Chapter Enders
Looking for Answers
Chapter 2
Ellery: “Ain’t got no energy left fer ridin stallions eh?”
“We’ll see…” Ennis murmured, running his tongue along the dark hairline, making Ellery shiver with new pleasure.
Chapter 4:
Harry nodded, understanding at last. “Oh I see. Gimme another Bud, Mary. I obviously got ta set my sights on somebody more pretty.”
Chapter 15:
The orderly spoke then, to Ennis. “You family?”
“He’s my momma, didn’t you figure that out son?” Ellery snapped.
Chapter 16:
Ennis straightened up, looking down at Ellery with a look that was more mock severity than actual. “We’ll see after breakfast. We’re havin sausages an doughboys.”
“Yes Momma,” Ellery said meekly.
Chapter 24:
Ennis pulled out slowly, and lifted a wet hand, and Ellery leaned back, shivering all over, then Ennis leaned over, bringing his warm, dripping fingers up to Ellery's mouth, and Ellery opened his mouth, lapping up his own come from Ennis’s hand. Ellery glanced up through the veil of his lashes and saw Ennis smile and nod. “Good boy,” Ennis said softly.
Chapter 26:
Wayne tossed his head as he strode quickly out of the yard, not looking back.
Ellery shook his head, rubbing his eyes. “You have such a way with him, Ennis, I swear.”
Chapter 28:
“I am all better, now come on boy….” Ellery gave him a beseeching look.
Ennis pulled away slightly. “After we go out an have that T-bone steak you was temptin me with.”
Chapter 37:
Ron opened the door of his office and let Ellery out. “Next time, if ya want ta blend in, try wearin jeans that didn’t just come off the rack. More believable that way.”
“Thank you kindly, officer,” Ellery said.
Chapter 40:
Ennis looked up at Ellery in a kind of slow shock, taking in the blue boots, the tight black denims and brief vest, then finally the ponytail and earring. “What the fuck are you WEARING?” Ennis said, voice cracking.
“Oh. Shit. Yeah. Guess I better change.” Ellery stepped through the living room, suddenly self conscious in front of his colleague, and tossed back over his shoulder. “Hey there Joe. You take his statement, okay?” and went in to the bedroom to change. He only wished he could have provoked that reaction from Ennis under better circumstances.
Chapter 42:
Ennis: “Only cock I want you lookin at is that one right there, an I mean it.” he pointed a lazy finger at his crotch.
“Yes sir,” Ellery replied.
Chapter 43:
“You do brighten up to a nice shade a green, Ennis,” Ellery said. “If Wayne an me were on a desert island an there was nothin there but a coconut between us, I think I’d fuck the coconut before I’d fuck Wayne.”
Ennis spewed coffee down his chin. “Maybe you oughta tell em that.”
“I did. That’s why he doesn’t flirt with me no more.”
Chapter 44:
Ellery smirked at Ennis. “If he had a brain in his head, he could lodge a complaint of assault for that Ennis.”
Ennis: “Let em. I’ll tell em he pissed me off.”
Chapter 45:
Ellery looked up at him with a drunken smile. “Where do you get these ideas, sweetheart?”
“While I’m muckin out mares,” Ennis replied. “It gets real borin sometimes.”
“Lucky for me,” Ellery replied.
Chapter 47:
James Wellesley stood up, gaping once again as if he hadn’t tried quite hard enough to get air the first time around, saw his suit jacket slipping to the floor, grabbed for it, and bolted out the door.
“Like shootin fish in a barrel,” Ellery commented to the empty room.
Chapter 48:
Wes: “Leave me alone, Ellery. I am already regrettin you comin back full time.”
Ellery smiled sweetly. “I am doin my level best.”
Chapter 55.
Wes: nodded. “You boys stay outta trouble ya hear?”
Ellery shook his head. “Never, Wes.”
Chapter 57:
Ellery: “I’m a bland guy. I like biscuits. Get me some biscuits next time you burn rubber to the bakery okay Joe?”
Joe: “Sure Chief.”
Chapter 60:
Ennis pulled out, letting Ellery lower himself back down to a prone position as their breathing slowed, and he turned his head, face half concealed by the pillow. “That was quite a lesson, boy,” Ellery whispered.
Chapter 61:
Dupree stood up, looking more encouraged than when he came in. “Hey Chief… I don’t really have ta keep eatin Joe’s donuts do I? he likes those jam filled ones an they just make my stomach churn.”
“Damn straight. It’s yer duty ta protect an serve, Dupree.”
Chapter 65:
Ennis kissed the sweaty nape of his neck, tasting the salt. “You want some dessert?”
Ellery; “I thought that was the dessert, sweetheart.”
Chapter 66.
Ennis pulled his fingers out from between his thighs, tugged Ellery’s zipper up so the cutoffs wouldn’t fall right off him when he moved. “Yeah, good idea. An you better take those off. Those are just indecent.”
Chapter 67:
Ennis: “Whut?” he asked, fingers brushing away the hair half-obscuring the teasing expression.
“I got ta get you jealous more often,” Ellery said softly.
Chapter 68:
Ennis: “Funny, that’s what Ellery says too. You police are all so damned cocky.”
Dupree grinned. “We are aren’t we?”
Chapter 69:
(Ellery) He opened the door, holding his sheriff’s badge in one hand, the gun upraised in the other as he raised his hands and stood still in the red light. “Nobody here but us lawmen,” he said as the officers approached, guns pointed.
Chapter 70:
Wes nodded. “Yep. I got a feelin old judge Worrell’s still got his fingers deep in the Austin police an someone made you, Ellery. Though at this point there is gonna be hell ta pay if I find out who it is.”
“Shit,” Ennis said.
“Fuck,” Ellery echoed.
Chapter 73:
Ellery glanced at Ennis. “What happened?”
“Got kicked by horse,” Ennis said simply.
Chapter 76:
Wes: “He’s still in surgery. Nellie kicked em harder than he looked at first, Ennis. It ain’t yer fault. A kickin horse ain’t classified as a lethal weapon.”
Chapter 77:
Ellery: “I didn’t get injured an have ta explain to anybody how that got there.”
Ennis kissed his sweaty nape, pressing briefly against the bite, feeling the full body shiver as he sucked on the flesh of his neck, nipping gently, then letting go as he raised a small welt on his neck, then licked it with his tongue, eliciting small moans of pleasure. “Got bit by a coyote,” he murmured.
“A blond one,” Ellery replied.
Chapter 79:
Wes heaved a long sigh, looking Ellery in the eye. “I don’t like it. But you got three days, Ellery. Now let’s bring ya home so you can get started kickin in yer livin room wall.”
Chapter 83:
“Yeah... only one problem,” Ellery replied.
“Whassat?”
“I got bit by that coyote again.”
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