Can’t do that. Not yet. First, I really must know something of great importance.”
The prince moved closer still. Before Nic could fumble for his sword to protect himself from attack, Ashur took his face between his hands and kissed him.
Nic stood there, frozen in place.
This was not what he’d expected. At all.
The prince twisted his grip into Nic’s shirt, pulling him closer and deepening
the kiss until Nic finally surprised himself by responding. The moment he did, the prince pulled back from him.
Nic stared at him, stunned.
“See?” Ashur said, smiling. “Proof for you that there’s more to life than drinking yourself into oblivion over a princess who thinks of you only as a friend. And there’s more to this great big world than this tiny, troubled kingdom and its greedy little king, ev
