Reclaiming My Broken Luna by Selene Souchon

Nova's POV

"Really? Then why do you dye your hair in strawberry?" Drystan asked as he grabbed a strand of my hair.

I moved all my hair to my right shoulder so he couldn't reach it. "Just because I dye my hair strawberry blonde, it doesn't mean I like strawberry," I replied grumpily.

My sister and I were born with the same hair colour. I was born with naturally perfect blonde hair, just like my sister. However, when my sister died, I chose to dye my hair because my hair would always remind me of her.

I don't like it when I look in the mirror and I see her. Before, when people saw us together, they thought that we were twins. That's just how we look so much alike.

Dyeing my hair with a different colour made me look a lot less like my sister.

Drystan suddenly let out a huge yawn by my side; I watched as he leaned in comfortably on the bench beside me, his eyes connecting to the stars above.

"Are you not going back inside to sleep?" I questioned him, not expecting that he would stay long out here.

I know he's tired of taking care of Astrid all day. He has been neglecting himself ever since he arrived. His body must be desperately begging for some rest.

"You're waiting for your birthday, aren't you? Let me stay here and celebrate your birthday with you," Drystan replied as he fought against his eyelids that were already drooping heavily.

you sure you're going to wait out here?" I asked him since we

that, I came out here to wait for your birthday with

mind, I didn't dare to argue anymore. Besides, having

anyone to celebrate my birthday with me. It was selfish of me to feel grateful that Drystan would be here with

inky blackness of the night sky stretched above us, peppered with the glittering

wooden bench. The only sound was the distant

went nearer and nearer, I drew in a sharp breath. This was the moment, the exact time I had entered the world twenty-three years ago. Drystan turned

instant, sparks flew around us,

faded away, leaving only the two of us suspended in a bubble of

also

excitedly. I swallowed hard when I heard the words chanting in my head - mate, mate, mate, MATE I finally met my mate. How

morphing into a mask of horror as he looked at me when he

two souls destined to be together

sister is Drystan's true mate, so how could I turn out to be his second chance mate? "Why does it have to be you?" My heart shattered into little pieces when I heard Drystan's question. Drystan pulled back; he must have felt the pain I felt because of

my mate no matter what.

my heart sank. I knew what was going to happen next. "I'm already in love with Astrid," Drystan confesses,