The Pearls by Michelle Farrell

was watching her and Justine for signs of anything. So far they were taking everything he told them in calmness. He expected some shouting and them telling him to get out, but they didn’t.
    “So you’re telling us we are Dragons?” Justine asked.
    “Yes” he told her
    “How does that work exactly?” Justine was very interested now that Zoe was crying.
    “Well when you’re born , your parents usually tell you your history, and it’s not a huge shock like this. You will see them shift into their Dragon. Mine liked to take me on flights for my birthday. And yes, you will actually turn into a Dragon, but we need to find your soul mate for you to turn. Or once Zoe and I have turned, one of us can bite you, and you will turn, but my mother has told me that for a full-blood, it is better to turn with your soul mate.” Kaiden was trying to explain without going into too much detail. He didn’t want to scare Zoe away right now.
    “So is that why you feel so familiar to us? Why we feel a pull to you?” Justine asked
    “Yes, you are not fully human, we are the same and we are meant to all be together.”
    “And you’re a King and Zoe is meant to be your Queen? She is your soul mate?”
    Kaiden looked at Zoe then and noticed she was looking at him too . “Yes.” He whispered.
    “How do you know?” Justine asked
    “You know the song she plays?” Justine nodded yes. “Well I have been hearing it for about 6 or 7 months now always in the morning and mostly when I am sleeping. I wake up to it.” He was looking at Zoe now.
    “I wrote it 7 months ago for school.” Zoe choked out.
    “I also feel a pull to her. It is so strong I can’t think straight. I feel a pull to you too Justine, but Zoe’s pull is stronger, like there is a huge magnet to my soul and she is the metal pulling me in.”
    “I feel it too.” Zoe whispers
    Kaiden and Zoe just stared at each other for a long time. She had gone through the package, reading every piece of paper in the package and was now holding a picture in her hand. She broke eye contact with him after a while and just stared at the picture and started to cry again.
    Justine was pacing the floor, but her eyes were bright and looked happy for the first time since he met her. She seemed to be taking this very well.

Chapter 12
Zoe
    Zoe now knew what Kaiden was telling her was true. Her mother had left her a note and some pictures. Her whole family history was in this huge envelope. The letter her mother had written completely broke her apart. She thought she was thrown away. Thought she was trash the garbage man should have taken. She has always felt unwanted and dirty.
    Now there was this gorgeous man in her living room telling her she was like him, a Dragon. He was also telling her that they were meant to be, like in love meant to be. Her dreams of a family might come true after all. She knew the road to that was going to be the hardest though , she had so many walls, and she didn’t know if he would be able to get in them. She wanted him to. She wanted to feel the love that this letter explained. She needed to feel that love.
    She was looking through the pictures and saw what must be her mother and father. She couldn’t get over how her mother could be her twin. Zoe found her mother breathtaking. She had long almost white hair like her. She could tell she had her father’s blue eyes though. Her mother’s eyes were a darker blue.
    Her mother died with a broken heart. This letter tells how she witnessed him being taken away by some men. And she knew the men would come after her next. She had to leave me for me to be safe . Zoe thought. That thought hurts, because now she knows that her Mother left her to keep her safe. All the hate that Zoe has been feeling towards her parents now feels like guilt. And it is tearing a hole in her heart.
    After about an hour of her going through the pictures , she offers them to Justine to look at. Justine has this huge smile on her face looking