"Is this the Queen?"
"It is. Story is that all the life in these parts started right here."
She turned and kissed him. "Like our life together could start right here?"
"The Queen's reach is far. Our life together has already started in one form or another."
She rubbed up against him. "Maybe we could get something else started."
He lifted her off the ground and walked until they hit a tree. Her breasts were crushed to his chest as he kissed her. With a growl, he nuzzled her neck. "I'm pretty sure we could start something right here."
Ellie’s back was up against a tree as she fervently returned Colton’s kisses. She raised her arms, and he peeled her shirt off. He unclasped her bra and nuzzled her bare breasts with his face. His tongue flicked her nipples and she gasped in pleasure.
“Are you sure no one will come looking for us?” she asked, her voice heavy with want.
“They know better,” was his only response.
In a simple move, Ellie unbuttoned his shirt and ran her tongue down his chest. Her nimble fingers released the button on his jeans, and she gave him a devilish glance as she undid the zipper.
Colton wiggled his hips enough that she was able to slide his pants down. She stroked his member until it stood at attention before she lowered her mouth. He braced himself with the tree as his groans echoed across the distance as her head bobbed up and down as she pleasured him. His hands groped her breasts as she eagerly licked and sucked on him with her mouth and tongue. She let out a muffled squeal as he pinched one of her nipples.
“You’re going to make me explode.”
Colton lifted Ellie from where she squatted. He bent her over and put her hands on the tree. “Hold on.”
He unbuttoned her jeans and nipped her on the ass with his teeth as he pulled them down. His fingers caressed her through her panties until he pulled them down to join her jeans. He ran his hands along her curves. “You have the perfect ass.”
He leaned over her so he could grope her boobs as they hung heavy toward the ground. She arched her back to give him better access, her long hair hanging loose. She rocked her hips up and down his body as if to encourage him to hurry up. He teased her with his fingers until her breathing was no more than heavy pants before he thrust inside her and felt her squeeze around him. Their fevered breaths came in gasps as they moved together, slowly at first and then with more need. Her hands gripped the tree until her knuckles were white, and he slapped her ass as he rode her, delighting in the way her body tightened for each thrust.
When they finally climaxed together, they both needed the tree for support. He held her around the middle as their breathing slowed. When he let go, she straightened and fell into his arms. Slow, drugging kisses followed, and he fought the urge to just turn her around again.
“I’m going to have red marks on my ass.”
He kissed her nose. “Upset about it?”
She bit his lip. “Only if you don’t do it again sometime.”
He kissed her hard and possessively. “Deal.”
They gave it a few minutes before they flew back over to rejoin the others. No one said anything about their disappearance, just as Colton had predicted. He wouldn’t have cared if they had. He was never missing one second with Ellie, no matter what they were doing.
For the next week, he had plenty of opportunities to leave red marks on her ass, as she pretty much moved in with him at the ranch. His heart refused to think of the day that she might go home, but it skipped a beat when Ellie announced that she and Sarah were going to California for a couple weeks. She promised to be back soon, but he had no idea what would happen while she was gone.
Epilogue: Family
Ellie Dampier
One Month Later
Ellie sat in the living room of the Hale ranch with the entire family staring at her. She and Sarah had returned a week earlier after spending two weeks in California closing up her house and putting all of her belongings in storage until she could figure everything out. She was currently living with Colton in his cabin, but there was not enough room for an entire house full of stuff.
Not even Colton had a clue why they were sitting there staring at each other. Sarah sat with a smug look on her face because she thought she knew, but Ellie still held the Ace card in her back pocket.
She just hoped she wasn't about to step on any toes.
"Well, you all know that I planned to move here to be closer to Colton."
They all groaned, and Logan let out a couple whistles. Drake rolled his eyes. "So much sickening sweet. You'd think it was Valentine's Day every day."
