Unscentable

Chapter 72 - Unscentable

Brad POV

 Watched Piper stalk off away from him, in the direction of the woods, had to let her go, she needed a minute. Was very mad at him yet again. Likely had a right to be this time. But at least he knew what he'd done. Had gone and pushed a head with the plan to go public in the human world, before she was ready for it.Hadley was right, he was pushing her to get what he wanted. Had told himself he wouldn't, but likely had never actually stopped at all. Couldn't bloody help himself, it seemed, huffed annoyed with himself, for his own stupidity and arrogance. Found both Eddie and Harry staring at him."She needs a minute.""More than a minute." Eddie nodded. "Is mad and annoyed.""Just let her be for now, Eddie. She has a right to be mad and annoyed at me. She also grew up here in the pack, and won't get lost.

 I'll alert border patrol to watch for her, that's all.""She won't leave Bradley." Eddie frowned at him. "Don't do that. Trust in her. You're right, we should all let her be. She'll come back."Brad stared at his Gamma, looked at Harry. If he was standing next to Eddie, his Gamma instincts were also switched on. Harry just nodded and then turned and walked away. Brad headed for his office himself to leave her be.He would busy himself with pack business till she returned to the pack-house, and was ready to talk to him. Just one more thing he had to apologise for, he supposed, that list was getting longer by the day. 

Though caused by his own arrogance.He could feel her through the tether that was his Mark on her, couldn't mindlink to her, until that process was complete or she let him initiate her, didn't see that happening anytime soon. But at least he could feel roughly where she was inside the pack, appeared to be walking towards the south end of the pack, nothing but more woods down there.Put in a call to the head of his HR team in Drake industries, a wolf named Connor and told him to make no official statement to any press contacts at that time. It was not what Piper wanted. Connor was a pack member, as were all who worked inside his head office building.

 The man knew who and what Piper was, the Luna to their pack.Was quiet on the subject for a full 20 seconds and then just stated "Yes Alpha." Then asked him if he wanted it all shut down completely, in order to help make the Luna feel more comfortable.Though Bradley did not answer the man, due to the fact that Piper was suddenly gone from him. That tether he'd been keeping a feeling for was gone. Brad damn near dropped his phone as he shot to his feet. Reached out for her tether, got nothing. Told Connor he'd call him back and hung up.His heart was hammering inside of his chest, Benson was up inside his mind restless and agitated, itching to be out of him to go and find her. 

They weren't completely bonded and he'd felt no pain at the severing of her from him, had gotten injured, but that didn't mean something had not just happened to her.Was heading out of his office when Eddie barrelled in through the door, nearly bowled him over. Moving at full wolf speed, the man looked as panicked as Brad and Benson felt."I know, I can't feel her either." Brad told him as he turned the man around "I last felt her in the south woods."Heard Eddie curse out load, "I could never find her in those woods." He muttered as the two of them headed outside. Brad sent out a pack wide mind link to all his warriors to find their Luna. She was missing. Last felt in the south woods, gave a detailed description of what she looked like, and that she would scent the same as he did.

 Then Benson was ripped out of him, and they were racing off through the pack into the woods, along the path they had seen her stalk away from him, had only been gone from his sight for maybe 40 minutes. He'd not been keeping track of the time, just her meandering through the woods.Then she just bloody vanished. He knew she had still been well within the pack's borders when she'd vanished.No reports had come in from his border patrols saying she'd left the pack either and they were all reporting every 10 minutes, since he'd felt her vanish.