Chapter 63

“Hey, beautiful,” Jesse said, smiling as Ethan knelt down behind him.

Ethan’s arms encircled Jesse’s waist, mindful of the guns already hanging at his hips, and he leaned against the outlaw’s back. “I love you.”

Jesse let the smile on his face spread a little wider. “You know,” he said, stirring the coffee in the battered pot that hung over the open flames, “I’ve been thinking. There are gold towns out west, aren’t there? Towns like Defiance, only full of prospectors instead of cowboys?”

“Oh yeah,” Ethan said with a nod. His body was warm against Jesse’s back. “Large gold towns. Full of opportunity.”

Thoughtfully, Jesse murmured, “Maybe I can talk the guys into leaving.”