Unscentable

Chapter 60 - Unscentable

Piper POV

 Go out there inside the pack, amongst other wolves? Wolves who she and Harper would recognize and none of them would her. Toyed with that pendant around her neck, she'd taken it off her mother at 10, because they were both supposed to have one, matching necklaces from when she was 16. 

According to Bradley, if she ever took it off, she would smell like she was in heat and all the un-mated wolves would come for her. She guessed her mother knew this but had not wanted to tell her yet being so young, likely didn't want to frighten her with this news and of course, it would to a 10-year-old girl.She was not so stupid as to misunderstand his meaning, he was not Marked himself. He had told her not to take it off or he would even want to Mate her. All her life alone out there inside this pack because of a pendant, a magical charm that she had no idea she was even wearing. 

But now she knew if she'd not claimed it and worn it, had never wanted to take it off, felt connected to her mother through it.The ramifications of taking it off would have been horrendous. She knew and understood what being in heat meant. School had classes on that for all the students, male and female, so that they could understand it for when they got their Mates.Piper knew that he was standing watching her, she could feel his eyes upon her, was waiting on her answer to his question, but did not know if she wanted to be out there amongst all those wolves, to be honest. Harper was on edge with the thought of going out there, though wanted to be closer to Brandon. She had also not growled at Bradley for touching them, and he had several times now, was still quiet on the subject of her Mate though."You are scent able now Piper, to the rest of the pack, my scent is now yours apparently."She knew that he was just trying to reassure her about being out there, that his pack would recognize her now. This accounted for why everyone who'd come in here looked right at her."Do I smell like you, to you?" She was curious about that herself. 

Heard him chuckle softly "No, your scent is very delicate, to me you smell like orange flowers with honey and apricot nectar. Benson and I find it beautiful. We scented you. Well, your blood actually after that vampire attacked you, and apparently that is how it is done. A Whitlock's blood on the full moon must be exposed to their Mate. A Whitlock would always scent their Mate first and with proper education." he sighed, "which you did not get, you could have revealed yourself to me right away.""Brandon will be the same?""Yes, though Timothy said and you might not like this, but I won't lie to you, he had a lot of fun with being a Whitlock male."Piper shook her head. "I can well imagine he did." A male alpha with the scent of heat to use at will, he could have multiple women to state his needs anytime he liked.

 "I do not want that for Brandon.""Neither do I, to be honest. What have you told him Piper, about us?""Not the truth," Piper looked right at him "I knew from a very young age, that no-one could smell me, not even other children. So, I knew you wouldn't either. I've always known it was not your fault. So, I left out what happened and just told him, it was a one-sided bond.""Thank you.""I will tell him the truth if he asks, as an adult. He is like me, so he will have more questions as he gets older. Aspen didn't understand how I got him, and we weren't together.""Alright, I'd like to be there for that.""That will be up to Brandon, who he wants in the room."He was frowning at her now. "Piper, you are allowed to have things for yourself, do things for yourself.""I don't need anything, grew up with nothing, learned to have just what I needed and nothing more." she shrugged.Actually, saw pain in his expression at her words and waved it off. 

"Don't concern yourself with it. I learned how to deal with everything on my own, got used to being alone.""It hurts me Piper, to hear you speak this way, I want to be able to give you everything, be here for you.""I don't even know what I want. I never intended on coming back, not ever. And not just here, but any pack.""Harper? How does she feel?"Piper knew that question was more his wolf wanting answers than Bradley himself."I don't know, other than confused she is quiet, not really talking to me."