117 ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN: Her Choice pt 2 [Vol 1 end]

"Huh. To see the empire…"

Kel threw herself back against her bed with a loud fwomp.

"The emperor.. Calix.. He wants me to.." she murmured.

She couldn't help but smile a little at the tingling in her chest. Everything that had happened since she first opened her eyes in Subterra felt surreal, but the past several minutes seemed especially dreamlike.

The emperor wanted to declare their relationship to the entire Serin Empire. What would he tell the people? That they were lovers? Or that they would.. get married?

Ack! No! 

Hot blood rushed into her cheeks immediately as she had the thought. Marriage? How could she let her mind get carried away like that?

Though, still, there was no way of knowing that the emperor definitely wasn't considering the idea himself. After all, marrying another kingdom's princess would give him the perfect foothold to assimilate that country into his empire.