Only a Half Blood

Alys heaved a great sigh as the events of that day came back to her. It was a day she will always remember… It was early morning and the snow had finally stopped. It had been one of the biggest snow storms they had seen in a long time in Hope Falls, with almost 3 feet of snow falling over night and Drew had been on call for snow removal that week. He was the owner of a small landscape company that also did snow removal during the winter months. The main shop with his office and equipment was just on the outskirts of town, so he had to leave very early to meet the other crew member on call and divide up the plowing jobs for the morning so everything would be clear for people heading to work.Alys heard a buzzing and rolled over to check the time, it was only 4 am. Her alarm shouldn’t be going off for another hour. Groaning she heard the buzzing again and realized the buzzing noise was her phone ringing and she quickly picked up.“Hello?” Alys answered, voice rough from sleep.“Oh Hey

Alys woke up feeling excited. She couldn’t explain why but her heart was racing and she really wanted to see Aiden again. Suddenly she felt a wave of guilt flow over her. It had still only been a couple months since Drew died, how could she be this excited about going to dinner with someone else? Hadn’t she just told Cody she wasn’t ready yet? Her thoughts started to conflict in her mind and she decided to jump in the shower to calm down and sooth the racing thoughts she had going through her head. When she got out she was already feeling a lot better. Besides it’s not as if it was a date, she is going on a business meeting. Which got her thinking, what did a big business firm like Aiden’s want with Drew’s small landscaping company? If they wanted to buy it, how did she feel about that? She knew she couldn’t keep it forever, she already had a lot on her plate with running her coffee shop and she knew that Steven didn’t have enough money to buy it from her. She guessed she would just h

Aiden really had had no intention of leaving the shop while she was still here, and had spent the morning texting back and forth with his father and Jax. He felt the need to protect Alys and wanted Jax to get out here as soon as he could. Especially after learning that Cody was a local police officer and he missed his shift last night. He knew already that’s it was Cody who did the damage to Alys’s car. He could smell that rogue all over it and those scratches had been made by claws. He had even gone as far as peeing around the car, but Aiden didn’t want Alys to know that. It had been meant as a warning from Cody to him. He was trying to tell Aiden that Alys was his. He was glad that Hannah had made Alys go home. Aiden could tell that she was just holding on by a thread and wanted to get her somewhere she felt safe and comfortable. Aiden was glad that the shop had been untouched and hoped that Cody had just gone after Alys’s car.As they pulled up to her house everything looked norma

They climbed into Aiden’s jeep and Alys took a deep breath. She couldn’t believe they were on their way to her moms house. What was she going to think of her daughter bringing a new guy home already? Why did Aiden want to meet her so much? He asked her to trust him and deep down she knew that she could with every ounce of her being, but how did she know? There were a lot of things going on and she was ready for some answers, she knew Aiden had some of those answers but they needed to talk to her mom first, does that mean her mom knows something about what’s going on as well? Is she the only one who is clueless? Her thoughts swirled around in her head as they drove down the road. Almost too soon they pulled into the driveway of Alys’s childhood home and Alys immediately knew she wanted, no, needed to know everything. They parked the Jeep and Aiden hopped out and walked around to open the door for her, together they walked up the front steps. Aiden took her hand and rubbed the back of

Alys woke up a little confused. She was in her old bedroom and she felt like a weight was pressing down on her. Then she realized there was a weight pressing down on her. It was Aiden. They were completely entangled in each other, she was curled up against his chest his hard muscles rippling underneath her fingers, his heavy arm wrapped around her waist holding her tight against him his other across her back his hand resting in her hair, their legs intertwined around one another. Alys thought that it should be uncomfortable, but sleeping next to him completely entwined, was the most comfortable she had ever been. She couldn’t help but think of cuddling with Drew. They would start out cuddled in the typical big spoon little spoon but eventually one of them would get hot or uncomfortable and would roll over and they would end up sleeping on opposite sides of the bed. But being here wrapped up in Aiden, surrounded by his delicious cinnamon scent, felt so natural. Alys’s eyes roamed acro