Chapter 9

Katarina's POV

It was suffocating. Even when I tried to breathe normally, I couldn't help this lingering feeling of devastation inside me. To elucidate my sentiments at this point seemed to be difficult for me. It was supposed to be this way.

I should've known the consequences. However, I was younger than Augustus, I was supposed to be the mature and wise one judging I was the female. It was shameless of me to even think about a mated male. One with a child.

I again tried to take a deep breath as I watched the duo conversing silently with their eyes and emotions.

Augustus had an ingenious look mauled over his features. Whereas, the younger male looked to and fro between his father and me now and then. It was so intriguing how much identical he looked to his father. Unrealistic in a way that I had barely seen any child looked as bewildered as this young male.

The only difference I could point out was the innocence in his sparkling eyes u