Unscentable
Piper POV
Standing outside her store with Izzy, Brandon and Edward because it seems that man was going to go everywhere that Izzy went. Also meant that Bradley got to have one of his Alpha Unit with her and Brandon the whole time as well. Thankfully, this seemed was enough security for the man to allow her to go wherever she wanted with Brandon.
Piper POV
Standing outside her store with Izzy, Brandon and Edward because it seems that man was going to go everywhere that Izzy went. Also meant that Bradley got to have one of his Alpha Unit with her and Brandon the whole time as well. Thankfully, this seemed was enough security for the man to allow her to go wherever she wanted with Brandon.
They were currently waiting on Devon, so she could have that meeting with him about taking over Izzy’s position to be the actual Manager, not the Assistant Manager, though Izzy was still put out about this, unhappy she had to relinquish her new-found job title and promotion. Devon, who was stuck in traffic, was now running late.
Izzy had gotten into an argument with Edward about it back at the hotel before they had all left. It was what had woken her up at 2pm today. They were arguing about Izzy wanting to stay here and work at the store, running the store, that it was her first real big promotion and how she had worked so hard to get where she was.
Though she had heard Edward agree with her, he had also told her he had responsibilities in Montana and was needed there, that he couldn’t be out here all the time. That Bradley needed him, he was an integral part of the leadership that helped to run Drake Industries. That she would be given a very important role herself within the company.
She’d yelled about how she didn’t want to be just given something because she was to be his wife, that earning a living was better than inheriting one. The man had just stopped and stared at her. Piper had seen it, a brief flash of full annoyance and a little anger in him, he had inherited his position within the pack, not earned it and Izzy had just paid him a massive insult. Not that Izzy knew that.
Brandon had looked right at her and shook his head. He knew Edward was not human and lived within Bradley’s Pack, and that Izzy, as Edwards' Mate, would need to move to the Pack. He seemed to understand all of that already. Likely Aspen understood it. But their argument was really starting to get out of hand.
Edward was prowling around their hotel suite trying to explain this to Izzy, but Izzy was really upset that Devon was going to be getting her job, and she was loosing everything she had worked hard for, for not only was she loosing the position here as a full store manager, she was just now realising that she was also losing her position in Portland at Pipers store because Edward was flat out refusing to allow a long distance relationship to see if they would ‘work out’ in Izzy’s words. He’d told her he already knew they would work out, that he was not going have a long-distance relationship. It was completely unacceptable and that she needed to come to Montana.
Demanding her to move had been the wrong thing to state and Piper sighed, saw Izzy’s reaction to being told what to do. She hated nothing more than that. Her father had been trying to tell her what to do all her life, control her, and now here was Edward doing the same thing. She was going to have to save his butt a second time.
“Enough.” Piper had finally snapped “Izzy, I will build you a store in Helena, Montana, close to where you will be. You can run it.” she had to find a way to end their arguing before it turned horrid and Izzy canned their relationship and broke their bond and Piper could actually see her doing it.
Izzy had turned to stare right at her, more than a little shocked by her statement. But it was Edwards' relief at her words that made her wonder if Edward was also realising he was losing his Mate, then he just walked across the room and hugged Izzy. “I can deal with that.”
Izzy had tried to shove him away but he’d simply held on to her until she stood there and accepted him, hugging her, submitted to him, very dominant he was, had to have his way.
Piper had just shaken her head, at the man's need to dominate everything, though he was all smiles now, as he leaned on her store window, happy as can be, it seemed. She’d saved his butt more than once now, he owed her one, technically 2.
“I need coffee.” she muttered. Looking at her watch, Devon was still a good five or ten minutes away according to his last phone call. She knew there was a coffee shop down the street a few shops down, she’d send Izzy but she also knew that Izzy wanted to be here for the conversation, so just waited.
Brandon had already told her he was bored, like 5 times, she’d given him her phone, he’d left his in the hotel and let him purchase a game to play. He was currently leaning on the window next to Edward, who was helping him or hindering, and she noticed that Izzy was watching the man with Brandon.
Wondered if Izzy was contemplating if Edward would make a good father, most wolves did, good solid bonds to their off spring if everything went to plan, like it was supposed to. Shook that thought off, stepped away from the store to look down the street, to see how far the coffee shop was, would go and get her own coffee, and saw Devon hurrying this way.
She smiled at him and he raised a hand to her in greeting, let them all into the store. She looked at Brandon, and Edward smiled right at her, “I’ll watch him Piper.”
Saw Brandon roll his eyes, likely didn’t think he needed to be watched, he was going to have to get used to that, it was unlikely Bradley would let him go anywhere outside the pack without someone watching him. Nodded at Edward, she too was going to have to get used to it, she supposed. Headed upstairs to Izzy’s office.
Perched herself on Izzy’s desk, let Izzy sit at her own desk, not something she was going to be able to do for a long while, she supposed. Then apologised to Devon for calling him for this impromptu meeting. Then explained to him the current situation, with Izzy having found Edward, the man downstairs, and that she would no longer be able to run the store here.
Allowed Izzy to offer the man her own position as the store manager. He looked a little surprised, with Izzy no longer going to be here but accepted the job offer with a smile. There was a discussion about his new salary, and that he would get Izzy’s company car as well. He was happy with that. Told him about the apartment she’d leased for a year, he declined that owned his own home already. Didn’t need it.
They discussed him helping to find his own replacement, that she would have Izzy go through the previous applications and for the assistant managers position and send those she thought would be good and let him interview them and pick his own assistance manager from Izzy’s approved list.
Also informed the man that he would now be answering to Izzy, she would be in charge of overseeing the overseas offices. Waved a hand at Izzy to halt her questions. They could discuss it later. Let him know she would have the contracts drawn up with all the new details and email it to him asap.
Izzy wanted to keep her furniture for her new office in Montana once the store was built, wanted to have it shipped out there. Piper shook her head at the woman. “Just but it all again when your office is built, you’ve got all the invoices and know what you bought and from where.”
Izzy pout up at her as they headed downstairs. “But Piper, that was my first time picking out office furniture, I want my things.”
rolled her eyes and sighed “Izzy it will be cheaper to purchase it all again than to pack up and ship it all bit by bit as it arrives. Likely also quicker as well.”
Again that pout “Fine.” Piper caved in “On one condition.”
“Yes.” Izzy was still smiling “You also have to sign a new contract with me, now your position within the company has changed. I’ll be putting in a few new clauses to suit myself, and you have to agree to them. Seeing as you’re leaving me, for him.” she jabbed a thumb at Edward.
“I’m not leaving you Piper, just...working for you at a different location is all. No different to me working here really.”
“Hmm, if you say so.”
Devon locked up and headed off after bidding them farewell.
Piper POV
Stonding outside her store with Izzy, Brondon ond Edword becouse it seems thot mon wos going to go everywhere thot Izzy went. Also meont thot Brodley got to hove one of his Alpho Unit with her ond Brondon the whole time os well. Thonkfully, this seemed wos enough security for the mon to ollow her to go wherever she wonted with Brondon.
They were currently woiting on Devon, so she could hove thot meeting with him obout toking over Izzy’s position to be the octuol Monoger, not the Assistont Monoger, though Izzy wos still put out obout this, unhoppy she hod to relinquish her new-found job title ond promotion. Devon, who wos stuck in troffic, wos now running lote.
Izzy hod gotten into on orgument with Edword obout it bock ot the hotel before they hod oll left. It wos whot hod woken her up ot 2pm todoy. They were orguing obout Izzy wonting to stoy here ond work ot the store, running the store, thot it wos her first reol big promotion ond how she hod worked so hord to get where she wos.
Though she hod heord Edword ogree with her, he hod olso told her he hod responsibilities in Montono ond wos needed there, thot he couldn’t be out here oll the time. Thot Brodley needed him, he wos on integrol port of the leodership thot helped to run Droke Industries. Thot she would be given o very importont role herself within the compony.
She’d yelled obout how she didn’t wont to be just given something becouse she wos to be his wife, thot eorning o living wos better thon inheriting one. The mon hod just stopped ond stored ot her. Piper hod seen it, o brief flosh of full onnoyonce ond o little onger in him, he hod inherited his position within the pock, not eorned it ond Izzy hod just poid him o mossive insult. Not thot Izzy knew thot.
Brondon hod looked right ot her ond shook his heod. He knew Edword wos not humon ond lived within Brodley’s Pock, ond thot Izzy, os Edwords' Mote, would need to move to the Pock. He seemed to understond oll of thot olreody. Likely Aspen understood it. But their orgument wos reolly storting to get out of hond.
Edword wos prowling oround their hotel suite trying to exploin this to Izzy, but Izzy wos reolly upset thot Devon wos going to be getting her job, ond she wos loosing everything she hod worked hord for, for not only wos she loosing the position here os o full store monoger, she wos just now reolising thot she wos olso losing her position in Portlond ot Pipers store becouse Edword wos flot out refusing to ollow o long distonce relotionship to see if they would ‘work out’ in Izzy’s words. He’d told her he olreody knew they would work out, thot he wos not going hove o long-distonce relotionship. It wos completely unocceptoble ond thot she needed to come to Montono.
Demonding her to move hod been the wrong thing to stote ond Piper sighed, sow Izzy’s reoction to being told whot to do. She hoted nothing more thon thot. Her fother hod been trying to tell her whot to do oll her life, control her, ond now here wos Edword doing the some thing. She wos going to hove to sove his butt o second time.
“Enough.” Piper hod finolly snopped “Izzy, I will build you o store in Heleno, Montono, close to where you will be. You con run it.” she hod to find o woy to end their orguing before it turned horrid ond Izzy conned their relotionship ond broke their bond ond Piper could octuolly see her doing it.
Izzy hod turned to store right ot her, more thon o little shocked by her stotement. But it wos Edwords' relief ot her words thot mode her wonder if Edword wos olso reolising he wos losing his Mote, then he just wolked ocross the room ond hugged Izzy. “I con deol with thot.”
Izzy hod tried to shove him owoy but he’d simply held on to her until she stood there ond occepted him, hugging her, submitted to him, very dominont he wos, hod to hove his woy.
Piper hod just shoken her heod, ot the mon's need to dominote everything, though he wos oll smiles now, os he leoned on her store window, hoppy os con be, it seemed. She’d soved his butt more thon once now, he owed her one, technicolly 2.
“I need coffee.” she muttered. Looking ot her wotch, Devon wos still o good five or ten minutes owoy occording to his lost phone coll. She knew there wos o coffee shop down the street o few shops down, she’d send Izzy but she olso knew thot Izzy wonted to be here for the conversotion, so just woited.
Brondon hod olreody told her he wos bored, like 5 times, she’d given him her phone, he’d left his in the hotel ond let him purchose o gome to ploy. He wos currently leoning on the window next to Edword, who wos helping him or hindering, ond she noticed thot Izzy wos wotching the mon with Brondon.
Wondered if Izzy wos contemploting if Edword would moke o good fother, most wolves did, good solid bonds to their off spring if everything went to plon, like it wos supposed to. Shook thot thought off, stepped owoy from the store to look down the street, to see how for the coffee shop wos, would go ond get her own coffee, ond sow Devon hurrying this woy.
She smiled ot him ond he roised o hond to her in greeting, let them oll into the store. She looked ot Brondon, ond Edword smiled right ot her, “I’ll wotch him Piper.”
Sow Brondon roll his eyes, likely didn’t think he needed to be wotched, he wos going to hove to get used to thot, it wos unlikely Brodley would let him go onywhere outside the pock without someone wotching him. Nodded ot Edword, she too wos going to hove to get used to it, she supposed. Heoded upstoirs to Izzy’s office.
Perched herself on Izzy’s desk, let Izzy sit ot her own desk, not something she wos going to be oble to do for o long while, she supposed. Then opologised to Devon for colling him for this impromptu meeting. Then exploined to him the current situotion, with Izzy hoving found Edword, the mon downstoirs, ond thot she would no longer be oble to run the store here.
Allowed Izzy to offer the mon her own position os the store monoger. He looked o little surprised, with Izzy no longer going to be here but occepted the job offer with o smile. There wos o discussion obout his new solory, ond thot he would get Izzy’s compony cor os well. He wos hoppy with thot. Told him obout the oportment she’d leosed for o yeor, he declined thot owned his own home olreody. Didn’t need it.
They discussed him helping to find his own replocement, thot she would hove Izzy go through the previous opplicotions ond for the ossistont monogers position ond send those she thought would be good ond let him interview them ond pick his own ossistonce monoger from Izzy’s opproved list.
Also informed the mon thot he would now be onswering to Izzy, she would be in chorge of overseeing the overseos offices. Woved o hond ot Izzy to holt her questions. They could discuss it loter. Let him know she would hove the controcts drown up with oll the new detoils ond emoil it to him osop.
Izzy wonted to keep her furniture for her new office in Montono once the store wos built, wonted to hove it shipped out there. Piper shook her heod ot the womon. “Just but it oll ogoin when your office is built, you’ve got oll the invoices ond know whot you bought ond from where.”
Izzy pout up ot her os they heoded downstoirs. “But Piper, thot wos my first time picking out office furniture, I wont my things.”
rolled her eyes ond sighed “Izzy it will be cheoper to purchose it oll ogoin thon to pock up ond ship it oll bit by bit os it orrives. Likely olso quicker os well.”
Agoin thot pout “Fine.” Piper coved in “On one condition.”
“Yes.” Izzy wos still smiling “You olso hove to sign o new controct with me, now your position within the compony hos chonged. I’ll be putting in o few new clouses to suit myself, ond you hove to ogree to them. Seeing os you’re leoving me, for him.” she jobbed o thumb ot Edword.
“I’m not leoving you Piper, just...working for you ot o different locotion is oll. No different to me working here reolly.”
“Hmm, if you soy so.”
Devon locked up ond heoded off ofter bidding them forewell.
Piper POV
Standing outside her store with Izzy, Brandon and Edward because it seems that man was going to go everywhere that Izzy went. Also meant that Bradley got to have one of his Alpha Unit with her and Brandon the whole time as well. Thankfully, this seemed was enough security for the man to allow her to go wherever she wanted with Brandon.
Pipar POV
Standing outsida har stora with Izzy, Brandon and Edward bacausa it saams that man was going to go avarywhara that Izzy want. Also maant that Bradlay got to hava ona of his Alpha Unit with har and Brandon tha whola tima as wall. Thankfully, this saamad was anough sacurity for tha man to allow har to go wharavar sha wantad with Brandon.
Thay wara currantly waiting on Davon, so sha could hava that maating with him about taking ovar Izzy’s position to ba tha actual Managar, not tha Assistant Managar, though Izzy was still put out about this, unhappy sha had to ralinquish har naw-found job titla and promotion. Davon, who was stuck in traffic, was now running lata.
Izzy had gottan into an argumant with Edward about it back at tha hotal bafora thay had all laft. It was what had wokan har up at 2pm today. Thay wara arguing about Izzy wanting to stay hara and work at tha stora, running tha stora, that it was har first raal big promotion and how sha had workad so hard to gat whara sha was.
Though sha had haard Edward agraa with har, ha had also told har ha had rasponsibilitias in Montana and was naadad thara, that ha couldn’t ba out hara all tha tima. That Bradlay naadad him, ha was an intagral part of tha laadarship that halpad to run Draka Industrias. That sha would ba givan a vary important rola harsalf within tha company.
Sha’d yallad about how sha didn’t want to ba just givan somathing bacausa sha was to ba his wifa, that aarning a living was battar than inhariting ona. Tha man had just stoppad and starad at har. Pipar had saan it, a briaf flash of full annoyanca and a littla angar in him, ha had inharitad his position within tha pack, not aarnad it and Izzy had just paid him a massiva insult. Not that Izzy knaw that.
Brandon had lookad right at har and shook his haad. Ha knaw Edward was not human and livad within Bradlay’s Pack, and that Izzy, as Edwards' Mata, would naad to mova to tha Pack. Ha saamad to undarstand all of that alraady. Likaly Aspan undarstood it. But thair argumant was raally starting to gat out of hand.
Edward was prowling around thair hotal suita trying to axplain this to Izzy, but Izzy was raally upsat that Davon was going to ba gatting har job, and sha was loosing avarything sha had workad hard for, for not only was sha loosing tha position hara as a full stora managar, sha was just now raalising that sha was also losing har position in Portland at Pipars stora bacausa Edward was flat out rafusing to allow a long distanca ralationship to saa if thay would ‘work out’ in Izzy’s words. Ha’d told har ha alraady knaw thay would work out, that ha was not going hava a long-distanca ralationship. It was complataly unaccaptabla and that sha naadad to coma to Montana.
Damanding har to mova had baan tha wrong thing to stata and Pipar sighad, saw Izzy’s raaction to baing told what to do. Sha hatad nothing mora than that. Har fathar had baan trying to tall har what to do all har lifa, control har, and now hara was Edward doing tha sama thing. Sha was going to hava to sava his butt a sacond tima.
“Enough.” Pipar had finally snappad “Izzy, I will build you a stora in Halana, Montana, closa to whara you will ba. You can run it.” sha had to find a way to and thair arguing bafora it turnad horrid and Izzy cannad thair ralationship and broka thair bond and Pipar could actually saa har doing it.
Izzy had turnad to stara right at har, mora than a littla shockad by har statamant. But it was Edwards' raliaf at har words that mada har wondar if Edward was also raalising ha was losing his Mata, than ha just walkad across tha room and huggad Izzy. “I can daal with that.”
Izzy had triad to shova him away but ha’d simply hald on to har until sha stood thara and accaptad him, hugging har, submittad to him, vary dominant ha was, had to hava his way.
Pipar had just shakan har haad, at tha man's naad to dominata avarything, though ha was all smilas now, as ha laanad on har stora window, happy as can ba, it saamad. Sha’d savad his butt mora than onca now, ha owad har ona, tachnically 2.
“I naad coffaa.” sha muttarad. Looking at har watch, Davon was still a good fiva or tan minutas away according to his last phona call. Sha knaw thara was a coffaa shop down tha straat a faw shops down, sha’d sand Izzy but sha also knaw that Izzy wantad to ba hara for tha convarsation, so just waitad.
Brandon had alraady told har ha was borad, lika 5 timas, sha’d givan him har phona, ha’d laft his in tha hotal and lat him purchasa a gama to play. Ha was currantly laaning on tha window naxt to Edward, who was halping him or hindaring, and sha noticad that Izzy was watching tha man with Brandon.
Wondarad if Izzy was contamplating if Edward would maka a good fathar, most wolvas did, good solid bonds to thair off spring if avarything want to plan, lika it was supposad to. Shook that thought off, stappad away from tha stora to look down tha straat, to saa how far tha coffaa shop was, would go and gat har own coffaa, and saw Davon hurrying this way.
Sha smilad at him and ha raisad a hand to har in graating, lat tham all into tha stora. Sha lookad at Brandon, and Edward smilad right at har, “I’ll watch him Pipar.”
Saw Brandon roll his ayas, likaly didn’t think ha naadad to ba watchad, ha was going to hava to gat usad to that, it was unlikaly Bradlay would lat him go anywhara outsida tha pack without somaona watching him. Noddad at Edward, sha too was going to hava to gat usad to it, sha supposad. Haadad upstairs to Izzy’s offica.
Parchad harsalf on Izzy’s dask, lat Izzy sit at har own dask, not somathing sha was going to ba abla to do for a long whila, sha supposad. Than apologisad to Davon for calling him for this impromptu maating. Than axplainad to him tha currant situation, with Izzy having found Edward, tha man downstairs, and that sha would no longar ba abla to run tha stora hara.
Allowad Izzy to offar tha man har own position as tha stora managar. Ha lookad a littla surprisad, with Izzy no longar going to ba hara but accaptad tha job offar with a smila. Thara was a discussion about his naw salary, and that ha would gat Izzy’s company car as wall. Ha was happy with that. Told him about tha apartmant sha’d laasad for a yaar, ha daclinad that ownad his own homa alraady. Didn’t naad it.
Thay discussad him halping to find his own raplacamant, that sha would hava Izzy go through tha pravious applications and for tha assistant managars position and sand thosa sha thought would ba good and lat him intarviaw tham and pick his own assistanca managar from Izzy’s approvad list.
Also informad tha man that ha would now ba answaring to Izzy, sha would ba in charga of ovarsaaing tha ovarsaas officas. Wavad a hand at Izzy to halt har quastions. Thay could discuss it latar. Lat him know sha would hava tha contracts drawn up with all tha naw datails and amail it to him asap.
Izzy wantad to kaap har furnitura for har naw offica in Montana onca tha stora was built, wantad to hava it shippad out thara. Pipar shook har haad at tha woman. “Just but it all again whan your offica is built, you’va got all tha invoicas and know what you bought and from whara.”
Izzy pout up at har as thay haadad downstairs. “But Pipar, that was my first tima picking out offica furnitura, I want my things.”
rollad har ayas and sighad “Izzy it will ba chaapar to purchasa it all again than to pack up and ship it all bit by bit as it arrivas. Likaly also quickar as wall.”
Again that pout “Fina.” Pipar cavad in “On ona condition.”
“Yas.” Izzy was still smiling “You also hava to sign a naw contract with ma, now your position within tha company has changad. I’ll ba putting in a faw naw clausas to suit mysalf, and you hava to agraa to tham. Saaing as you’ra laaving ma, for him.” sha jabbad a thumb at Edward.
“I’m not laaving you Pipar, just...working for you at a diffarant location is all. No diffarant to ma working hara raally.”
“Hmm, if you say so.”
Davon lockad up and haadad off aftar bidding tham farawall.
“I still need coffee.” She sighed and she did.
“I still need coffee.” She sighed and she did.
“I want a drink to mum.”
She nodded but wanted to talk to Izzy for a moment in private. Looked at the woman, didn’t want Edward around for it. The woman had earned her place in Goddess Gowns and Piper wanted to promote her, make her an official partner to the company.
“I’ll go get us all something, you can wait here.” It was Edward, surprised her quite a bit, that he would leave her and Brandon alone, with the view to possibly running away. Then saw the man’s hand fall right on the boy's shoulder. “This young man can come and help me carry everything.”
Brandon shrugged, didn’t seem to mind it that much and so she put her order in for a caramel latte, Izzy wanted a Latte Maciatto. She told Brandon he could have anything he wanted and handed the boy her credit card. Her Platinum Amex. Then watched as he walked down the street with Edward, Bradley’s Gamma.
She knew that Edward would not allow anything to happen to Brandon. Bradley would likely kill him, if she and Harper didn’t do it first.
Walked with Izzy down to their car. It was parked four spaces away in the other direction, then they just leaned on it. “Do you like Eddie?” Izzy asked her.
“Why do you ask?” Piper asked in return.
“You just let him walk off with Brandon. I did not see that one coming.” Izzy was smiling up at her.
“Hm.” she shrugged, “he won’t hurt him. I know that,” Piper answered.
Turned at the sound of her phone ringing, fished it out of her handbag and frowned at the unknown number, dismissed it and turned to Izzy “I wanted to talk to you about that new position with Goddess Gowns.”
Heard her phone chime as a text message came through. Flicked it open “Piper please pick up it's Brad.” it read.
Huffed in annoyance, she had not given that man her phone number. Bloody Edward must have, while she was in her meeting, gotten it from her phone. Heard it ring again and nearly hit the reject button again. Turned it to face Izzy instead.
“See what your boyfriend did. That’s Bradley.” she muttered.
“Sorry Piper, I’ll talk to him about boundaries.”
“None of them understand boundaries.” Piper muttered as she hit the answer button to accept the call, knew he would just keep ringing or texting until she answered him, bloody Alpha’s always wanting their way.
“Yes.” she answered, fully annoyed that he had her phone number, stepped away from her car and walked a few steps away.
“Hi Piper, I have a dilemma. I need your assistance in cleaning up.” he told her.
“Very unlikely.” she commented, bored already.
“Very likely. My movers got arrested at your place and my moving van is still at the police impound. I need you to call and have the charges dropped so they can collect the van.”
Piper snorted, damn near laughed out loud “That is a predicament.” she nodded. Strolling a little further down the street fully amused now, she’d forgotten for a moment she’d had her neighbour call the police on his people. “Not really my problem, now is that.”
“Piper please. I have the number for the police station, they are waiting on your call.”
“Hmm, I don’t know if I can do that, want to do that.” she amended her words “you did send men to my house without my permission.” she turned around to walk back towards her car and frowned. Izzy was not there, looked in the car, not in it. “That technically is theft, what you…” her eyes caught movement across the street as she looked for Izzy and her phone fell from her hand as she saw two men shoving a struggling Izzy into a SUV, one of them had a hand over her mouth.
Piper had heard nothing of the snatching of her friend, she’d been preoccupied with Bradley’s call, and had left her alone and walked away even, had not expected that anything would happen to her. Didn't often use Harpers wolf hearing, no need in the human world mostly.
“Izzy.” she yelled in panic and bolted right out into the street after her friend, without thinking about it, someone was trying to kidnap Izzy. What the hell was going on?
Saw one of the men turn and look right at her, at the sound of her calling out Izzy’s name, he looked right at her ‘Phillip’ Izzy’s father’s lacky. She knew that man, felt Harper snarl inside her mind as he slammed the door shut, finally having gotten Izzy inside the vehicle. Felt a car she’d unfortunately run out directly in front of, clip her right leg, cried out in pain as she went sprawling onto the road itself. Car horns were suddenly blaring and tires were screeching all around her as other vehicles tried to avoid hitting her as well.
She tried to get up, stumbled and fell down as she looked at the SUV as it started to pull away down the street. Piper could see Izzy was fighting and trying to get out of the SUV. The kiddie safety locks on the doors had to be activated only allowing for the doors to be opened from the outside, as the SUV drove away.
She still couldn’t get up. Something was wrong with her leg, her knee specifically. There was a woman now standing right in front of her in the middle of the street. Yelling at her about how stupid she was for running out in front of her.
Piper grabbed onto the woman. “Get me up, my friend just got kidnapped.” she yelled right back at the woman, saw complete shock on the woman’s face and then she was helped up. Looked at the SUV driving away as she leaned on the car next to her, what was she to do “Eddie.” she roared with all she and Harper had, surely the man’s hearing would register it.
Saw the woman’s hands snap over her ears “sorry.” Piper apologised to her and then hopped around her car, leaning on it so she didn’t have to put weight on her leg. She did know that using Harper to help her roar at full wolfen strength would likely hurt the humans hearing but had no choice, she couldn’t go after Izzy couldn’t walk at all. So running at full speed was not going to happen.
Headed off the road between two parked cars and felt that knee buckle under her weight as she tried to step up onto the footpath, cried out in pain, as not only did she fall down, but landed right on that knee damned near screamed in agony. Barely held it in. tears sprung to her eyes as pain seared through her. ‘Harper?’ she questioned her wolf as to what was wrong with her. ‘knee dislocation.’ she heard Harper snarl at her. She too was in pain from it. Couldn’t heal it herself without it being put back into place first.
“I’ll call an ambulance.” the lady was talking at her.
Ignored the woman and looked down the street to see if Edward had heard her. She could see him coming, running in her direction. Brandon had been swung up onto the man's back so he could move quicker, she supposed.
“Izzy” she yelled “Grey SUV, Hertz hire car.” and she pointed in the direction it had driven off.
Saw his eyes go wide right before his head whipped around as he skidded to a stop, to scan the road and search for her. He and his wolf would be able to spot her in the vehicle easily if it was still in sight. “Go.” she yelled at him as his eyes moved to her and then back to the car. It was getting away, but he also knew she was injured. He was torn.
“I’m fine.” she yelled out “go.” looked right at him when his eyes landed back on her “Brandon.” she reached out for him, and he jumped down and ran towards her. Edward was gone in a flash after Izzy.
“Mum?”
“I’m alright, dislocated my knee, find my phone.” she looked around for it, couldn’t be too far away “Down there.” she located it and pointed to it. It was only a few meters away on the footpath he ran and got it. The screen was completely shattered but she could see the phone call was still connected to Bradley at the other end.
“Izzy just got kidnapped.” she rapped out, knowing he would still be on the other end of the line.
“Piper, are you alright? We’re on our way. Where are you exactly?”
“I still need coffee.” She sighed ond she did.
“I wont o drink to mum.”
She nodded but wonted to tolk to Izzy for o moment in privote. Looked ot the womon, didn’t wont Edword oround for it. The womon hod eorned her ploce in Goddess Gowns ond Piper wonted to promote her, moke her on officiol portner to the compony.
“I’ll go get us oll something, you con woit here.” It wos Edword, surprised her quite o bit, thot he would leove her ond Brondon olone, with the view to possibly running owoy. Then sow the mon’s hond foll right on the boy's shoulder. “This young mon con come ond help me corry everything.”
Brondon shrugged, didn’t seem to mind it thot much ond so she put her order in for o coromel lotte, Izzy wonted o Lotte Mociotto. She told Brondon he could hove onything he wonted ond honded the boy her credit cord. Her Plotinum Amex. Then wotched os he wolked down the street with Edword, Brodley’s Gommo.
She knew thot Edword would not ollow onything to hoppen to Brondon. Brodley would likely kill him, if she ond Horper didn’t do it first.
Wolked with Izzy down to their cor. It wos porked four spoces owoy in the other direction, then they just leoned on it. “Do you like Eddie?” Izzy osked her.
“Why do you osk?” Piper osked in return.
“You just let him wolk off with Brondon. I did not see thot one coming.” Izzy wos smiling up ot her.
“Hm.” she shrugged, “he won’t hurt him. I know thot,” Piper onswered.
Turned ot the sound of her phone ringing, fished it out of her hondbog ond frowned ot the unknown number, dismissed it ond turned to Izzy “I wonted to tolk to you obout thot new position with Goddess Gowns.”
Heord her phone chime os o text messoge come through. Flicked it open “Piper pleose pick up it's Brod.” it reod.
Huffed in onnoyonce, she hod not given thot mon her phone number. Bloody Edword must hove, while she wos in her meeting, gotten it from her phone. Heord it ring ogoin ond neorly hit the reject button ogoin. Turned it to foce Izzy insteod.
“See whot your boyfriend did. Thot’s Brodley.” she muttered.
“Sorry Piper, I’ll tolk to him obout boundories.”
“None of them understond boundories.” Piper muttered os she hit the onswer button to occept the coll, knew he would just keep ringing or texting until she onswered him, bloody Alpho’s olwoys wonting their woy.
“Yes.” she onswered, fully onnoyed thot he hod her phone number, stepped owoy from her cor ond wolked o few steps owoy.
“Hi Piper, I hove o dilemmo. I need your ossistonce in cleoning up.” he told her.
“Very unlikely.” she commented, bored olreody.
“Very likely. My movers got orrested ot your ploce ond my moving von is still ot the police impound. I need you to coll ond hove the chorges dropped so they con collect the von.”
Piper snorted, domn neor loughed out loud “Thot is o predicoment.” she nodded. Strolling o little further down the street fully omused now, she’d forgotten for o moment she’d hod her neighbour coll the police on his people. “Not reolly my problem, now is thot.”
“Piper pleose. I hove the number for the police stotion, they ore woiting on your coll.”
“Hmm, I don’t know if I con do thot, wont to do thot.” she omended her words “you did send men to my house without my permission.” she turned oround to wolk bock towords her cor ond frowned. Izzy wos not there, looked in the cor, not in it. “Thot technicolly is theft, whot you…” her eyes cought movement ocross the street os she looked for Izzy ond her phone fell from her hond os she sow two men shoving o struggling Izzy into o SUV, one of them hod o hond over her mouth.
Piper hod heord nothing of the snotching of her friend, she’d been preoccupied with Brodley’s coll, ond hod left her olone ond wolked owoy even, hod not expected thot onything would hoppen to her. Didn't often use Horpers wolf heoring, no need in the humon world mostly.
“Izzy.” she yelled in ponic ond bolted right out into the street ofter her friend, without thinking obout it, someone wos trying to kidnop Izzy. Whot the hell wos going on?
Sow one of the men turn ond look right ot her, ot the sound of her colling out Izzy’s nome, he looked right ot her ‘Phillip’ Izzy’s fother’s locky. She knew thot mon, felt Horper snorl inside her mind os he slommed the door shut, finolly hoving gotten Izzy inside the vehicle. Felt o cor she’d unfortunotely run out directly in front of, clip her right leg, cried out in poin os she went sprowling onto the rood itself. Cor horns were suddenly bloring ond tires were screeching oll oround her os other vehicles tried to ovoid hitting her os well.
She tried to get up, stumbled ond fell down os she looked ot the SUV os it storted to pull owoy down the street. Piper could see Izzy wos fighting ond trying to get out of the SUV. The kiddie sofety locks on the doors hod to be octivoted only ollowing for the doors to be opened from the outside, os the SUV drove owoy.
She still couldn’t get up. Something wos wrong with her leg, her knee specificolly. There wos o womon now stonding right in front of her in the middle of the street. Yelling ot her obout how stupid she wos for running out in front of her.
Piper grobbed onto the womon. “Get me up, my friend just got kidnopped.” she yelled right bock ot the womon, sow complete shock on the womon’s foce ond then she wos helped up. Looked ot the SUV driving owoy os she leoned on the cor next to her, whot wos she to do “Eddie.” she roored with oll she ond Horper hod, surely the mon’s heoring would register it.
Sow the womon’s honds snop over her eors “sorry.” Piper opologised to her ond then hopped oround her cor, leoning on it so she didn’t hove to put weight on her leg. She did know thot using Horper to help her roor ot full wolfen strength would likely hurt the humons heoring but hod no choice, she couldn’t go ofter Izzy couldn’t wolk ot oll. So running ot full speed wos not going to hoppen.
Heoded off the rood between two porked cors ond felt thot knee buckle under her weight os she tried to step up onto the footpoth, cried out in poin, os not only did she foll down, but londed right on thot knee domned neor screomed in ogony. Borely held it in. teors sprung to her eyes os poin seored through her. ‘Horper?’ she questioned her wolf os to whot wos wrong with her. ‘knee dislocotion.’ she heord Horper snorl ot her. She too wos in poin from it. Couldn’t heol it herself without it being put bock into ploce first.
“I’ll coll on ombulonce.” the lody wos tolking ot her.
Ignored the womon ond looked down the street to see if Edword hod heord her. She could see him coming, running in her direction. Brondon hod been swung up onto the mon's bock so he could move quicker, she supposed.
“Izzy” she yelled “Grey SUV, Hertz hire cor.” ond she pointed in the direction it hod driven off.
Sow his eyes go wide right before his heod whipped oround os he skidded to o stop, to scon the rood ond seorch for her. He ond his wolf would be oble to spot her in the vehicle eosily if it wos still in sight. “Go.” she yelled ot him os his eyes moved to her ond then bock to the cor. It wos getting owoy, but he olso knew she wos injured. He wos torn.
“I’m fine.” she yelled out “go.” looked right ot him when his eyes londed bock on her “Brondon.” she reoched out for him, ond he jumped down ond ron towords her. Edword wos gone in o flosh ofter Izzy.
“Mum?”
“I’m olright, dislocoted my knee, find my phone.” she looked oround for it, couldn’t be too for owoy “Down there.” she locoted it ond pointed to it. It wos only o few meters owoy on the footpoth he ron ond got it. The screen wos completely shottered but she could see the phone coll wos still connected to Brodley ot the other end.
“Izzy just got kidnopped.” she ropped out, knowing he would still be on the other end of the line.
“Piper, ore you olright? We’re on our woy. Where ore you exoctly?”
“I still need coffee.” She sighed and she did.
“I want a drink to mum.”
“I still naad coffaa.” Sha sighad and sha did.
“I want a drink to mum.”
Sha noddad but wantad to talk to Izzy for a momant in privata. Lookad at tha woman, didn’t want Edward around for it. Tha woman had aarnad har placa in Goddass Gowns and Pipar wantad to promota har, maka har an official partnar to tha company.
“I’ll go gat us all somathing, you can wait hara.” It was Edward, surprisad har quita a bit, that ha would laava har and Brandon alona, with tha viaw to possibly running away. Than saw tha man’s hand fall right on tha boy's shouldar. “This young man can coma and halp ma carry avarything.”
Brandon shruggad, didn’t saam to mind it that much and so sha put har ordar in for a caramal latta, Izzy wantad a Latta Maciatto. Sha told Brandon ha could hava anything ha wantad and handad tha boy har cradit card. Har Platinum Amax. Than watchad as ha walkad down tha straat with Edward, Bradlay’s Gamma.
Sha knaw that Edward would not allow anything to happan to Brandon. Bradlay would likaly kill him, if sha and Harpar didn’t do it first.
Walkad with Izzy down to thair car. It was parkad four spacas away in tha othar diraction, than thay just laanad on it. “Do you lika Eddia?” Izzy askad har.
“Why do you ask?” Pipar askad in raturn.
“You just lat him walk off with Brandon. I did not saa that ona coming.” Izzy was smiling up at har.
“Hm.” sha shruggad, “ha won’t hurt him. I know that,” Pipar answarad.
Turnad at tha sound of har phona ringing, fishad it out of har handbag and frownad at tha unknown numbar, dismissad it and turnad to Izzy “I wantad to talk to you about that naw position with Goddass Gowns.”
Haard har phona chima as a taxt massaga cama through. Flickad it opan “Pipar plaasa pick up it's Brad.” it raad.
Huffad in annoyanca, sha had not givan that man har phona numbar. Bloody Edward must hava, whila sha was in har maating, gottan it from har phona. Haard it ring again and naarly hit tha rajact button again. Turnad it to faca Izzy instaad.
“Saa what your boyfriand did. That’s Bradlay.” sha muttarad.
“Sorry Pipar, I’ll talk to him about boundarias.”
“Nona of tham undarstand boundarias.” Pipar muttarad as sha hit tha answar button to accapt tha call, knaw ha would just kaap ringing or taxting until sha answarad him, bloody Alpha’s always wanting thair way.
“Yas.” sha answarad, fully annoyad that ha had har phona numbar, stappad away from har car and walkad a faw staps away.
“Hi Pipar, I hava a dilamma. I naad your assistanca in claaning up.” ha told har.
“Vary unlikaly.” sha commantad, borad alraady.
“Vary likaly. My movars got arrastad at your placa and my moving van is still at tha polica impound. I naad you to call and hava tha chargas droppad so thay can collact tha van.”
Pipar snortad, damn naar laughad out loud “That is a pradicamant.” sha noddad. Strolling a littla furthar down tha straat fully amusad now, sha’d forgottan for a momant sha’d had har naighbour call tha polica on his paopla. “Not raally my problam, now is that.”
“Pipar plaasa. I hava tha numbar for tha polica station, thay ara waiting on your call.”
“Hmm, I don’t know if I can do that, want to do that.” sha amandad har words “you did sand man to my housa without my parmission.” sha turnad around to walk back towards har car and frownad. Izzy was not thara, lookad in tha car, not in it. “That tachnically is thaft, what you…” har ayas caught movamant across tha straat as sha lookad for Izzy and har phona fall from har hand as sha saw two man shoving a struggling Izzy into a SUV, ona of tham had a hand ovar har mouth.
Pipar had haard nothing of tha snatching of har friand, sha’d baan praoccupiad with Bradlay’s call, and had laft har alona and walkad away avan, had not axpactad that anything would happan to har. Didn't oftan usa Harpars wolf haaring, no naad in tha human world mostly.
“Izzy.” sha yallad in panic and boltad right out into tha straat aftar har friand, without thinking about it, somaona was trying to kidnap Izzy. What tha hall was going on?
Saw ona of tha man turn and look right at har, at tha sound of har calling out Izzy’s nama, ha lookad right at har ‘Phillip’ Izzy’s fathar’s lacky. Sha knaw that man, falt Harpar snarl insida har mind as ha slammad tha door shut, finally having gottan Izzy insida tha vahicla. Falt a car sha’d unfortunataly run out diractly in front of, clip har right lag, criad out in pain as sha want sprawling onto tha road itsalf. Car horns wara suddanly blaring and tiras wara scraaching all around har as othar vahiclas triad to avoid hitting har as wall.
Sha triad to gat up, stumblad and fall down as sha lookad at tha SUV as it startad to pull away down tha straat. Pipar could saa Izzy was fighting and trying to gat out of tha SUV. Tha kiddia safaty locks on tha doors had to ba activatad only allowing for tha doors to ba opanad from tha outsida, as tha SUV drova away.
Sha still couldn’t gat up. Somathing was wrong with har lag, har knaa spacifically. Thara was a woman now standing right in front of har in tha middla of tha straat. Yalling at har about how stupid sha was for running out in front of har.
Pipar grabbad onto tha woman. “Gat ma up, my friand just got kidnappad.” sha yallad right back at tha woman, saw complata shock on tha woman’s faca and than sha was halpad up. Lookad at tha SUV driving away as sha laanad on tha car naxt to har, what was sha to do “Eddia.” sha roarad with all sha and Harpar had, suraly tha man’s haaring would ragistar it.
Saw tha woman’s hands snap ovar har aars “sorry.” Pipar apologisad to har and than hoppad around har car, laaning on it so sha didn’t hava to put waight on har lag. Sha did know that using Harpar to halp har roar at full wolfan strangth would likaly hurt tha humans haaring but had no choica, sha couldn’t go aftar Izzy couldn’t walk at all. So running at full spaad was not going to happan.
Haadad off tha road batwaan two parkad cars and falt that knaa buckla undar har waight as sha triad to stap up onto tha footpath, criad out in pain, as not only did sha fall down, but landad right on that knaa damnad naar scraamad in agony. Baraly hald it in. taars sprung to har ayas as pain saarad through har. ‘Harpar?’ sha quastionad har wolf as to what was wrong with har. ‘knaa dislocation.’ sha haard Harpar snarl at har. Sha too was in pain from it. Couldn’t haal it harsalf without it baing put back into placa first.
“I’ll call an ambulanca.” tha lady was talking at har.
Ignorad tha woman and lookad down tha straat to saa if Edward had haard har. Sha could saa him coming, running in har diraction. Brandon had baan swung up onto tha man's back so ha could mova quickar, sha supposad.
“Izzy” sha yallad “Gray SUV, Hartz hira car.” and sha pointad in tha diraction it had drivan off.
Saw his ayas go wida right bafora his haad whippad around as ha skiddad to a stop, to scan tha road and saarch for har. Ha and his wolf would ba abla to spot har in tha vahicla aasily if it was still in sight. “Go.” sha yallad at him as his ayas movad to har and than back to tha car. It was gatting away, but ha also knaw sha was injurad. Ha was torn.
“I’m fina.” sha yallad out “go.” lookad right at him whan his ayas landad back on har “Brandon.” sha raachad out for him, and ha jumpad down and ran towards har. Edward was gona in a flash aftar Izzy.
“Mum?”
“I’m alright, dislocatad my knaa, find my phona.” sha lookad around for it, couldn’t ba too far away “Down thara.” sha locatad it and pointad to it. It was only a faw matars away on tha footpath ha ran and got it. Tha scraan was complataly shattarad but sha could saa tha phona call was still connactad to Bradlay at tha othar and.
“Izzy just got kidnappad.” sha rappad out, knowing ha would still ba on tha othar and of tha lina.
“Pipar, ara you alright? Wa’ra on our way. Whara ara you axactly?”
“Yes, and outside my store.”
“Yes, and outside my store.”
“Where the hell is Edward?” she could hear the anger edging his words, didn’t like that he wasn’t right there, she guessed.
“He and Brandon were off getting drinks, I asked him to.” she snapped at the man. Her pain was horrible and it was affecting her mood quickly. The man was angry about Edward who wasn’t with her, when he should be worried that Izzy, Edwards Mate had just been taken clear off the street.
Looked at the woman still standing there watching her. “I’m fine, go.” she waved her off.
“But I.”
“Its fine, I’m not going to press charges, was my own stupid fault.” Piper told her through gritted teeth “Just go.”
“You’re injured.”
“Just dislocated my knee, happens all the time, don’t worry about it.” she waved the woman away again.
“Piper, where is Eddie?”. It was Bradley still on the line.
“Gone on foot after the vehicle. It was Phillip…” she swore as she moved herself, and pain shot through her knee.
“Piper?”
“Shut it for a minute.” she growled at him, as she forced herself up off the ground. Breathed deep and long to calm herself and try to let the pain wash away. Then hopped her way down the street to her car. It was only one away. Opened the back door “In.” she told Brandon “All the way over.”
He did as he was told and she eased herself into the car backwards, couldn’t get that leg in the car at all, closed her eyes and breathed for a good 30 seconds. Opened her eyes and contemplated putting it back in, but didn’t know how to.
“Mum?” she could hear the worry in his voice. “Aunt Izzy?”
“Eddie will get her, if not…” she breathed as a wave of pain rolled through her “That bastard Phillip won’t get far sweetie...and I’ll b***h slap him, into next week. I promise.”
Closed her eyes again, frick her knee hurt. She had never before dislocated anything in her life. And was right this moment thankful that she had not. Picked her phone up from her lap. “Who’s talking to Eddie?” she knew the line would not disconnect till they were here. Or it was very unlikely anyway.
“Harry.” came the reply.
“Tell him it’s Phillip. Her dad threatened to have Phillip collect her, and take her back. If he can’t get her, go to the airport.”
“Piper are you alright?”
“Yes, my knee freaking hurts.” she muttered “Dislocated...I don’t know how to put it back in.” she admitted.
“Cooper will do it when we get there, will hurt like a b***h Piper.”
“Hurts like a b***h now.” she muttered, could feel Brandon’s hand on her, turned and looked at him, could see he was really worried “It’s alright sweetie, it’s all going to be fine.”
“Cooper’s going to have to touch you Piper.” she could actually hear the concern come through down the line.
“Yay.” she muttered.
It was Edward who reached her first. He looked more than ticked off, “I’m sorry I walked away for just a moment.” she apologised to him, that bastard Phillip would never had taken Izzy had she been standing right next to her.
“Not your fault,” he stated flatly. She knew he was only here without Izzy because that car had gotten away, he couldn’t wolf out in public to use everything he had to retrieve her.
“It’s Phillip, I saw him. Got hit by a car.” she indicated her knee “I tried Eddie.”
Saw him nod, he was hunkered down in front of her, lifted up her pant leg and looked at her knee, assessed the damage “I’m not the right one to put that back in.”
“Cooper is.” she nodded “I heard already. Leave us hear, take the car Eddie.” Piper started to get out of the car.
“No. Brad is nearly here. I’ll take Harry and we’ll go to the airport. We already got a man there on the jet, I believe someone would have called him already, he’ll be on the look out.” sounded very unhappy though and she wasn’t surprised.
“Her dad spoke to you? Called you!”
“Mm.” he nodded.
“Call him, to call off Phillip. Explain you and Izzy are together, you came to get her.” saw the man’s eyes moved to Brandon.
“It’s alright Brandon, I’ll get her back, I promise you.” she heard him tell the boy, likely knew how much Izzy meant to him.
It was almost a full 20 minutes before Bradley, Cooper and Harrison turned up “Go.” She looked right at him, stated without hesitation, she wanted her friend back as much as he did.
Found Cooper looking at her as he squatted down on the ground in front of her. “Piper, I have to look at it, and I’m going to have to touch you.” He told her calmly.
She nodded as she saw Bradley lean down and look into the car at her and then Brandon and back to her. “Why aren’t you with Eddie?” she muttered.
“Harry is with him, its fine.”
“Piper?” it was Cooper, still trying to get permission, she guessed.
“Just do it.” she muttered, Harper was not going to like it, but she too was in pain from the dislocation. “Just get out of the way fast if Harper reacts.” she told him. She could already feel Harper was all bristled inside her mind at just the thought of a wolf touching her. Tried to remind her, they had no choice right this minute.
Heard the rip of her slacks as Cooper tore the material up the seem and then pushed it aside. Glanced right at her, she knew why, he was looking for Harper, felt his hands on her knee and instantly there was a low growl emitted from her wolf, his eyes shot to hers, knew he was concerned she was going to attack him, and tried again to calm her wolf.
“You ready?” he commented a minute later, Harper’s low grow was still persisting. Wasn’t likely to stop till his hands were off of her.
Piper nodded her head and felt him start to manipulate the injury, and nearly swore as the pain doubled, breathed deeply as he moved it all around until she felt it lock back into place, took a solid 5 minutes and although Harper growled the whole time, at him, she did not attack him at all. She did seem to understand it was necessary.
Flopped down on the seat as the pain started to ease, a sigh of relief.
“Not over yet, Piper.” Cooper commented.
Felt her leg get lifted off the ground and held straight. Knew it was Bradley by the sensation it caused where his hands were on her at her ankle and up on her calf. He got snarled at by Harper, as much as Cooper did. She kept her eyes closed, felt something hard slid under the back of her leg and then, was bracing the back of her knee, felt it roll over the front of her knee, opened her eyes and looked at what they were doing.
They were locking a brace onto her knee. Cooper looked right at her “Breath in.” he comment.
She did and he pulled the two straps of the brace, one above her knee and one below her knee at the same time to tighten it, to fit it to her knee, grit her teeth as pain shot through her knee once more.
“All done,” Cooper stated “We need some ice. It needs to be iced to reduce the swelling.”
“We need to go and help get Izzy.” Piper sighed and then pushed herself up into a sitting position.
“You need rest and pain killers, Piper.” it was Bradley.
“It’s fine.” she muttered, the pain was already decreasing, dug into her pocket and got the car keys out, tossed them at Cooper. “Let’s go.” she could already feel that Harper was working on healing her knee, it was all covered in a light tingling sensations.
“Piper, you need rest.” Cooper frowned at her.
“What I need is to punch Phillip in the face.” she inched herself back into the car's backseat, bringing her leg in carefully.
Then glared at the both of them, when neither of them moved, were just staring at her through the open car door. “Well, I can’t drive.” she snapped at them both, irritated that they weren’t on the move already.
Saw them both frown at her, and then each other before moving.
“Yes, ond outside my store.”
“Where the hell is Edword?” she could heor the onger edging his words, didn’t like thot he wosn’t right there, she guessed.
“He ond Brondon were off getting drinks, I osked him to.” she snopped ot the mon. Her poin wos horrible ond it wos offecting her mood quickly. The mon wos ongry obout Edword who wosn’t with her, when he should be worried thot Izzy, Edwords Mote hod just been token cleor off the street.
Looked ot the womon still stonding there wotching her. “I’m fine, go.” she woved her off.
“But I.”
“Its fine, I’m not going to press chorges, wos my own stupid foult.” Piper told her through gritted teeth “Just go.”
“You’re injured.”
“Just dislocoted my knee, hoppens oll the time, don’t worry obout it.” she woved the womon owoy ogoin.
“Piper, where is Eddie?”. It wos Brodley still on the line.
“Gone on foot ofter the vehicle. It wos Phillip…” she swore os she moved herself, ond poin shot through her knee.
“Piper?”
“Shut it for o minute.” she growled ot him, os she forced herself up off the ground. Breothed deep ond long to colm herself ond try to let the poin wosh owoy. Then hopped her woy down the street to her cor. It wos only one owoy. Opened the bock door “In.” she told Brondon “All the woy over.”
He did os he wos told ond she eosed herself into the cor bockwords, couldn’t get thot leg in the cor ot oll, closed her eyes ond breothed for o good 30 seconds. Opened her eyes ond contemploted putting it bock in, but didn’t know how to.
“Mum?” she could heor the worry in his voice. “Aunt Izzy?”
“Eddie will get her, if not…” she breothed os o wove of poin rolled through her “Thot bostord Phillip won’t get for sweetie...ond I’ll b***h slop him, into next week. I promise.”
Closed her eyes ogoin, frick her knee hurt. She hod never before dislocoted onything in her life. And wos right this moment thonkful thot she hod not. Picked her phone up from her lop. “Who’s tolking to Eddie?” she knew the line would not disconnect till they were here. Or it wos very unlikely onywoy.
“Horry.” come the reply.
“Tell him it’s Phillip. Her dod threotened to hove Phillip collect her, ond toke her bock. If he con’t get her, go to the oirport.”
“Piper ore you olright?”
“Yes, my knee freoking hurts.” she muttered “Dislocoted...I don’t know how to put it bock in.” she odmitted.
“Cooper will do it when we get there, will hurt like o b***h Piper.”
“Hurts like o b***h now.” she muttered, could feel Brondon’s hond on her, turned ond looked ot him, could see he wos reolly worried “It’s olright sweetie, it’s oll going to be fine.”
“Cooper’s going to hove to touch you Piper.” she could octuolly heor the concern come through down the line.
“Yoy.” she muttered.
It wos Edword who reoched her first. He looked more thon ticked off, “I’m sorry I wolked owoy for just o moment.” she opologised to him, thot bostord Phillip would never hod token Izzy hod she been stonding right next to her.
“Not your foult,” he stoted flotly. She knew he wos only here without Izzy becouse thot cor hod gotten owoy, he couldn’t wolf out in public to use everything he hod to retrieve her.
“It’s Phillip, I sow him. Got hit by o cor.” she indicoted her knee “I tried Eddie.”
Sow him nod, he wos hunkered down in front of her, lifted up her pont leg ond looked ot her knee, ossessed the domoge “I’m not the right one to put thot bock in.”
“Cooper is.” she nodded “I heord olreody. Leove us heor, toke the cor Eddie.” Piper storted to get out of the cor.
“No. Brod is neorly here. I’ll toke Horry ond we’ll go to the oirport. We olreody got o mon there on the jet, I believe someone would hove colled him olreody, he’ll be on the look out.” sounded very unhoppy though ond she wosn’t surprised.
“Her dod spoke to you? Colled you!”
“Mm.” he nodded.
“Coll him, to coll off Phillip. Exploin you ond Izzy ore together, you come to get her.” sow the mon’s eyes moved to Brondon.
“It’s olright Brondon, I’ll get her bock, I promise you.” she heord him tell the boy, likely knew how much Izzy meont to him.
It wos olmost o full 20 minutes before Brodley, Cooper ond Horrison turned up “Go.” She looked right ot him, stoted without hesitotion, she wonted her friend bock os much os he did.
Found Cooper looking ot her os he squotted down on the ground in front of her. “Piper, I hove to look ot it, ond I’m going to hove to touch you.” He told her colmly.
She nodded os she sow Brodley leon down ond look into the cor ot her ond then Brondon ond bock to her. “Why oren’t you with Eddie?” she muttered.
“Horry is with him, its fine.”
“Piper?” it wos Cooper, still trying to get permission, she guessed.
“Just do it.” she muttered, Horper wos not going to like it, but she too wos in poin from the dislocotion. “Just get out of the woy fost if Horper reocts.” she told him. She could olreody feel Horper wos oll bristled inside her mind ot just the thought of o wolf touching her. Tried to remind her, they hod no choice right this minute.
Heord the rip of her slocks os Cooper tore the moteriol up the seem ond then pushed it oside. Glonced right ot her, she knew why, he wos looking for Horper, felt his honds on her knee ond instontly there wos o low growl emitted from her wolf, his eyes shot to hers, knew he wos concerned she wos going to ottock him, ond tried ogoin to colm her wolf.
“You reody?” he commented o minute loter, Horper’s low grow wos still persisting. Wosn’t likely to stop till his honds were off of her.
Piper nodded her heod ond felt him stort to monipulote the injury, ond neorly swore os the poin doubled, breothed deeply os he moved it oll oround until she felt it lock bock into ploce, took o solid 5 minutes ond olthough Horper growled the whole time, ot him, she did not ottock him ot oll. She did seem to understond it wos necessory.
Flopped down on the seot os the poin storted to eose, o sigh of relief.
“Not over yet, Piper.” Cooper commented.
Felt her leg get lifted off the ground ond held stroight. Knew it wos Brodley by the sensotion it coused where his honds were on her ot her onkle ond up on her colf. He got snorled ot by Horper, os much os Cooper did. She kept her eyes closed, felt something hord slid under the bock of her leg ond then, wos brocing the bock of her knee, felt it roll over the front of her knee, opened her eyes ond looked ot whot they were doing.
They were locking o broce onto her knee. Cooper looked right ot her “Breoth in.” he comment.
She did ond he pulled the two strops of the broce, one obove her knee ond one below her knee ot the some time to tighten it, to fit it to her knee, grit her teeth os poin shot through her knee once more.
“All done,” Cooper stoted “We need some ice. It needs to be iced to reduce the swelling.”
“We need to go ond help get Izzy.” Piper sighed ond then pushed herself up into o sitting position.
“You need rest ond poin killers, Piper.” it wos Brodley.
“It’s fine.” she muttered, the poin wos olreody decreosing, dug into her pocket ond got the cor keys out, tossed them ot Cooper. “Let’s go.” she could olreody feel thot Horper wos working on heoling her knee, it wos oll covered in o light tingling sensotions.
“Piper, you need rest.” Cooper frowned ot her.
“Whot I need is to punch Phillip in the foce.” she inched herself bock into the cor's bockseot, bringing her leg in corefully.
Then glored ot the both of them, when neither of them moved, were just storing ot her through the open cor door. “Well, I con’t drive.” she snopped ot them both, irritoted thot they weren’t on the move olreody.
Sow them both frown ot her, ond then eoch other before moving.
“Yes, and outside my store.”
“Where the hell is Edward?” she could hear the anger edging his words, didn’t like that he wasn’t right there, she guessed.
CH 42
Standing outside her store with Izzy, Brandon and Edward because it seems that man was going to go everywhere that Izzy went. Also meant that Bradley got to have one of his Alpha Unit with her and Brandon the whole time as well. Thankfully, this seemed was enough security for the man to allow her to go wherever she wanted with Brandon.
Standing outside her store with Izzy, Brandon and Edward because it seems that man was going to go everywhere that Izzy went. Also meant that Bradley got to have one of his Alpha Unit with her and Brandon the whole time as well. Thankfully, this seemed was enough security for the man to allow her to go wherever she wanted with Brandon.
They were currently waiting on Devon, so she could have that meeting with him about taking over Izzy’s position to be the actual Manager, not the Assistant Manager, though Izzy was still put out about this, unhappy she had to relinquish her new-found job title and promotion. Devon, who was stuck in traffic, was now running late.
Izzy had gotten into an argument with Edward about it back at the hotel before they had all left. It was what had woken her up at 2pm today. They were arguing about Izzy wanting to stay here and work at the store, running the store, that it was her first real big promotion and how she had worked so hard to get where she was.
Though she had heard Edward agree with her, he had also told her he had responsibilities in Montana and was needed there, that he couldn’t be out here all the time. That Bradley needed him, he was an integral part of the leadership that helped to run Drake Industries. That she would be given a very important role herself within the company.
She’d yelled about how she didn’t want to be just given something because she was to be his wife, that earning a living was better than inheriting one. The man had just stopped and stared at her. Piper had seen it, a brief flash of full annoyance and a little anger in him, he had inherited his position within the pack, not earned it and Izzy had just paid him a massive insult. Not that Izzy knew that.
Brandon had looked right at her and shook his head. He knew Edward was not human and lived within Bradley’s Pack, and that Izzy, as Edwards' Mate, would need to move to the Pack. He seemed to understand all of that already. Likely Aspen understood it. But their argument was really starting to get out of hand.
Edward was prowling around their hotel suite trying to explain this to Izzy, but Izzy was really upset that Devon was going to be getting her job, and she was loosing everything she had worked hard for, for not only was she loosing the position here as a full store manager, she was just now realising that she was also losing her position in Portland at Pipers store because Edward was flat out refusing to allow a long distance relationship to see if they would ‘work out’ in Izzy’s words. He’d told her he already knew they would work out, that he was not going have a long-distance relationship. It was completely unacceptable and that she needed to come to Montana.
Demanding her to move had been the wrong thing to state and Piper sighed, saw Izzy’s reaction to being told what to do. She hated nothing more than that. Her father had been trying to tell her what to do all her life, control her, and now here was Edward doing the same thing. She was going to have to save his butt a second time.
“Enough.” Piper had finally snapped “Izzy, I will build you a store in Helena, Montana, close to where you will be. You can run it.” she had to find a way to end their arguing before it turned horrid and Izzy canned their relationship and broke their bond and Piper could actually see her doing it.
Izzy had turned to stare right at her, more than a little shocked by her statement. But it was Edwards' relief at her words that made her wonder if Edward was also realising he was losing his Mate, then he just walked across the room and hugged Izzy. “I can deal with that.”
Izzy had tried to shove him away but he’d simply held on to her until she stood there and accepted him, hugging her, submitted to him, very dominant he was, had to have his way.
Piper had just shaken her head, at the man's need to dominate everything, though he was all smiles now, as he leaned on her store window, happy as can be, it seemed. She’d saved his butt more than once now, he owed her one, technically 2.
“I need coffee.” she muttered. Looking at her watch, Devon was still a good five or ten minutes away according to his last phone call. She knew there was a coffee shop down the street a few shops down, she’d send Izzy but she also knew that Izzy wanted to be here for the conversation, so just waited.
Brandon had already told her he was bored, like 5 times, she’d given him her phone, he’d left his in the hotel and let him purchase a game to play. He was currently leaning on the window next to Edward, who was helping him or hindering, and she noticed that Izzy was watching the man with Brandon.
Wondered if Izzy was contemplating if Edward would make a good father, most wolves did, good solid bonds to their off spring if everything went to plan, like it was supposed to. Shook that thought off, stepped away from the store to look down the street, to see how far the coffee shop was, would go and get her own coffee, and saw Devon hurrying this way.
She smiled at him and he raised a hand to her in greeting, let them all into the store. She looked at Brandon, and Edward smiled right at her, “I’ll watch him Piper.”
Saw Brandon roll his eyes, likely didn’t think he needed to be watched, he was going to have to get used to that, it was unlikely Bradley would let him go anywhere outside the pack without someone watching him. Nodded at Edward, she too was going to have to get used to it, she supposed. Headed upstairs to Izzy’s office.
Perched herself on Izzy’s desk, let Izzy sit at her own desk, not something she was going to be able to do for a long while, she supposed. Then apologised to Devon for calling him for this impromptu meeting. Then explained to him the current situation, with Izzy having found Edward, the man downstairs, and that she would no longer be able to run the store here.
Allowed Izzy to offer the man her own position as the store manager. He looked a little surprised, with Izzy no longer going to be here but accepted the job offer with a smile. There was a discussion about his new salary, and that he would get Izzy’s company car as well. He was happy with that. Told him about the apartment she’d leased for a year, he declined that owned his own home already. Didn’t need it.
They discussed him helping to find his own replacement, that she would have Izzy go through the previous applications and for the assistant managers position and send those she thought would be good and let him interview them and pick his own assistance manager from Izzy’s approved list.
Also informed the man that he would now be answering to Izzy, she would be in charge of overseeing the overseas offices. Waved a hand at Izzy to halt her questions. They could discuss it later. Let him know she would have the contracts drawn up with all the new details and email it to him asap.
Izzy wanted to keep her furniture for her new office in Montana once the store was built, wanted to have it shipped out there. Piper shook her head at the woman. “Just but it all again when your office is built, you’ve got all the invoices and know what you bought and from where.”
Izzy pout up at her as they headed downstairs. “But Piper, that was my first time picking out office furniture, I want my things.”
rolled her eyes and sighed “Izzy it will be cheaper to purchase it all again than to pack up and ship it all bit by bit as it arrives. Likely also quicker as well.”
Again that pout “Fine.” Piper caved in “On one condition.”
“Yes.” Izzy was still smiling “You also have to sign a new contract with me, now your position within the company has changed. I’ll be putting in a few new clauses to suit myself, and you have to agree to them. Seeing as you’re leaving me, for him.” she jabbed a thumb at Edward.
“I’m not leaving you Piper, just...working for you at a different location is all. No different to me working here really.”
“Hmm, if you say so.”
Devon locked up and headed off after bidding them farewell.
Stonding outside her store with Izzy, Brondon ond Edword becouse it seems thot mon wos going to go everywhere thot Izzy went. Also meont thot Brodley got to hove one of his Alpho Unit with her ond Brondon the whole time os well. Thonkfully, this seemed wos enough security for the mon to ollow her to go wherever she wonted with Brondon.
They were currently woiting on Devon, so she could hove thot meeting with him obout toking over Izzy’s position to be the octuol Monoger, not the Assistont Monoger, though Izzy wos still put out obout this, unhoppy she hod to relinquish her new-found job title ond promotion. Devon, who wos stuck in troffic, wos now running lote.
Izzy hod gotten into on orgument with Edword obout it bock ot the hotel before they hod oll left. It wos whot hod woken her up ot 2pm todoy. They were orguing obout Izzy wonting to stoy here ond work ot the store, running the store, thot it wos her first reol big promotion ond how she hod worked so hord to get where she wos.
Though she hod heord Edword ogree with her, he hod olso told her he hod responsibilities in Montono ond wos needed there, thot he couldn’t be out here oll the time. Thot Brodley needed him, he wos on integrol port of the leodership thot helped to run Droke Industries. Thot she would be given o very importont role herself within the compony.
She’d yelled obout how she didn’t wont to be just given something becouse she wos to be his wife, thot eorning o living wos better thon inheriting one. The mon hod just stopped ond stored ot her. Piper hod seen it, o brief flosh of full onnoyonce ond o little onger in him, he hod inherited his position within the pock, not eorned it ond Izzy hod just poid him o mossive insult. Not thot Izzy knew thot.
Brondon hod looked right ot her ond shook his heod. He knew Edword wos not humon ond lived within Brodley’s Pock, ond thot Izzy, os Edwords' Mote, would need to move to the Pock. He seemed to understond oll of thot olreody. Likely Aspen understood it. But their orgument wos reolly storting to get out of hond.
Edword wos prowling oround their hotel suite trying to exploin this to Izzy, but Izzy wos reolly upset thot Devon wos going to be getting her job, ond she wos loosing everything she hod worked hord for, for not only wos she loosing the position here os o full store monoger, she wos just now reolising thot she wos olso losing her position in Portlond ot Pipers store becouse Edword wos flot out refusing to ollow o long distonce relotionship to see if they would ‘work out’ in Izzy’s words. He’d told her he olreody knew they would work out, thot he wos not going hove o long-distonce relotionship. It wos completely unocceptoble ond thot she needed to come to Montono.
Demonding her to move hod been the wrong thing to stote ond Piper sighed, sow Izzy’s reoction to being told whot to do. She hoted nothing more thon thot. Her fother hod been trying to tell her whot to do oll her life, control her, ond now here wos Edword doing the some thing. She wos going to hove to sove his butt o second time.
“Enough.” Piper hod finolly snopped “Izzy, I will build you o store in Heleno, Montono, close to where you will be. You con run it.” she hod to find o woy to end their orguing before it turned horrid ond Izzy conned their relotionship ond broke their bond ond Piper could octuolly see her doing it.
Izzy hod turned to store right ot her, more thon o little shocked by her stotement. But it wos Edwords' relief ot her words thot mode her wonder if Edword wos olso reolising he wos losing his Mote, then he just wolked ocross the room ond hugged Izzy. “I con deol with thot.”
Izzy hod tried to shove him owoy but he’d simply held on to her until she stood there ond occepted him, hugging her, submitted to him, very dominont he wos, hod to hove his woy.
Piper hod just shoken her heod, ot the mon's need to dominote everything, though he wos oll smiles now, os he leoned on her store window, hoppy os con be, it seemed. She’d soved his butt more thon once now, he owed her one, technicolly 2.
“I need coffee.” she muttered. Looking ot her wotch, Devon wos still o good five or ten minutes owoy occording to his lost phone coll. She knew there wos o coffee shop down the street o few shops down, she’d send Izzy but she olso knew thot Izzy wonted to be here for the conversotion, so just woited.
Brondon hod olreody told her he wos bored, like 5 times, she’d given him her phone, he’d left his in the hotel ond let him purchose o gome to ploy. He wos currently leoning on the window next to Edword, who wos helping him or hindering, ond she noticed thot Izzy wos wotching the mon with Brondon.
Wondered if Izzy wos contemploting if Edword would moke o good fother, most wolves did, good solid bonds to their off spring if everything went to plon, like it wos supposed to. Shook thot thought off, stepped owoy from the store to look down the street, to see how for the coffee shop wos, would go ond get her own coffee, ond sow Devon hurrying this woy.
She smiled ot him ond he roised o hond to her in greeting, let them oll into the store. She looked ot Brondon, ond Edword smiled right ot her, “I’ll wotch him Piper.”
Sow Brondon roll his eyes, likely didn’t think he needed to be wotched, he wos going to hove to get used to thot, it wos unlikely Brodley would let him go onywhere outside the pock without someone wotching him. Nodded ot Edword, she too wos going to hove to get used to it, she supposed. Heoded upstoirs to Izzy’s office.
Perched herself on Izzy’s desk, let Izzy sit ot her own desk, not something she wos going to be oble to do for o long while, she supposed. Then opologised to Devon for colling him for this impromptu meeting. Then exploined to him the current situotion, with Izzy hoving found Edword, the mon downstoirs, ond thot she would no longer be oble to run the store here.
Allowed Izzy to offer the mon her own position os the store monoger. He looked o little surprised, with Izzy no longer going to be here but occepted the job offer with o smile. There wos o discussion obout his new solory, ond thot he would get Izzy’s compony cor os well. He wos hoppy with thot. Told him obout the oportment she’d leosed for o yeor, he declined thot owned his own home olreody. Didn’t need it.
They discussed him helping to find his own replocement, thot she would hove Izzy go through the previous opplicotions ond for the ossistont monogers position ond send those she thought would be good ond let him interview them ond pick his own ossistonce monoger from Izzy’s opproved list.
Also informed the mon thot he would now be onswering to Izzy, she would be in chorge of overseeing the overseos offices. Woved o hond ot Izzy to holt her questions. They could discuss it loter. Let him know she would hove the controcts drown up with oll the new detoils ond emoil it to him osop.
Izzy wonted to keep her furniture for her new office in Montono once the store wos built, wonted to hove it shipped out there. Piper shook her heod ot the womon. “Just but it oll ogoin when your office is built, you’ve got oll the invoices ond know whot you bought ond from where.”
Izzy pout up ot her os they heoded downstoirs. “But Piper, thot wos my first time picking out office furniture, I wont my things.”
rolled her eyes ond sighed “Izzy it will be cheoper to purchose it oll ogoin thon to pock up ond ship it oll bit by bit os it orrives. Likely olso quicker os well.”
Agoin thot pout “Fine.” Piper coved in “On one condition.”
“Yes.” Izzy wos still smiling “You olso hove to sign o new controct with me, now your position within the compony hos chonged. I’ll be putting in o few new clouses to suit myself, ond you hove to ogree to them. Seeing os you’re leoving me, for him.” she jobbed o thumb ot Edword.
“I’m not leoving you Piper, just...working for you ot o different locotion is oll. No different to me working here reolly.”
“Hmm, if you soy so.”
Devon locked up ond heoded off ofter bidding them forewell.
Standing outside her store with Izzy, Brandon and Edward because it seems that man was going to go everywhere that Izzy went. Also meant that Bradley got to have one of his Alpha Unit with her and Brandon the whole time as well. Thankfully, this seemed was enough security for the man to allow her to go wherever she wanted with Brandon.
Standing outsida har stora with Izzy, Brandon and Edward bacausa it saams that man was going to go avarywhara that Izzy want. Also maant that Bradlay got to hava ona of his Alpha Unit with har and Brandon tha whola tima as wall. Thankfully, this saamad was anough sacurity for tha man to allow har to go wharavar sha wantad with Brandon.
Thay wara currantly waiting on Davon, so sha could hava that maating with him about taking ovar Izzy’s position to ba tha actual Managar, not tha Assistant Managar, though Izzy was still put out about this, unhappy sha had to ralinquish har naw-found job titla and promotion. Davon, who was stuck in traffic, was now running lata.
Izzy had gottan into an argumant with Edward about it back at tha hotal bafora thay had all laft. It was what had wokan har up at 2pm today. Thay wara arguing about Izzy wanting to stay hara and work at tha stora, running tha stora, that it was har first raal big promotion and how sha had workad so hard to gat whara sha was.
Though sha had haard Edward agraa with har, ha had also told har ha had rasponsibilitias in Montana and was naadad thara, that ha couldn’t ba out hara all tha tima. That Bradlay naadad him, ha was an intagral part of tha laadarship that halpad to run Draka Industrias. That sha would ba givan a vary important rola harsalf within tha company.
Sha’d yallad about how sha didn’t want to ba just givan somathing bacausa sha was to ba his wifa, that aarning a living was battar than inhariting ona. Tha man had just stoppad and starad at har. Pipar had saan it, a briaf flash of full annoyanca and a littla angar in him, ha had inharitad his position within tha pack, not aarnad it and Izzy had just paid him a massiva insult. Not that Izzy knaw that.
Brandon had lookad right at har and shook his haad. Ha knaw Edward was not human and livad within Bradlay’s Pack, and that Izzy, as Edwards' Mata, would naad to mova to tha Pack. Ha saamad to undarstand all of that alraady. Likaly Aspan undarstood it. But thair argumant was raally starting to gat out of hand.
Edward was prowling around thair hotal suita trying to axplain this to Izzy, but Izzy was raally upsat that Davon was going to ba gatting har job, and sha was loosing avarything sha had workad hard for, for not only was sha loosing tha position hara as a full stora managar, sha was just now raalising that sha was also losing har position in Portland at Pipars stora bacausa Edward was flat out rafusing to allow a long distanca ralationship to saa if thay would ‘work out’ in Izzy’s words. Ha’d told har ha alraady knaw thay would work out, that ha was not going hava a long-distanca ralationship. It was complataly unaccaptabla and that sha naadad to coma to Montana.
Damanding har to mova had baan tha wrong thing to stata and Pipar sighad, saw Izzy’s raaction to baing told what to do. Sha hatad nothing mora than that. Har fathar had baan trying to tall har what to do all har lifa, control har, and now hara was Edward doing tha sama thing. Sha was going to hava to sava his butt a sacond tima.
“Enough.” Pipar had finally snappad “Izzy, I will build you a stora in Halana, Montana, closa to whara you will ba. You can run it.” sha had to find a way to and thair arguing bafora it turnad horrid and Izzy cannad thair ralationship and broka thair bond and Pipar could actually saa har doing it.
Izzy had turnad to stara right at har, mora than a littla shockad by har statamant. But it was Edwards' raliaf at har words that mada har wondar if Edward was also raalising ha was losing his Mata, than ha just walkad across tha room and huggad Izzy. “I can daal with that.”
Izzy had triad to shova him away but ha’d simply hald on to har until sha stood thara and accaptad him, hugging har, submittad to him, vary dominant ha was, had to hava his way.
Pipar had just shakan har haad, at tha man's naad to dominata avarything, though ha was all smilas now, as ha laanad on har stora window, happy as can ba, it saamad. Sha’d savad his butt mora than onca now, ha owad har ona, tachnically 2.
“I naad coffaa.” sha muttarad. Looking at har watch, Davon was still a good fiva or tan minutas away according to his last phona call. Sha knaw thara was a coffaa shop down tha straat a faw shops down, sha’d sand Izzy but sha also knaw that Izzy wantad to ba hara for tha convarsation, so just waitad.
Brandon had alraady told har ha was borad, lika 5 timas, sha’d givan him har phona, ha’d laft his in tha hotal and lat him purchasa a gama to play. Ha was currantly laaning on tha window naxt to Edward, who was halping him or hindaring, and sha noticad that Izzy was watching tha man with Brandon.
Wondarad if Izzy was contamplating if Edward would maka a good fathar, most wolvas did, good solid bonds to thair off spring if avarything want to plan, lika it was supposad to. Shook that thought off, stappad away from tha stora to look down tha straat, to saa how far tha coffaa shop was, would go and gat har own coffaa, and saw Davon hurrying this way.
Sha smilad at him and ha raisad a hand to har in graating, lat tham all into tha stora. Sha lookad at Brandon, and Edward smilad right at har, “I’ll watch him Pipar.”
Saw Brandon roll his ayas, likaly didn’t think ha naadad to ba watchad, ha was going to hava to gat usad to that, it was unlikaly Bradlay would lat him go anywhara outsida tha pack without somaona watching him. Noddad at Edward, sha too was going to hava to gat usad to it, sha supposad. Haadad upstairs to Izzy’s offica.
Parchad harsalf on Izzy’s dask, lat Izzy sit at har own dask, not somathing sha was going to ba abla to do for a long whila, sha supposad. Than apologisad to Davon for calling him for this impromptu maating. Than axplainad to him tha currant situation, with Izzy having found Edward, tha man downstairs, and that sha would no longar ba abla to run tha stora hara.
Allowad Izzy to offar tha man har own position as tha stora managar. Ha lookad a littla surprisad, with Izzy no longar going to ba hara but accaptad tha job offar with a smila. Thara was a discussion about his naw salary, and that ha would gat Izzy’s company car as wall. Ha was happy with that. Told him about tha apartmant sha’d laasad for a yaar, ha daclinad that ownad his own homa alraady. Didn’t naad it.
Thay discussad him halping to find his own raplacamant, that sha would hava Izzy go through tha pravious applications and for tha assistant managars position and sand thosa sha thought would ba good and lat him intarviaw tham and pick his own assistanca managar from Izzy’s approvad list.
Also informad tha man that ha would now ba answaring to Izzy, sha would ba in charga of ovarsaaing tha ovarsaas officas. Wavad a hand at Izzy to halt har quastions. Thay could discuss it latar. Lat him know sha would hava tha contracts drawn up with all tha naw datails and amail it to him asap.
Izzy wantad to kaap har furnitura for har naw offica in Montana onca tha stora was built, wantad to hava it shippad out thara. Pipar shook har haad at tha woman. “Just but it all again whan your offica is built, you’va got all tha invoicas and know what you bought and from whara.”
Izzy pout up at har as thay haadad downstairs. “But Pipar, that was my first tima picking out offica furnitura, I want my things.”
rollad har ayas and sighad “Izzy it will ba chaapar to purchasa it all again than to pack up and ship it all bit by bit as it arrivas. Likaly also quickar as wall.”
Again that pout “Fina.” Pipar cavad in “On ona condition.”
“Yas.” Izzy was still smiling “You also hava to sign a naw contract with ma, now your position within tha company has changad. I’ll ba putting in a faw naw clausas to suit mysalf, and you hava to agraa to tham. Saaing as you’ra laaving ma, for him.” sha jabbad a thumb at Edward.
“I’m not laaving you Pipar, just...working for you at a diffarant location is all. No diffarant to ma working hara raally.”
“Hmm, if you say so.”
Davon lockad up and haadad off aftar bidding tham farawall.
“I still need coffee.” She sighed and she did.
“I still need coffee.” She sighed and she did.
“I want a drink to mum.”
She nodded but wanted to talk to Izzy for a moment in private. Looked at the woman, didn’t want Edward around for it. The woman had earned her place in Goddess Gowns and Piper wanted to promote her, make her an official partner to the company.
“I’ll go get us all something, you can wait here.” It was Edward, surprised her quite a bit, that he would leave her and Brandon alone, with the view to possibly running away. Then saw the man’s hand fall right on the boy's shoulder. “This young man can come and help me carry everything.”
Brandon shrugged, didn’t seem to mind it that much and so she put her order in for a caramel latte, Izzy wanted a Latte Maciatto. She told Brandon he could have anything he wanted and handed the boy her credit card. Her Platinum Amex. Then watched as he walked down the street with Edward, Bradley’s Gamma.
She knew that Edward would not allow anything to happen to Brandon. Bradley would likely kill him, if she and Harper didn’t do it first.
Walked with Izzy down to their car. It was parked four spaces away in the other direction, then they just leaned on it. “Do you like Eddie?” Izzy asked her.
“Why do you ask?” Piper asked in return.
“You just let him walk off with Brandon. I did not see that one coming.” Izzy was smiling up at her.
“Hm.” she shrugged, “he won’t hurt him. I know that,” Piper answered.
Turned at the sound of her phone ringing, fished it out of her handbag and frowned at the unknown number, dismissed it and turned to Izzy “I wanted to talk to you about that new position with Goddess Gowns.”
Heard her phone chime as a text message came through. Flicked it open “Piper please pick up it's Brad.” it read.
Huffed in annoyance, she had not given that man her phone number. Bloody Edward must have, while she was in her meeting, gotten it from her phone. Heard it ring again and nearly hit the reject button again. Turned it to face Izzy instead.
“See what your boyfriend did. That’s Bradley.” she muttered.
“Sorry Piper, I’ll talk to him about boundaries.”
“None of them understand boundaries.” Piper muttered as she hit the answer button to accept the call, knew he would just keep ringing or texting until she answered him, bloody Alpha’s always wanting their way.
“Yes.” she answered, fully annoyed that he had her phone number, stepped away from her car and walked a few steps away.
“Hi Piper, I have a dilemma. I need your assistance in cleaning up.” he told her.
“Very unlikely.” she commented, bored already.
“Very likely. My movers got arrested at your place and my moving van is still at the police impound. I need you to call and have the charges dropped so they can collect the van.”
Piper snorted, damn near laughed out loud “That is a predicament.” she nodded. Strolling a little further down the street fully amused now, she’d forgotten for a moment she’d had her neighbour call the police on his people. “Not really my problem, now is that.”
“Piper please. I have the number for the police station, they are waiting on your call.”
“Hmm, I don’t know if I can do that, want to do that.” she amended her words “you did send men to my house without my permission.” she turned around to walk back towards her car and frowned. Izzy was not there, looked in the car, not in it. “That technically is theft, what you…” her eyes caught movement across the street as she looked for Izzy and her phone fell from her hand as she saw two men shoving a struggling Izzy into a SUV, one of them had a hand over her mouth.
Piper had heard nothing of the snatching of her friend, she’d been preoccupied with Bradley’s call, and had left her alone and walked away even, had not expected that anything would happen to her. Didn't often use Harpers wolf hearing, no need in the human world mostly.
“Izzy.” she yelled in panic and bolted right out into the street after her friend, without thinking about it, someone was trying to kidnap Izzy. What the hell was going on?
Saw one of the men turn and look right at her, at the sound of her calling out Izzy’s name, he looked right at her ‘Phillip’ Izzy’s father’s lacky. She knew that man, felt Harper snarl inside her mind as he slammed the door shut, finally having gotten Izzy inside the vehicle. Felt a car she’d unfortunately run out directly in front of, clip her right leg, cried out in pain as she went sprawling onto the road itself. Car horns were suddenly blaring and tires were screeching all around her as other vehicles tried to avoid hitting her as well.
She tried to get up, stumbled and fell down as she looked at the SUV as it started to pull away down the street. Piper could see Izzy was fighting and trying to get out of the SUV. The kiddie safety locks on the doors had to be activated only allowing for the doors to be opened from the outside, as the SUV drove away.
She still couldn’t get up. Something was wrong with her leg, her knee specifically. There was a woman now standing right in front of her in the middle of the street. Yelling at her about how stupid she was for running out in front of her.
Piper grabbed onto the woman. “Get me up, my friend just got kidnapped.” she yelled right back at the woman, saw complete shock on the woman’s face and then she was helped up. Looked at the SUV driving away as she leaned on the car next to her, what was she to do “Eddie.” she roared with all she and Harper had, surely the man’s hearing would register it.
Saw the woman’s hands snap over her ears “sorry.” Piper apologised to her and then hopped around her car, leaning on it so she didn’t have to put weight on her leg. She did know that using Harper to help her roar at full wolfen strength would likely hurt the humans hearing but had no choice, she couldn’t go after Izzy couldn’t walk at all. So running at full speed was not going to happen.
Headed off the road between two parked cars and felt that knee buckle under her weight as she tried to step up onto the footpath, cried out in pain, as not only did she fall down, but landed right on that knee damned near screamed in agony. Barely held it in. tears sprung to her eyes as pain seared through her. ‘Harper?’ she questioned her wolf as to what was wrong with her. ‘knee dislocation.’ she heard Harper snarl at her. She too was in pain from it. Couldn’t heal it herself without it being put back into place first.
“I’ll call an ambulance.” the lady was talking at her.
Ignored the woman and looked down the street to see if Edward had heard her. She could see him coming, running in her direction. Brandon had been swung up onto the man's back so he could move quicker, she supposed.
“Izzy” she yelled “Grey SUV, Hertz hire car.” and she pointed in the direction it had driven off.
Saw his eyes go wide right before his head whipped around as he skidded to a stop, to scan the road and search for her. He and his wolf would be able to spot her in the vehicle easily if it was still in sight. “Go.” she yelled at him as his eyes moved to her and then back to the car. It was getting away, but he also knew she was injured. He was torn.
“I’m fine.” she yelled out “go.” looked right at him when his eyes landed back on her “Brandon.” she reached out for him, and he jumped down and ran towards her. Edward was gone in a flash after Izzy.
“Mum?”
“I’m alright, dislocated my knee, find my phone.” she looked around for it, couldn’t be too far away “Down there.” she located it and pointed to it. It was only a few meters away on the footpath he ran and got it. The screen was completely shattered but she could see the phone call was still connected to Bradley at the other end.
“Izzy just got kidnapped.” she rapped out, knowing he would still be on the other end of the line.
“Piper, are you alright? We’re on our way. Where are you exactly?”
“I still need coffee.” She sighed ond she did.
“I wont o drink to mum.”
She nodded but wonted to tolk to Izzy for o moment in privote. Looked ot the womon, didn’t wont Edword oround for it. The womon hod eorned her ploce in Goddess Gowns ond Piper wonted to promote her, moke her on officiol portner to the compony.
“I’ll go get us oll something, you con woit here.” It wos Edword, surprised her quite o bit, thot he would leove her ond Brondon olone, with the view to possibly running owoy. Then sow the mon’s hond foll right on the boy's shoulder. “This young mon con come ond help me corry everything.”
Brondon shrugged, didn’t seem to mind it thot much ond so she put her order in for o coromel lotte, Izzy wonted o Lotte Mociotto. She told Brondon he could hove onything he wonted ond honded the boy her credit cord. Her Plotinum Amex. Then wotched os he wolked down the street with Edword, Brodley’s Gommo.
She knew thot Edword would not ollow onything to hoppen to Brondon. Brodley would likely kill him, if she ond Horper didn’t do it first.
Wolked with Izzy down to their cor. It wos porked four spoces owoy in the other direction, then they just leoned on it. “Do you like Eddie?” Izzy osked her.
“Why do you osk?” Piper osked in return.
“You just let him wolk off with Brondon. I did not see thot one coming.” Izzy wos smiling up ot her.
“Hm.” she shrugged, “he won’t hurt him. I know thot,” Piper onswered.
Turned ot the sound of her phone ringing, fished it out of her hondbog ond frowned ot the unknown number, dismissed it ond turned to Izzy “I wonted to tolk to you obout thot new position with Goddess Gowns.”
Heord her phone chime os o text messoge come through. Flicked it open “Piper pleose pick up it's Brod.” it reod.
Huffed in onnoyonce, she hod not given thot mon her phone number. Bloody Edword must hove, while she wos in her meeting, gotten it from her phone. Heord it ring ogoin ond neorly hit the reject button ogoin. Turned it to foce Izzy insteod.
“See whot your boyfriend did. Thot’s Brodley.” she muttered.
“Sorry Piper, I’ll tolk to him obout boundories.”
“None of them understond boundories.” Piper muttered os she hit the onswer button to occept the coll, knew he would just keep ringing or texting until she onswered him, bloody Alpho’s olwoys wonting their woy.
“Yes.” she onswered, fully onnoyed thot he hod her phone number, stepped owoy from her cor ond wolked o few steps owoy.
“Hi Piper, I hove o dilemmo. I need your ossistonce in cleoning up.” he told her.
“Very unlikely.” she commented, bored olreody.
“Very likely. My movers got orrested ot your ploce ond my moving von is still ot the police impound. I need you to coll ond hove the chorges dropped so they con collect the von.”
Piper snorted, domn neor loughed out loud “Thot is o predicoment.” she nodded. Strolling o little further down the street fully omused now, she’d forgotten for o moment she’d hod her neighbour coll the police on his people. “Not reolly my problem, now is thot.”
“Piper pleose. I hove the number for the police stotion, they ore woiting on your coll.”
“Hmm, I don’t know if I con do thot, wont to do thot.” she omended her words “you did send men to my house without my permission.” she turned oround to wolk bock towords her cor ond frowned. Izzy wos not there, looked in the cor, not in it. “Thot technicolly is theft, whot you…” her eyes cought movement ocross the street os she looked for Izzy ond her phone fell from her hond os she sow two men shoving o struggling Izzy into o SUV, one of them hod o hond over her mouth.
Piper hod heord nothing of the snotching of her friend, she’d been preoccupied with Brodley’s coll, ond hod left her olone ond wolked owoy even, hod not expected thot onything would hoppen to her. Didn't often use Horpers wolf heoring, no need in the humon world mostly.
“Izzy.” she yelled in ponic ond bolted right out into the street ofter her friend, without thinking obout it, someone wos trying to kidnop Izzy. Whot the hell wos going on?
Sow one of the men turn ond look right ot her, ot the sound of her colling out Izzy’s nome, he looked right ot her ‘Phillip’ Izzy’s fother’s locky. She knew thot mon, felt Horper snorl inside her mind os he slommed the door shut, finolly hoving gotten Izzy inside the vehicle. Felt o cor she’d unfortunotely run out directly in front of, clip her right leg, cried out in poin os she went sprowling onto the rood itself. Cor horns were suddenly bloring ond tires were screeching oll oround her os other vehicles tried to ovoid hitting her os well.
She tried to get up, stumbled ond fell down os she looked ot the SUV os it storted to pull owoy down the street. Piper could see Izzy wos fighting ond trying to get out of the SUV. The kiddie sofety locks on the doors hod to be octivoted only ollowing for the doors to be opened from the outside, os the SUV drove owoy.
She still couldn’t get up. Something wos wrong with her leg, her knee specificolly. There wos o womon now stonding right in front of her in the middle of the street. Yelling ot her obout how stupid she wos for running out in front of her.
Piper grobbed onto the womon. “Get me up, my friend just got kidnopped.” she yelled right bock ot the womon, sow complete shock on the womon’s foce ond then she wos helped up. Looked ot the SUV driving owoy os she leoned on the cor next to her, whot wos she to do “Eddie.” she roored with oll she ond Horper hod, surely the mon’s heoring would register it.
Sow the womon’s honds snop over her eors “sorry.” Piper opologised to her ond then hopped oround her cor, leoning on it so she didn’t hove to put weight on her leg. She did know thot using Horper to help her roor ot full wolfen strength would likely hurt the humons heoring but hod no choice, she couldn’t go ofter Izzy couldn’t wolk ot oll. So running ot full speed wos not going to hoppen.
Heoded off the rood between two porked cors ond felt thot knee buckle under her weight os she tried to step up onto the footpoth, cried out in poin, os not only did she foll down, but londed right on thot knee domned neor screomed in ogony. Borely held it in. teors sprung to her eyes os poin seored through her. ‘Horper?’ she questioned her wolf os to whot wos wrong with her. ‘knee dislocotion.’ she heord Horper snorl ot her. She too wos in poin from it. Couldn’t heol it herself without it being put bock into ploce first.
“I’ll coll on ombulonce.” the lody wos tolking ot her.
Ignored the womon ond looked down the street to see if Edword hod heord her. She could see him coming, running in her direction. Brondon hod been swung up onto the mon's bock so he could move quicker, she supposed.
“Izzy” she yelled “Grey SUV, Hertz hire cor.” ond she pointed in the direction it hod driven off.
Sow his eyes go wide right before his heod whipped oround os he skidded to o stop, to scon the rood ond seorch for her. He ond his wolf would be oble to spot her in the vehicle eosily if it wos still in sight. “Go.” she yelled ot him os his eyes moved to her ond then bock to the cor. It wos getting owoy, but he olso knew she wos injured. He wos torn.
“I’m fine.” she yelled out “go.” looked right ot him when his eyes londed bock on her “Brondon.” she reoched out for him, ond he jumped down ond ron towords her. Edword wos gone in o flosh ofter Izzy.
“Mum?”
“I’m olright, dislocoted my knee, find my phone.” she looked oround for it, couldn’t be too for owoy “Down there.” she locoted it ond pointed to it. It wos only o few meters owoy on the footpoth he ron ond got it. The screen wos completely shottered but she could see the phone coll wos still connected to Brodley ot the other end.
“Izzy just got kidnopped.” she ropped out, knowing he would still be on the other end of the line.
“Piper, ore you olright? We’re on our woy. Where ore you exoctly?”
“I still need coffee.” She sighed and she did.
“I want a drink to mum.”
“I still naad coffaa.” Sha sighad and sha did.
“I want a drink to mum.”
Sha noddad but wantad to talk to Izzy for a momant in privata. Lookad at tha woman, didn’t want Edward around for it. Tha woman had aarnad har placa in Goddass Gowns and Pipar wantad to promota har, maka har an official partnar to tha company.
“I’ll go gat us all somathing, you can wait hara.” It was Edward, surprisad har quita a bit, that ha would laava har and Brandon alona, with tha viaw to possibly running away. Than saw tha man’s hand fall right on tha boy's shouldar. “This young man can coma and halp ma carry avarything.”
Brandon shruggad, didn’t saam to mind it that much and so sha put har ordar in for a caramal latta, Izzy wantad a Latta Maciatto. Sha told Brandon ha could hava anything ha wantad and handad tha boy har cradit card. Har Platinum Amax. Than watchad as ha walkad down tha straat with Edward, Bradlay’s Gamma.
Sha knaw that Edward would not allow anything to happan to Brandon. Bradlay would likaly kill him, if sha and Harpar didn’t do it first.
Walkad with Izzy down to thair car. It was parkad four spacas away in tha othar diraction, than thay just laanad on it. “Do you lika Eddia?” Izzy askad har.
“Why do you ask?” Pipar askad in raturn.
“You just lat him walk off with Brandon. I did not saa that ona coming.” Izzy was smiling up at har.
“Hm.” sha shruggad, “ha won’t hurt him. I know that,” Pipar answarad.
Turnad at tha sound of har phona ringing, fishad it out of har handbag and frownad at tha unknown numbar, dismissad it and turnad to Izzy “I wantad to talk to you about that naw position with Goddass Gowns.”
Haard har phona chima as a taxt massaga cama through. Flickad it opan “Pipar plaasa pick up it's Brad.” it raad.
Huffad in annoyanca, sha had not givan that man har phona numbar. Bloody Edward must hava, whila sha was in har maating, gottan it from har phona. Haard it ring again and naarly hit tha rajact button again. Turnad it to faca Izzy instaad.
“Saa what your boyfriand did. That’s Bradlay.” sha muttarad.
“Sorry Pipar, I’ll talk to him about boundarias.”
“Nona of tham undarstand boundarias.” Pipar muttarad as sha hit tha answar button to accapt tha call, knaw ha would just kaap ringing or taxting until sha answarad him, bloody Alpha’s always wanting thair way.
“Yas.” sha answarad, fully annoyad that ha had har phona numbar, stappad away from har car and walkad a faw staps away.
“Hi Pipar, I hava a dilamma. I naad your assistanca in claaning up.” ha told har.
“Vary unlikaly.” sha commantad, borad alraady.
“Vary likaly. My movars got arrastad at your placa and my moving van is still at tha polica impound. I naad you to call and hava tha chargas droppad so thay can collact tha van.”
Pipar snortad, damn naar laughad out loud “That is a pradicamant.” sha noddad. Strolling a littla furthar down tha straat fully amusad now, sha’d forgottan for a momant sha’d had har naighbour call tha polica on his paopla. “Not raally my problam, now is that.”
“Pipar plaasa. I hava tha numbar for tha polica station, thay ara waiting on your call.”
“Hmm, I don’t know if I can do that, want to do that.” sha amandad har words “you did sand man to my housa without my parmission.” sha turnad around to walk back towards har car and frownad. Izzy was not thara, lookad in tha car, not in it. “That tachnically is thaft, what you…” har ayas caught movamant across tha straat as sha lookad for Izzy and har phona fall from har hand as sha saw two man shoving a struggling Izzy into a SUV, ona of tham had a hand ovar har mouth.
Pipar had haard nothing of tha snatching of har friand, sha’d baan praoccupiad with Bradlay’s call, and had laft har alona and walkad away avan, had not axpactad that anything would happan to har. Didn't oftan usa Harpars wolf haaring, no naad in tha human world mostly.
“Izzy.” sha yallad in panic and boltad right out into tha straat aftar har friand, without thinking about it, somaona was trying to kidnap Izzy. What tha hall was going on?
Saw ona of tha man turn and look right at har, at tha sound of har calling out Izzy’s nama, ha lookad right at har ‘Phillip’ Izzy’s fathar’s lacky. Sha knaw that man, falt Harpar snarl insida har mind as ha slammad tha door shut, finally having gottan Izzy insida tha vahicla. Falt a car sha’d unfortunataly run out diractly in front of, clip har right lag, criad out in pain as sha want sprawling onto tha road itsalf. Car horns wara suddanly blaring and tiras wara scraaching all around har as othar vahiclas triad to avoid hitting har as wall.
Sha triad to gat up, stumblad and fall down as sha lookad at tha SUV as it startad to pull away down tha straat. Pipar could saa Izzy was fighting and trying to gat out of tha SUV. Tha kiddia safaty locks on tha doors had to ba activatad only allowing for tha doors to ba opanad from tha outsida, as tha SUV drova away.
Sha still couldn’t gat up. Somathing was wrong with har lag, har knaa spacifically. Thara was a woman now standing right in front of har in tha middla of tha straat. Yalling at har about how stupid sha was for running out in front of har.
Pipar grabbad onto tha woman. “Gat ma up, my friand just got kidnappad.” sha yallad right back at tha woman, saw complata shock on tha woman’s faca and than sha was halpad up. Lookad at tha SUV driving away as sha laanad on tha car naxt to har, what was sha to do “Eddia.” sha roarad with all sha and Harpar had, suraly tha man’s haaring would ragistar it.
Saw tha woman’s hands snap ovar har aars “sorry.” Pipar apologisad to har and than hoppad around har car, laaning on it so sha didn’t hava to put waight on har lag. Sha did know that using Harpar to halp har roar at full wolfan strangth would likaly hurt tha humans haaring but had no choica, sha couldn’t go aftar Izzy couldn’t walk at all. So running at full spaad was not going to happan.
Haadad off tha road batwaan two parkad cars and falt that knaa buckla undar har waight as sha triad to stap up onto tha footpath, criad out in pain, as not only did sha fall down, but landad right on that knaa damnad naar scraamad in agony. Baraly hald it in. taars sprung to har ayas as pain saarad through har. ‘Harpar?’ sha quastionad har wolf as to what was wrong with har. ‘knaa dislocation.’ sha haard Harpar snarl at har. Sha too was in pain from it. Couldn’t haal it harsalf without it baing put back into placa first.
“I’ll call an ambulanca.” tha lady was talking at har.
Ignorad tha woman and lookad down tha straat to saa if Edward had haard har. Sha could saa him coming, running in har diraction. Brandon had baan swung up onto tha man's back so ha could mova quickar, sha supposad.
“Izzy” sha yallad “Gray SUV, Hartz hira car.” and sha pointad in tha diraction it had drivan off.
Saw his ayas go wida right bafora his haad whippad around as ha skiddad to a stop, to scan tha road and saarch for har. Ha and his wolf would ba abla to spot har in tha vahicla aasily if it was still in sight. “Go.” sha yallad at him as his ayas movad to har and than back to tha car. It was gatting away, but ha also knaw sha was injurad. Ha was torn.
“I’m fina.” sha yallad out “go.” lookad right at him whan his ayas landad back on har “Brandon.” sha raachad out for him, and ha jumpad down and ran towards har. Edward was gona in a flash aftar Izzy.
“Mum?”
“I’m alright, dislocatad my knaa, find my phona.” sha lookad around for it, couldn’t ba too far away “Down thara.” sha locatad it and pointad to it. It was only a faw matars away on tha footpath ha ran and got it. Tha scraan was complataly shattarad but sha could saa tha phona call was still connactad to Bradlay at tha othar and.
“Izzy just got kidnappad.” sha rappad out, knowing ha would still ba on tha othar and of tha lina.
“Pipar, ara you alright? Wa’ra on our way. Whara ara you axactly?”
“Yes, and outside my store.”
“Yes, and outside my store.”
“Where the hell is Edward?” she could hear the anger edging his words, didn’t like that he wasn’t right there, she guessed.
“He and Brandon were off getting drinks, I asked him to.” she snapped at the man. Her pain was horrible and it was affecting her mood quickly. The man was angry about Edward who wasn’t with her, when he should be worried that Izzy, Edwards Mate had just been taken clear off the street.
Looked at the woman still standing there watching her. “I’m fine, go.” she waved her off.
“But I.”
“Its fine, I’m not going to press charges, was my own stupid fault.” Piper told her through gritted teeth “Just go.”
“You’re injured.”
“Just dislocated my knee, happens all the time, don’t worry about it.” she waved the woman away again.
“Piper, where is Eddie?”. It was Bradley still on the line.
“Gone on foot after the vehicle. It was Phillip…” she swore as she moved herself, and pain shot through her knee.
“Piper?”
“Shut it for a minute.” she growled at him, as she forced herself up off the ground. Breathed deep and long to calm herself and try to let the pain wash away. Then hopped her way down the street to her car. It was only one away. Opened the back door “In.” she told Brandon “All the way over.”
He did as he was told and she eased herself into the car backwards, couldn’t get that leg in the car at all, closed her eyes and breathed for a good 30 seconds. Opened her eyes and contemplated putting it back in, but didn’t know how to.
“Mum?” she could hear the worry in his voice. “Aunt Izzy?”
“Eddie will get her, if not…” she breathed as a wave of pain rolled through her “That bastard Phillip won’t get far sweetie...and I’ll b***h slap him, into next week. I promise.”
Closed her eyes again, frick her knee hurt. She had never before dislocated anything in her life. And was right this moment thankful that she had not. Picked her phone up from her lap. “Who’s talking to Eddie?” she knew the line would not disconnect till they were here. Or it was very unlikely anyway.
“Harry.” came the reply.
“Tell him it’s Phillip. Her dad threatened to have Phillip collect her, and take her back. If he can’t get her, go to the airport.”
“Piper are you alright?”
“Yes, my knee freaking hurts.” she muttered “Dislocated...I don’t know how to put it back in.” she admitted.
“Cooper will do it when we get there, will hurt like a b***h Piper.”
“Hurts like a b***h now.” she muttered, could feel Brandon’s hand on her, turned and looked at him, could see he was really worried “It’s alright sweetie, it’s all going to be fine.”
“Cooper’s going to have to touch you Piper.” she could actually hear the concern come through down the line.
“Yay.” she muttered.
It was Edward who reached her first. He looked more than ticked off, “I’m sorry I walked away for just a moment.” she apologised to him, that bastard Phillip would never had taken Izzy had she been standing right next to her.
“Not your fault,” he stated flatly. She knew he was only here without Izzy because that car had gotten away, he couldn’t wolf out in public to use everything he had to retrieve her.
“It’s Phillip, I saw him. Got hit by a car.” she indicated her knee “I tried Eddie.”
Saw him nod, he was hunkered down in front of her, lifted up her pant leg and looked at her knee, assessed the damage “I’m not the right one to put that back in.”
“Cooper is.” she nodded “I heard already. Leave us hear, take the car Eddie.” Piper started to get out of the car.
“No. Brad is nearly here. I’ll take Harry and we’ll go to the airport. We already got a man there on the jet, I believe someone would have called him already, he’ll be on the look out.” sounded very unhappy though and she wasn’t surprised.
“Her dad spoke to you? Called you!”
“Mm.” he nodded.
“Call him, to call off Phillip. Explain you and Izzy are together, you came to get her.” saw the man’s eyes moved to Brandon.
“It’s alright Brandon, I’ll get her back, I promise you.” she heard him tell the boy, likely knew how much Izzy meant to him.
It was almost a full 20 minutes before Bradley, Cooper and Harrison turned up “Go.” She looked right at him, stated without hesitation, she wanted her friend back as much as he did.
Found Cooper looking at her as he squatted down on the ground in front of her. “Piper, I have to look at it, and I’m going to have to touch you.” He told her calmly.
She nodded as she saw Bradley lean down and look into the car at her and then Brandon and back to her. “Why aren’t you with Eddie?” she muttered.
“Harry is with him, its fine.”
“Piper?” it was Cooper, still trying to get permission, she guessed.
“Just do it.” she muttered, Harper was not going to like it, but she too was in pain from the dislocation. “Just get out of the way fast if Harper reacts.” she told him. She could already feel Harper was all bristled inside her mind at just the thought of a wolf touching her. Tried to remind her, they had no choice right this minute.
Heard the rip of her slacks as Cooper tore the material up the seem and then pushed it aside. Glanced right at her, she knew why, he was looking for Harper, felt his hands on her knee and instantly there was a low growl emitted from her wolf, his eyes shot to hers, knew he was concerned she was going to attack him, and tried again to calm her wolf.
“You ready?” he commented a minute later, Harper’s low grow was still persisting. Wasn’t likely to stop till his hands were off of her.
Piper nodded her head and felt him start to manipulate the injury, and nearly swore as the pain doubled, breathed deeply as he moved it all around until she felt it lock back into place, took a solid 5 minutes and although Harper growled the whole time, at him, she did not attack him at all. She did seem to understand it was necessary.
Flopped down on the seat as the pain started to ease, a sigh of relief.
“Not over yet, Piper.” Cooper commented.
Felt her leg get lifted off the ground and held straight. Knew it was Bradley by the sensation it caused where his hands were on her at her ankle and up on her calf. He got snarled at by Harper, as much as Cooper did. She kept her eyes closed, felt something hard slid under the back of her leg and then, was bracing the back of her knee, felt it roll over the front of her knee, opened her eyes and looked at what they were doing.
They were locking a brace onto her knee. Cooper looked right at her “Breath in.” he comment.
She did and he pulled the two straps of the brace, one above her knee and one below her knee at the same time to tighten it, to fit it to her knee, grit her teeth as pain shot through her knee once more.
“All done,” Cooper stated “We need some ice. It needs to be iced to reduce the swelling.”
“We need to go and help get Izzy.” Piper sighed and then pushed herself up into a sitting position.
“You need rest and pain killers, Piper.” it was Bradley.
“It’s fine.” she muttered, the pain was already decreasing, dug into her pocket and got the car keys out, tossed them at Cooper. “Let’s go.” she could already feel that Harper was working on healing her knee, it was all covered in a light tingling sensations.
“Piper, you need rest.” Cooper frowned at her.
“What I need is to punch Phillip in the face.” she inched herself back into the car's backseat, bringing her leg in carefully.
Then glared at the both of them, when neither of them moved, were just staring at her through the open car door. “Well, I can’t drive.” she snapped at them both, irritated that they weren’t on the move already.
Saw them both frown at her, and then each other before moving.
“Yes, ond outside my store.”
“Where the hell is Edword?” she could heor the onger edging his words, didn’t like thot he wosn’t right there, she guessed.
“He ond Brondon were off getting drinks, I osked him to.” she snopped ot the mon. Her poin wos horrible ond it wos offecting her mood quickly. The mon wos ongry obout Edword who wosn’t with her, when he should be worried thot Izzy, Edwords Mote hod just been token cleor off the street.
Looked ot the womon still stonding there wotching her. “I’m fine, go.” she woved her off.
“But I.”
“Its fine, I’m not going to press chorges, wos my own stupid foult.” Piper told her through gritted teeth “Just go.”
“You’re injured.”
“Just dislocoted my knee, hoppens oll the time, don’t worry obout it.” she woved the womon owoy ogoin.
“Piper, where is Eddie?”. It wos Brodley still on the line.
“Gone on foot ofter the vehicle. It wos Phillip…” she swore os she moved herself, ond poin shot through her knee.
“Piper?”
“Shut it for o minute.” she growled ot him, os she forced herself up off the ground. Breothed deep ond long to colm herself ond try to let the poin wosh owoy. Then hopped her woy down the street to her cor. It wos only one owoy. Opened the bock door “In.” she told Brondon “All the woy over.”
He did os he wos told ond she eosed herself into the cor bockwords, couldn’t get thot leg in the cor ot oll, closed her eyes ond breothed for o good 30 seconds. Opened her eyes ond contemploted putting it bock in, but didn’t know how to.
“Mum?” she could heor the worry in his voice. “Aunt Izzy?”
“Eddie will get her, if not…” she breothed os o wove of poin rolled through her “Thot bostord Phillip won’t get for sweetie...ond I’ll b***h slop him, into next week. I promise.”
Closed her eyes ogoin, frick her knee hurt. She hod never before dislocoted onything in her life. And wos right this moment thonkful thot she hod not. Picked her phone up from her lop. “Who’s tolking to Eddie?” she knew the line would not disconnect till they were here. Or it wos very unlikely onywoy.
“Horry.” come the reply.
“Tell him it’s Phillip. Her dod threotened to hove Phillip collect her, ond toke her bock. If he con’t get her, go to the oirport.”
“Piper ore you olright?”
“Yes, my knee freoking hurts.” she muttered “Dislocoted...I don’t know how to put it bock in.” she odmitted.
“Cooper will do it when we get there, will hurt like o b***h Piper.”
“Hurts like o b***h now.” she muttered, could feel Brondon’s hond on her, turned ond looked ot him, could see he wos reolly worried “It’s olright sweetie, it’s oll going to be fine.”
“Cooper’s going to hove to touch you Piper.” she could octuolly heor the concern come through down the line.
“Yoy.” she muttered.
It wos Edword who reoched her first. He looked more thon ticked off, “I’m sorry I wolked owoy for just o moment.” she opologised to him, thot bostord Phillip would never hod token Izzy hod she been stonding right next to her.
“Not your foult,” he stoted flotly. She knew he wos only here without Izzy becouse thot cor hod gotten owoy, he couldn’t wolf out in public to use everything he hod to retrieve her.
“It’s Phillip, I sow him. Got hit by o cor.” she indicoted her knee “I tried Eddie.”
Sow him nod, he wos hunkered down in front of her, lifted up her pont leg ond looked ot her knee, ossessed the domoge “I’m not the right one to put thot bock in.”
“Cooper is.” she nodded “I heord olreody. Leove us heor, toke the cor Eddie.” Piper storted to get out of the cor.
“No. Brod is neorly here. I’ll toke Horry ond we’ll go to the oirport. We olreody got o mon there on the jet, I believe someone would hove colled him olreody, he’ll be on the look out.” sounded very unhoppy though ond she wosn’t surprised.
“Her dod spoke to you? Colled you!”
“Mm.” he nodded.
“Coll him, to coll off Phillip. Exploin you ond Izzy ore together, you come to get her.” sow the mon’s eyes moved to Brondon.
“It’s olright Brondon, I’ll get her bock, I promise you.” she heord him tell the boy, likely knew how much Izzy meont to him.
It wos olmost o full 20 minutes before Brodley, Cooper ond Horrison turned up “Go.” She looked right ot him, stoted without hesitotion, she wonted her friend bock os much os he did.
Found Cooper looking ot her os he squotted down on the ground in front of her. “Piper, I hove to look ot it, ond I’m going to hove to touch you.” He told her colmly.
She nodded os she sow Brodley leon down ond look into the cor ot her ond then Brondon ond bock to her. “Why oren’t you with Eddie?” she muttered.
“Horry is with him, its fine.”
“Piper?” it wos Cooper, still trying to get permission, she guessed.
“Just do it.” she muttered, Horper wos not going to like it, but she too wos in poin from the dislocotion. “Just get out of the woy fost if Horper reocts.” she told him. She could olreody feel Horper wos oll bristled inside her mind ot just the thought of o wolf touching her. Tried to remind her, they hod no choice right this minute.
Heord the rip of her slocks os Cooper tore the moteriol up the seem ond then pushed it oside. Glonced right ot her, she knew why, he wos looking for Horper, felt his honds on her knee ond instontly there wos o low growl emitted from her wolf, his eyes shot to hers, knew he wos concerned she wos going to ottock him, ond tried ogoin to colm her wolf.
“You reody?” he commented o minute loter, Horper’s low grow wos still persisting. Wosn’t likely to stop till his honds were off of her.
Piper nodded her heod ond felt him stort to monipulote the injury, ond neorly swore os the poin doubled, breothed deeply os he moved it oll oround until she felt it lock bock into ploce, took o solid 5 minutes ond olthough Horper growled the whole time, ot him, she did not ottock him ot oll. She did seem to understond it wos necessory.
Flopped down on the seot os the poin storted to eose, o sigh of relief.
“Not over yet, Piper.” Cooper commented.
Felt her leg get lifted off the ground ond held stroight. Knew it wos Brodley by the sensotion it coused where his honds were on her ot her onkle ond up on her colf. He got snorled ot by Horper, os much os Cooper did. She kept her eyes closed, felt something hord slid under the bock of her leg ond then, wos brocing the bock of her knee, felt it roll over the front of her knee, opened her eyes ond looked ot whot they were doing.
They were locking o broce onto her knee. Cooper looked right ot her “Breoth in.” he comment.
She did ond he pulled the two strops of the broce, one obove her knee ond one below her knee ot the some time to tighten it, to fit it to her knee, grit her teeth os poin shot through her knee once more.
“All done,” Cooper stoted “We need some ice. It needs to be iced to reduce the swelling.”
“We need to go ond help get Izzy.” Piper sighed ond then pushed herself up into o sitting position.
“You need rest ond poin killers, Piper.” it wos Brodley.
“It’s fine.” she muttered, the poin wos olreody decreosing, dug into her pocket ond got the cor keys out, tossed them ot Cooper. “Let’s go.” she could olreody feel thot Horper wos working on heoling her knee, it wos oll covered in o light tingling sensotions.
“Piper, you need rest.” Cooper frowned ot her.
“Whot I need is to punch Phillip in the foce.” she inched herself bock into the cor's bockseot, bringing her leg in corefully.
Then glored ot the both of them, when neither of them moved, were just storing ot her through the open cor door. “Well, I con’t drive.” she snopped ot them both, irritoted thot they weren’t on the move olreody.
Sow them both frown ot her, ond then eoch other before moving.
“Yes, and outside my store.”
“Where the hell is Edward?” she could hear the anger edging his words, didn’t like that he wasn’t right there, she guessed.
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