her, a deep frown on her face.

“What is it, Izzy?”

“Did you get into a fight yesterday on your way out?” she asked very directly.

“What?” Piper asked, shocked that she knew this. How could she know this?

“Mr Yummy came into the store today, this morning and tried to sweet talk me into giving up your home address.” Izzy said as she sat down in the chair on the other side of Pipers desk.

Piper was staring at her now, goddess had the pack’s Gamma charmed all of her information out of Izzy? “Did you tell him Izzy?” Piper asked, quite concerned.

“What? No! Of course, not Piper. I really just wanted to punch him in his handsome face most of the time.” she shook her head “but then he told me, you got into a fight and were injured Piper. I was really worried.”

“Did you tell him after that?”

“No!” she shook her head “I know you would have called me right! If something happened to you.”