“But she’s not?” Brads frown deepened even further.
“I doubt it, but whatever she is. Her scent is fully masked I’d say.”
“Stay there, I’ll come out and deal with the woman myself. If Hadley wants that dress, then she’ll have it. Has been dreaming of that dress for bloody years.”
“Brad, Eddie picked up something weird off of her too.” he heard his Beta sigh.
“That would be?” Trust his Gamma to try and feel the woman out.
“Anger, when she stepped out of the store, we were still across the street, she actually looked at each of us in turn, rolled her eyes and then stalked off down the street. I was hard pressed not to go and put fear into the woman.”
“Eddie, stopped you in other words!” Bradley shook his head; it was likely the only thing that would stop him. A concern from the Gamma “Looked at each of you?”
“Yes, right at each of us.”
“Do you think, she knows what you are?”
“Likely. Took an instant dislike to Harper and myself for that matter.”
“I guess, we’ll find out when I pay that woman a visit, I might just make her cry, the way she made Hadley.” he muttered.
He sat tapping his pen on his desk, Cooper was likely right in the not human assumption, he was rarely wrong on his hunches, and the fact that his wolf had not bothered the woman at all spoke volumes about that she was not human.
Brad got up from his desk and made his way to Renee’s boutique, and pushed into the store, saw Renee smile up at him “Alpha, what can I help you with?” she asked right away.
“Hadley is having trouble getting the dress she wants.” he told her.
“Ah yes,” Renee nodded “The Piper Hadley gown! Hadley came in here and asked if I could get it ordered for her. No such luck Alpha, it’s not made any more I’m afraid.”
“Not made anymore?” he asked out of curiosity.
“Mm, the lady I spoke with, stated its well out of season and only 1 was ever made, a display gown only, no orders were taken, and it was removed from the catalogue.”
That didn’t sound right to him, “Did you ever meet this Piper Harper person, before she was well known?” he wanted to know the background of the woman.
Renee raised an eyebrow at him “Yes.” she nodded with a frown of her own now, shook her head as well seemed a bit confused by his question “I stocked her dresses for about three and a half years here in the store, then nothing, just gone, no more.”
“What was the woman like?” he asked outright “I have to go and deal with her myself.”
“Quiet.”
“That’s it?”
“Yes, that’s it.” Renee nodded “Never really said much to me.”
Bradley left just as frustrated as he’d gone into the store, headed back to his office and googled the woman, just her company came up Piper Harper Designs, a photo of a bunch of women, out the front of a store, he had no idea which one she was, though from what he could find out. She did a fair bit of travelling and bridal fashion shows, had three store’s and there on her company page was a plan for her first international store to open soon.
Had good reviews from wealthy clients, mostly humans. Though he did note some of the names were old or ancient sounding, made him think some were not human at all.
Perhaps this woman simply knew about other worldly creatures, and therefore, was not so easily scared or frightened by them, scrolled through the information trying to find out anything about the woman herself, nothing much just appeared about 6 years ago and was a hit, already had her first store out in Portland for a year and a half before making it big. Which is where he knew Hadley and his unit were. Likely if this woman was used to dealing with wolves, vampires and other creatures, her scent was masked to stop them from tracking her back to her place of residence, a safety feature so to speak.
He sighed and book himself on a flight with Wolf Airlines, signed all the necessary paperwork to promise not to start a midair fight if he came across a rival pack, under the rules of the wolfen council, then packed himself a suitcase.
Didn’t like having to leave his pack unattended, it wasn’t as large as some others around, only 800 wolves, pulled his younger brother Hendrix to his position to protect the pack while he was gone. The man was a good strong wolf, though at 24 was still young. Could be a bit lax in his duties, but Bradley knew if there was an attack, Hendrix would do anything to protect the pack and his Mate for that matter.
Hendrix was also unhappy about Hadley crying it seemed, she was their younger sister, a surprise pup, his father and his 2nd chance Mate, both had children of their own and were not planning on anymore. But there was Hadley a year after they had found each other, soft and sweet natured like his stepmother was, he’d been 18 when Hadley was born, was currently twice her again.
His flight was the next day, late in the afternoon. Bradley arrived to find Hadley holed up in her room in the hotel suite, sitting staring out the window, she’d looked up at him and he’d sighed and walked over to her, hugged his little sister “Come on, it’s not that bad.”
“She was so mean. How can anyone who makes such pretty things be so mean?” she asked him.
Bradley shook his head, “I don’t know, but we’ll spend the day shopping tomorrow, and if you can’t find anything you like elsewhere, I’ll go and deal with the woman myself.”
“I don’t want another dress.” she’d pouted right up at him.
“You might not have a choice Hadley. I spoke with Renee; she said the dress is season’s old and they don’t make it anymore.” he told her gently not wanting to upset her further.
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