He went back to eating, and so did I. But then something occurred to me, and I scowled at my food. I was hungry, but I shouldn't eat too much if we were going to fuck afterward.
“Why do you look angry?” the King asked.
I jerked my head up. “Oh, I hate having sex after a meal. I don't perform at my best. Digestion slows me down.”
The King fell back against his chair and gaped at me.
“I should have seduced you before we began our meal.” I shrugged. “Oh, well. Just know that I'm better than I'll be.”
He made a choked sound and then cleared his throat. “You assume a lot, Master Sevarin.”
“Do I?” I frowned, going over our day in my mind. “No, I don't think I do. You've indicated that you'd like to have sex with me. I am likewise interested. Therefore, we shall have sex. No assumptions, only conclusions.”
The Dragon King gaped at me again.
“I see that I've shocked you.” I considered his response. “My apologies. I thought as a king, you'd have many people offering themselves to you, and my seduction would be one of many.”
“Your seduction?” He burst out laughing. “I'd hardly call this a seduction.”
“Well, I haven't gotten to it yet. I've only done the preliminaries.”
The King stopped laughing. “Oh? Then, by all means, Master Alchemist, proceed.”
I grinned. How perfect. For a minute there, I thought I'd read him wrong, but I hadn't. The Dragon King wanted me. But he wanted to be wooed first. Men are so amusing. Very well.
“Are you finished with your meal?” I tossed back my wine.
“I find the thought of you seducing me more palatable than the food.”
“Very well, before I get started, do you prefer to receive or give?”
He jerked back again. “What?”
“Do I really have to explain that?”
“No.” The King cleared his throat again. “I've never received.”
“Interesting. Is it because you don't want to, or because men have assumed you liked to top?”
“Both.”
“So you don't want to?”
“I . . . I don't think so.”
“Then you've never had the urge?”
“Do you prefer to top? Is that why you're asking?”
“No, actually, I prefer to receive. But I enjoy giving as well. I don't mind if you'd like to try it.”
Another strident throat-clearing. “Not tonight.”
“Very well. Then I will seduce you as a receiver.”
He chuckled. “The seduction differs?”
“Yes. Usually, men who bottom prefer an aggressive seduction, and men who top want something more gentle and submissive. It's not always the case, but generally true in my experience. Do you agree? Or have you never seduced a man?”
