Lean Stroud is wanted for robbery and a murder he didn't commit. On the run to California with his partner-in-crime, Kenneth, he spots the relentless bounty hunter, Thomas Grady, on the train. The only way to protect Kenneth is to create a distraction, and that's what he does when he flees the train at the top of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. He forces Thomas to chase him, but nothing can prepare him for what it means to be caught.<br><br>Thomas Grady always gets his man, and Leon Stroud is no exception to that rule. But almost from the moment Thomas touches Leon, he wants the outlaw for something besides his bounty. Driven by desire he doesn't understand, he repeatedly claims Leon's body on the long journey from Soda Springs to San Francisco -- and Leon only begs for more. An even bigger threat, with a larger bounty, could be the very thing they need to drive them together. Or tear them apart.

Stealing West

Thomas didn’t want this to end too quickly, but he couldn’t remember the last time he had been this wound up. Probably never. Not even his previous experiences with Leon could compare. Before he had been hungry for Leon’s body and his heat, but now he wasn’t just hungry. He felt a little desperate, and that feeling only grew with each inch he fed Leon.


By the time the tip of his cock reached Leon’s throat, he was trembling.


Leon flexed his fingers, reaching for Thomas’s. He skimmed across the heels of Thomas’s hands, almost tickling, but it took another sweep for Thomas to break away from the shuddering threatening to overwhelm him. He met Leon’s eyes, and the longing in the dark pools made him pause. Slowly, he slid his hands farther up Leon’s arms, entwining their fingers. He squeezed, and when an answering sucking came around his cock, he squeezed even harder, harder enough to feel the knuckles crack.


Chapter 26