Unscentable

Chapter 48 - Unscentable

Piper POV

Piper stood staring at the text message, pain touching nearly every part of
her. She knew it would not matter, that there was a full moon tonight. Put her
phone down and walked over to the window to stare down at the street.

She had put herself before him or been near him, many times on a night of the
full moon over the years inside that pack. Not once had he so much as even
looked in her direction. He'd not scented her for three whole years, tonight's
full moon would make no difference to the situation.

Harper was already gone, the moment she'd read that text message her wolf
had fled to the back of Piper's mind. They knew their bond was still intact, but
once again they also knew it would make no difference to them at all. It would
change nothing, only cause them more pain when they saw him and knew he
could not scent them.

She closed her eyes, it was clear to her from Harper's disappearance that she
did not want to come face to face with him tonight. Piper herself did not want
to have to see once more that there was no recognition either for that matter.
There was no point, it was likely to only cause her just as much pain as her
wolf for that matter.

Turned her eyes to the clock, 2030, she was not going to make Harper suffer,
put her through all that once again, couldn't her wolf was struggling now, just
knowing they still had a Mate, that could not claim them, not without actually
being able to scent her, which even he himself had admitting to not being able
to do.

Sighed heavily, was not going to even answer that text message.
Moved from her room to the living area, she'd let Eddie in when he'd knocked
on the door half an hour ago. She just stepped aside, not really said much.

She knew he needed to see Izzy. He and Izzy were currently in her room
talking behind closed doors. She had no idea if he was listening for her or not.
It was likely that he was just here to be with Izzy, he would be able to actually
scent her in a few short minutes.

Sighed softly, Brandon would be safe in here with the two of them. If she went
out for a little bit. Or the whole night. As long as Eddie was busy with Izzy he
wouldn't be checking on her either and Piper was pretty certain the two of
them wouldn't be able to keep their hands off of each other tonight.

She stood wondering just what she should do, already knew that coming face
to face with Bradley was not on the cards for her or Harper. They just couldn't
do it. Had suffered that too many times to want to do it again. Though how she
was going to do this every month for the foreseeable future she had no idea.

It had hurt every single time. They knew today would be no different, not even
with him claiming to know, they were his Mate, he could claim that all he liked,
he could not scent her, so they both knew his wolf would never claim them
without that.

She turned her eyes to Izzy's room as she picked up a soft moan coming from
their room. It was now or never. She slipped quietly from the room, making
sure the door barely clicked closed, didn't want Eddie's hearing to pick up on
anything at all. Checked the corridor in both ways. No sign of Cooper or
Harrison.

Likely with Eddie inside her hotel room, Bradley thought there was no need to
guard the hallway and be on the lookout for her trying to leave. That's why he
was unconcerned about Eddie being in her room. The man was on duty. Well,
he had been till now. Had the full moon and a Mate to claim, that would
always outweigh his duty.

Walked to the elevator and pressed the button, didn't even really know where
she was going to go, likely just walk around all night on her own. Thankfully,
she had changed into jeans and a tee-shirt after her shower. She'd known at
some point Eddie would be coming for Izzy, and had not wanted to be walking
around the hotel room in her pyjamas while he was there.