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Plus it e you rushed up here for…

Laughing at herself, she dropped off her bag at the efficiency aparte Past the tiny coffee hut, closed now, but she could still sar that were ht as well, for once utterly devoid of the hundreds of skiers and boarders that passed through the place everyequipht on and within she caught sight of Aidan’s girlfriend Lily hunched over a laptop She waved

Other than that, there was no one else around The o The only thing open noas the cafeteria, and that was getting ready to close too

The path had been cleared and rock salt laid down to keep it froht, a little surprised at the berh on either side of the trail The wind had died a little bit and the snow fell silently in thick lines, each snowflake the size of a big white dinner plate

It never failed to awe her as she stopped and just took it all in: the glorious view of the ht, the eerie, cal around her

She stared up at the e and the huge overhanging patio roof The beautiful tree was the centerpiece, stretched across the top and bottohts on the faical order froht She’d started with Gray, since he was the oldest The leader The glue

Well actually, Penny was the glue, Bailey corrected with a smile She loved them both already, adored their relationship, and knew that the others did as well

In any case, she could now see what the entire tapestry would look like and for a e of e and living and doing soet to do

Froht a profile of a man in the shadows Hudson Her heart skipped a beat and she smiled at him

He smiled back, much more muted than she expected Then he stepped closer and she realized her mistake Not Hudson at all

Aidan

He looked up at the mural and smiled "So it turns out that you can paint"

She went brows up "Lucky for you"

He laughed "I had a feeling"

She stared at hi?"

He lifted a shoulder "Well you did coood price" He flashed her a smile that was so close to Hud’s her heart skipped another beat "And as a bonus--you get Hud"

"That’s a bonus?" she asked

He laughed "Hell yeah"

She cocked her head at the echo of what sounded like a couple of guys whooping it up Turning to the ht, she saw the down the run at breakneck speed "Ohod," she whispered "Is that--"

"Yeah" Aidan let out a low laugh as he acknowledged two of his brothers doing the unthinkable--skiing in the dark, in a storm "It’s how they let off stea the mountain with that incredible speed, and yet each race "Isn’t it dangerous?"

"Living is dangerous," Aidan said

"I’ood depth perception"