Another Time in the West, Ch. 04

Natalie woke first, having slept long after having had sex for the first time. She had never really known what to expect. She had seen animals at the ranches doing it. And she had heard her mother with a visiting man from time to time. But the other day she maybe groggy and in pain, had still been able to watch, the two men violate her mother. She had seen how her mother had snared the last man and distracted him, long enough for Seth to get the upper hand.

She had no idea what would happen, but she found herself knowing exactly what she wanted, what she needed. She felt a little sore but thinking about it all made her body heat up, and this feeling numbed the soreness, and she just felt a growing need. She could feel Seth behind her; she was naked but sadly he wasn't. She started grinding her cute and perfectly rounded ass back into Seth's groin and lay there, slightly hung over but smiling to herself as she felt her actions having a quickly growing effect on the man, her man, behind her.

"Nate... Natalie... what are you doing" Seth spoke out surprised feeling Natalie purposely grinding her ass back into him. He placed a hand on her hip and held her close but was only half awake. He had been up very late to take care of everything and to keep guard of the area to make sure they didn't get further surprises. So, he was still tired while Natalie felt more alive than ever before. Hearing Seth's deep voice behind her and feeling him placing his strong hand on her naked hip had set her desires on fire. She turned around and pushed Seth over, not thinking about being gentle or letting him sleep. Seth sighed getting onto his back, he could sleep like that.

Him sleeping was not what Natalie had on her mind, she used her agile fine fingers to quickly open his belt and get his pants down and gasped in glee when she saw his semi erect cock. She giggled as she took it into her hand and stroked it, the day before she had not had time to look at it, even think about it. But now she could, and she savored the moment. She felt empowered, feeling his cock swelling quickly in her hand and getting thicker and harder for her. Seth quickly went from sleepy to excited and just looked down at this beautiful young woman, that he a few days ago had thought was a boy. He started to move but Natalie just pushed him back as she crawled up on top of him. She knew what she wanted, just had never done it before. It took some work for her to get the big hard cock to her now soaked womanhood. When she finally found the way, she slowly mounted him, sliding down onto his throbbing cock, gasping in surprise at how she was stretched and filled up. Yesterday had been like a wonderful dream but she wasn't sure that she remembered it right. She had started to think that maybe it had been her brain playing tricks from her just happy they had survived.

She knew now, the dream had been real, and she was repeating it, reliving it, and it was even better. She started to ride back and forth thinking about how the last couple of days they had been riding all day. She wished this was how she would ride, all the time. She did lack the stamina and skill to keep the pace, or to increase it. Seth was grunting under her and she looked down at him with love and adoration. She gave him a wicked smile as she purposely tried to impale herself deeper onto him.

"Ahh daddy..." she giggled suddenly remembering her distraction the day before, and how she had called him daddy to distract the gunmen. Seth eyes lit up with excitement, and he blushed deeply.

He suddenly rolled them over, so Natalie got onto her back in the dirt, having rolled off the bedroll. Natalie had made him as aroused as he could recall ever being and given him a need beyond anything. He enjoyed watching her beautiful figure over him and getting her pleasure from him but now he needed more. He started to move in and out much deeper than she could on top, her eyes getting big as what had felt like the most wonderful thing ever, suddenly turned much more intense and amazing. She no longer thought, she acted. Her instincts took over as Seth took her harder and deeper. He grunted and sweat was dripping from his brow onto her.

"That's it my girl" he spat out half chuckling, trying to go along with her own joke calling him daddy. He swelled up inside her and she could feel him pumping his seed into her and she locked her legs around his waist almost like she was trying to stay mounted on a spooked or prancing pony. She cried out in her own orgasm, not caring, not even thinking if she should try to be quiet. She let herself live in the moment and living was good.

Seth kissed her forehead and then her lips, gave her a smile and rolled off her. He undressed fully but took his gun belt with him. He quickly cleaned up in the river and couldn't remember the last time he had felt so complete, so fulfilled. He looked toward Natalie who just lay there naked, without a worry in the world and clearly unaffected by being exposed. The sun was barely showing over the horizon, so the temperature was mild. He watched Natalie look at things on the ground and he froze. He had taken the silk scarf with the things wrapped inside out to get the pint bottle of whisky but had never put it away. She had been looking at the items but now she was looking at the only remaining memory of his wife and daughter. He was almost about to shout, yelling at her for examining things that were deeply personal to him. But he realized, for the first time since he had lost his wife and daughter, that Natalie had become something deeply personal to him. He walked wet and naked slowly towards her, picking up the gun belt at the shore before coming up to her.

Natalie looked at a damaged old photograph. The border of it showed that it had been burned, and it had been grabbed from the fire just before turning into flames because the heat had blackened the middle of the picture. Which was centered on the faces of the motive. The picture showed a much younger Seth with a petite but pretty wife standing to the side of him with a daughter maybe three years or so. But the first thing Natalie had thought about seeing the picture was that it was her and her mother with her father. The hair of both girl and mother in the picture was much like how they had looked when her father had been alive, before she had cut her hair short. The first thing that had made her realize that it wasn't her family was that it clearly was Seth, the next thing was that she couldn't recall the pattern that the dresses of mother and daughter were wearing.

"My wife and daughter were killed fifteen years ago by the same gang we are pursuing" he said calmly but with a fire in his eyes that made Natalie tremble a moment. He said it answering her question as Natalie was looking up at him as he came up to her and held the photograph out.

"She would have been your age now, if she had lived" he added and then blushed some as Seth realized how their jokes while having sex suddenly were more naughty and almost incestuous than he had meant it to be. He felt himself flushed, feeling guilty but very excited. He had started to feel like a mentor to Nate but then learned that Nate was really a girl. He felt protective of her, like he would have been his daughter, but things had become so much more.

Natalie examined the very well-crafted black leather belt; it was set with a holster for right hand but beside it was an extra holster for a left-handed draw. Natalie had noticed that Seth had been left-handed but realized that last night he had pulled right-handed, and she also recalled the gun spinning he had done before putting the gun back in the holster. Come to think of it, Seth used both hands but usually favored his right. She pointed to it silently and Seth understood the implication of her pointing the holster for the right.

"When my family was killed, I was a lawman and tried to hunt both the gang but mostly the one responsible for the gang, to get justice for my wife and daughter, and for numerous others killed, raped or plundered by the gang. Men with power and money were at the top and law fell short, and I ended up finding myself beyond the law for retribution. I have do disappear after that. I was known for being right-handed, so I took the name Seth and became a leftie" Seth explained it all slowly.

It was more like he was reliving the events in his mind's eye and describing what he saw to Natalie, than a man recounting his past. He wrapped his special possessions into the silk scarf, but didn't feel like explaining the scarf to Natalie, who didn't feel she should push further.

Natalie went to bathe and clean herself in the river, drying herself off and returning as Nate. Seth prepared the remains of beans for them to eat, along with coffee and he prepared a cigarette. He was rethinking what to do, how to approach a resolution to the quest that had started fifteen years ago and had been resumed last month when the same gang had affected his life. There wouldn't be a third time, he meant to ensure this. But he couldn't risk Natalie getting needlessly hurt, so things would need to be done with a plan, not just rushing in.

They saddled up and resumed their pursuit. A nice pace but without pushing their horses too much. They were quickly approaching more settled areas, and they would probably reach Cheyenne tomorrow. Most likely the remaining members of the gang were heading there, or towards Fort Laramie that was three days ride or so beyond. Catching them before that was unlikely and would also be ill advised due to sheer numbers.

This would have to be handled in a way that might be long term. Natalie and he would have to settle down in or around Cheyenne for a time and discover who it was that lived there but part time worked for a rich man, forming a gang that would remove any hurdles in the way of wealth and progress, that money or threat couldn't accomplish.

Seth was silent for periods of time, used to being alone and then retreating to his thoughts. But Nate would ask him questions, frequently Nate would speak with Natalie's sweet feminine voice. She was slowly forgetting the boy or was it that she only wanted to be the girl now, the woman.

Natalie noticed that when Seth looked her way, he clearly wasn't seeing Nate but was seeing her. She could feel how excited it made her and only because Seth had been very clear about how important it was to always be vigilant and alert, she might have daydreamed about this morning and wanting to do it again.

Seth made sure to keep sharpening Natalies skills, testing her frequently with questions and letting her decide on which route to take here and there. He would let her make mistakes but those became few very quickly. She was a very gifted student. Seth also realized that she had paid attention in school and was quickly aware of the geography when he said they were in Wyoming, Natalie pointed out that Cheyenne City would be nearby.

When they camped that evening, Natalie felt very affectionate towards Seth. His looks and his demeanor toward her were so kind and tender. But at times she also saw him looking at her with a longing, that made her feel her heart leap. But Seth made sure that Natalie learned that they wouldn't be doing anything but be vigilant. Cooking beans, coffee and having a cigarette, along with talking was what it amounted to. Seth made sure to make Natalie go to sleep and stayed awake both to guard their campsite an hour or two after twilight. He also didn't trust Natalie fully to behave, and he for the first time in years, he didn't trust himself either, if Natalie had ideas. But the long day had her out cold and sleeping and he slept well too when he got down to sleep.

Waking up hopefully to the last day on horseback for a foreseeable time. It was lucky that the various criminals he had killed the last few days, most of them had had a bit of coin, so they were ok suited to get board at a hotel or maybe see about renting a small house.

After an uneventful day where they started seeing more small settlements and farms, they could see Cheyenne City standing out in the distance a couple of hours before sunset. Soon after they could see the track leading to the city and beyond, the Union Pacific Railroad.