Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Drystan's POV

Before I could give much thought to what Asha's true intentions were, the door suddenly slammed open, stealing all of our attention.

Alpha Theron suddenly burst out of the door with a wide grin on his face. "Astrid is awake!" he cried, his voice brimming with unbridled joy. Without a moment's hesitation, I entered Astrid's room and rushed to her bedside with my heart pounding with a mixture of hope and trepidation. "Astrid,' I breathed out, stealing the breath from my lungs when I saw her.

There she was, finally sitting up on her bed, her eyes open and alert, with a small radiant smile playing on her lips.

"Drystan." Astrid muttered my name, surprised to see me here.

At that moment, a profound relief flooded through me, chasing away the fear and worry that had been my constant companion ever since Astrid was put in danger.

I'm so glad that I have left sooner, or else I wouldn't arrive on time to see her. She's finally alive, she's conscious - she has finally returned to us.

"Astrid!" Nova suddenly cried out, her voice thick with emotion as she disrupted the whole room.

She suddenly pushed me aside, and before I could react, she already had her arms around Astrid, almost swallowing her whole.

I watched with a mixture of joy and bewilderment as she enveloped Astrid in a tight hug, her eyes shining with unshed tears.

Seeing how Nova was squeezing Astrid to death, I stepped forward, about to pull her away, when Astrid suddenly returned Nova's hug with equal fervor, a small but radiant smile gracing her features. Nova's shoulders shook slightly as she held Astrid's close. "You scared me," she spoke angrily as she bawled her eyes out.

eyes out, she knew how she had been overwhelmed with a flood of emotions-fear, anguish,

crying as if I was dead," Astrid questioned

as she tried to push back her tears. She tried to wipe away all her

Astrid spoke soothingly as

as I

grasped Astrid's hand, the way her eyes shone with tears, the sheer relief that radiated from her very being

known Nova for a long time. Aside from me and her sister, she never held

rarely trusts or gets attached to people, and when her sister died, it became worse. She started to build defenses around her heart,

though she's friendly, outgoing, and popular in our

the emotions she's showing for Astrid, I knew Astrid had already penetrated her heart. Finally, aside from me and her sister, there's someone else that

Watching the two women cling to each other, I

matter what I do,

Nova finally found a new

you don't know how much you scared me. It was also like this when I lost my sister. I never left her side as I waited for her to wake up. Then one day, she breathed her last breath and I was there

within me as I was reminded of

bad. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for scaring

me so much of my sister - the kindest and strongest

to me. Our parents died early and she had to raise me on her own. She could have just abandoned me to save her life, but she gave me everything that she had." "Nova," Astrid uttered her name to

You are just like my sister. Both of you showed me what kindness and strength looked like." Nova

myself that I