Kel blinked several times in confusion.
"You don't have that part figured out already?"
No way. Did this man barge into Subterra and think he could take Kel back just because he's the emperor? Had he ever met his half brother?? Because, obviously, that would never work.
"That wasn't necessarily the highest thing on my list of concerns," the emperor shrugged.
"An escape plan wasn't on your list of concerns?!" Kel retorted.
This had to be some kind of joke. The Dragon Emperor she knew was always at least two or three steps ahead. There's no way he'd be caught somewhere like this without having carefully planned a way out.
"It's not that I wasn't concerned with it," the emperor smiled, softly tucking a loose piece of hair behind her ear. "I was just more concerned with other things."
Kel shook her head. "What could you possibly be more concerned about at a time like this?"
