Catherine's Children

Kal’s POV

Today was stressful to say at least. I was still trembling from seeing Emma, the realization that she is Catherine’s child overpowered my every sense. Seeing her eyes, so much like her mother’s nearly broke me. “Catherine, I miss you so much” I thought to myself. Since her death I have buried myself into conflicts, work, expanding my already expansive empire, creating immeasurable wealth, helping orphans and widows of our kind, creating more dragons, essentially anything to keep my mind off the fact that I lost her. I did not want to admit to myself, but part of me died with her. “Emma has her mother’s heart”, Beast appeared. “She is brave and kind like her”, he stated. My chest was tightening about to explode. I needed to find some answers, I needed to understand what happened there. There was something else I sensed about her, but I could not identify it. A strange sensation, as if belonging of some kind. “We belonged to Catherine, and she to us, so of course you will feel