NINETEEN: The Imposter is Gone

When he'd finally retrieved Keliyah and subdued his half brother, Calix couldn't hold back any longer.

Seeing her face, hearing her voice, even kissing her lips wasn't enough. Should he just marry her and bind her permanently to his side? 

There was the issue of the real Princess Adriell to resolve before that, however. To make Keliyah the empress of his nation, he'd need to make her identity known. 

Her identity.

Come to think of it, Calix had never seen her true form. What did she look like when she was using the dragon's power? Beautiful? Terrifying? Most likely both of those, though neither word could be adequate to describe such a spectacle.

Calix's heart pounded when he thought of seeing it for himself.

"Can you show it to me?" he murmured, burying his nose into Keliyah's warm neck. 

Of course, he didn't mean right then and there.