4 The king's challenge

The King turned Marcus around not letting him go. He held him by the waist pulling him close to him.

"What do you mean by first kiss?" he asked nit trusting the prince to be telling the truth. He had been a prince before he became king and he remembered his days to be very naughty.

By the age of fourteen he had already been with quite a few ladies and the prince of Narsia dare to play such a lie on him.

"Do you want it in writing with the stamp of the king on it. What part of that needs explanation?" Marcus asked furious at how close the werewolf was holding him.

Though he was held gently he couldn't remove the king's hand. He felt himself getting tired from trying to move from the king's embrace. The way that he held him was as though he was his lover and that made him mad.

"That's not needed but surely you can understand my disbelief. You are a prince in court, you are good looking too so how is this so? Were there no ladies at court?" the king asked trying to satisfy his curiosity.

Marcus glared at him for asking too many questions. It was not that he wasn't aware that it was weird that he was yet to kiss a girl but he didn't care for such things very much.

He was more interested in his books than people in general so he never bothered with such irrelevant things. But he held value in his ability to abstain from desire and took pride in it. Only for the king to come and start mocking him.

"Let me go before I bite you," he threatened.

The King smiled at his reply. He found everything the prince said and did very cute, he wondered if the people in the court were blind not to see that he wasn't just handsome but adorable too.

It made him want to pet his head and run his fingers through the prince's head but he wouldn't dare. He didn't want to cross his limits.

He raised his free hand and brought it close to Marcus's lips. "Go ahead," he said daring Marcus to bite him.

Marcus stared at him like he was an alien. He literally didn't expect the man to give him his hand to bite when he made the threat. He just wanted to scare the man but the crazy person actually took him serious.

"What? Do you want to bite somewhere else?" the king asked in a teasing manner. "Normally it is werewolves that mark their mate but if it's your thing then u would permit it. Should I remove my shirt?" the king asked him.

Marcus's jaw dropped at what the king was saying. He wanted the ground to open and just swallow him, their was no way that he could ever survive with the beast in the same house without being tempted to kill it.

And he feared being turned to lunch if he dares to attack the king of werewolves.

"Your cheeks are a bit red, aren't you feeling well?" the king asked knowing well that it was blush.

"Let me go this instant," he demanded to him feeling himself getting warn in the cheeks.

"Or what? I have already agreed for you to bite me, is there more you wish to do with me?" the king asked.

Marcus groaned cursing his father in his heart for bringing the shameless flirt into his life. He took deep breaths to calm himself and stop his body from reacting to the man's teases.

"I am offering a one time offer of biting me and you are just turning it down?" the king questioned to him.

Marcus glared at him, he wanted to pierce through the man's thick skin with his eyes but with no luck. The king's smirk only went to grow from watching him.

"Has anyone ever told you how alluring you look with an angry look on your face?" he asked to her.

Marcus's eyes went wide from his compliment, he bit his lips containing the anger in his heart. How he a man tell him such things, he thought.

"No, no one has ever told me that because unlike you they are normal and don't go around acting crazy," he said to the king.

The King drew his brows together in confusion. He was wondering what part of him wasn't normal that the prince was taking about.

"Are you trying to say that I am not normal?" the king asked him.

"Yes," Marcus replied sternly. "You are not normal. What normal man kisses another man, it's weird and insane," he added.

"What do you mean by that?" the king asked taking offense by his words. In all his life he had never found anyone to talk to him like that. It was cute before but it was turning into an insult which he didn't like.

"Are you saying that I am not normal because I kissed you?" he asked in a chilling voice. Marcus shuddered sensing the anger in the king. He gulped.

He didn't dare reply. The male was twice more stronger than her and more was the fact that he was known for his ruthlessness in the world. He was only so brave because his mind had forgotten the numbers of lives rumored to have been taken by the king on the battle field.

"I will show you," the king warmed sending shivers down his spine. "Let's see if you consider yourself normal when you like being kissed by a man," the king challenged.

The King let go of him. He was now free to run away from the crazy king who's eyes had turned red and were scaring him. He wanted to run but his feet were stuck to the ground while gazing at the king's eyes.

Morpheus took a step close to him closing the distance between them. Their bodies touched when he finally stopped moving. He was gazing directly into Marcus's eyes.

He raised his right hand and caressed Marcus's jaw gently. Marcus swallowed unable to move. The King leaned his head to his neck and took a deep breath to take in his scent.

This act made Marcus's heart flutter in his chest. He felt his body tremble not out of fear but excitement. The kept his right hand behind his head before he locked lips with him.

He bit Marcus's lower lip to force him to open his mouth. Marcus gasped in shock giving him the access that he needed to deepen the kiss.

He slid his tongue inside Marcus's mouth and tasted every corner of his mouth. He kissed him demandingly and passionately that caused Marcus to lose his senses.

His body reacted in excitement while his mind was in chaos unable to believe that a man was kissing him for the second time.

The King sucked on his tongue and his lips hungrily. Until Marcus released a soft moan from the kiss. His body betrayed him by enjoying the kiss more than necessary but in his defence it was the first time being kissed like that so he couldnt control himself.

The King broke the king allowing to pant for air. "And here I thought you were normal. How dare a normal moan for a man?" the king asked in mockery.

Marcus shot his gaze up at the king. He couldn't help the tears that had formed in his eyes. He didn't wait for his heart to calm down before he ran off in the opposite direction away from the beast.