“She is. I don’t smell anything at all, but..”
“But?”
“There was an incident,” he sighed. “only a select few know what I am going to tell you.”
“No one here will speak of it.” Timothy
“I suffered the pain of rejection, but did not have a Mate at the time. It was also the day that Piper went rogue from the pack, which compounded my pain. My Gamma picked up on her pain of the rejection at the same time. So we believe she is my Mate.”
“Hm, unusual, but if she rejected you, your bond is over.”
“It was not to my face. I woke up in agony not knowing what was going on. I have also never accepted it, didn’t even know I had a Mate.”
“Then?”
“A long story I guess…For another time.”
“Hm, I’ll bring her in and let you know when I have her. Will that work for you?”
“I don’t like it” he admitted “But due to certain unfortunate circumstances, Piper believes Hadley is my Mate. I haven’t, nor any of my men, have been able to get even so much as a phone call through to her, to teli her it’s not the case.”
“How on earth, does one think your little sister is your Mate?” he shook his head seemed confused as well as unhappy.
“Hadley insisted on getting a Piper Harper gown, I finally let her, sent my unit with her for protection while she was here…Didn’t go down so well.”
“So well?” Cooper snorted “she made Hadley cry.”
Timothy shook his head understood right away “And you the over-protective big brother, came in and tried to lay the law down and demanded Hadley gets what she wants, right? And Alpha insisting on a Luna Gown for a girl.”
“Yes.” Bradley nodded simply.
“Stupid Bradley.”
“How was I supp0sed to know? I didn’t even know Piper Harper was a previous pack member.”
“Then how do you know now?”
“Her reaction to seeing me with Hadley, pain rolled off of her in waves and then she just bolted out of the store. Made a new protocol for her company to never accept anyone from Drake Industries for an appointment. Kind of all just..” he shrugged “fell into place, though it was Hadley that made the comment that Pipers whole body just went crazy and it did. I’d never seen a reaction like that to just me walking into a room before. Hadley thought Piper reacted like a Mate would… No-one in my Pack bar my Unit and my Doctor know what happened to me that day, so it was an unusual statement. Gained my attention and made me really think about her reaction.”
“How old was she Bradley, when she went rogue?”
“21.” he answered honestly.
Saw the man close his eyes and swear under his breath, obviously knew the ramifications.
Right! Let me handle it.” he muttered “Ryan did you.. jack her car.”
“Of course,” he snorted like it was a stupid question.
“Go home, Bradley please. “I’ll keep you informed and once she’s calm and understands, I’ll send for you and we’ll do this the Whitlock way of finding out if she is your Mate or was.”
“Just ask her, she’ll know right.”
“Yes,” he nodded, “but for you to know to actually scent her that’s another matter. We’ll get to that once I’ve got her brought in” and then he just turned and walked away, his Beta falling into step with him.
“Alpha Timothy.” he addressed him by his full title.
“No harm will come to her or the boy, I give you my word. And I will not tell her you know either. You can do that yourself.”
There was not much he could do at this point.
He was certain Timothy was not going to hurt her or his child. They were his kin. He was also very certain that he was not going to allow Bradley or his Unit to assist in her capture either. Didn’t like it, didn’t like that he had threatened her. Wondered what that threat was.
Sighed looked at Cooper who huffed himself, wondered if he should have her house cleaned out and all her stuff packed up and taken back to his pack. Even if she was not his Mate anymore, he would be insisting on her staying in his pack to raise Brandon. He was the rightful heir to his pack.
Maybe he could convince her to give him a chance. He’d not known about her. Surely something could be done about this massively screwed up mess of a Mate Bond between the two of them. Perhaps if she spent some time with him they could regrow their bond and come back together.
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