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.

to wait out here?" I asked him since we

here to wait for your birthday with you,"

up his mind, I didn't dare to argue anymore. Besides, having someone waiting here beside me could also make me feel

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

of the night sky stretched above

and I sat on the old wooden bench. The only sound was the distant chirping of the

moment, the exact time I had entered the world twenty-three years ago. Drystan turned to face me, a warm smile spreading across his features. "Happy birthday, Nova," he

sparks flew around us,

was as if the world had faded away, leaving

he also

heard the words chanting in my head - mate, mate, mate, MATE I finally met my mate. How could that

into a mask of horror as he looked at me when he finally realized what

be together for eternity. I couldn't

"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

my mate no matter what.

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