All Chapters of Nova: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Alex’s POVI feel like such a piece of crap right now. I am sat in the back of the SUV next to Nova, whose curled up into herself, into a little ball and has been crying for two hours straight. So far nothing either of the three of us has said has offered her the slightest comfort.I’ve seen rejection before and it’s painful to watch but I think I underestimated how much of a natural bond they had from knowing each other their whole lives. It’s made this sense of betrayal feel so much worse for her.I look at her now, her eyes are red and swollen from crying, her pale, delicate features almost unrecognisable where she is blotchy and puffy. I have to keep telling myself it’s for the best. She’ll understand one day. I pray she will at least. My brothers are in the front and keep glancing back at her.We mindlink each other.“Do you think she is going to be okay?” Luthor asked us. He eyes her with concern and a little fear. “Her reaction seems as physical as it does mental”“It will tak

Nova’s POVWaking up alone sucks. I’d only woken up with Leo next to me a few times but now I have had it I very quickly found I hated being without him. The bed in my new room was amazing, so comfortable and soft. The sheets were Egyptian cotton, and it was like sleeping in a cloud but as I stretched out I missed the warmth of Leo next to me.When we wake up together, he is there looking at me with love in his eyes ready to tell me I am beautiful and he’s so glad I am there. Lies, I remind myself. That was nothing but lies and I have to not think about these things because these memories aren’t real. These are the memories of a couple who were going to mate and be together forever.Feeling nauseous at the reminder of the pain of the rejection I climbed out of bed just as there was a knock at the door. A young woman, who looked a little older than me came into the room and seemed surprised to see me awake.“Oh, Your highness!” she exclaimed softly. “I didn’t expect you to be awake yet

Nova’s POVI didn’t recognise where I was stood. I looked all around me. I was in some kind of wooded area and as I spun around, I couldn’t see any kind of path or way out. It was dense. It was silent. I couldn’t hear birds, or leaves rustling nor any small animals like you’d expect. There was just eerie, endless, silence.My skin prickled like I was being watched and I knew it, but I slowly spun around again and still didn’t see anything or anyone. I tried not to panic but there was a rising tightness in my chest making me feel a little like I was suffocating. Taking some deep breaths, I tried to control my fear.I call to Atari to help keep me calm. Atari has been quiet since the rejection, and I can’t hear her now. I assume that the rejection affects the wolf more and she’s resting and recovering so I don’t push her to answer me, but I also feel so sad at the loss of her presence. One of the more beautiful things about having a wolf is you were never alone anymore. After a few mo

Peter’s POVA soft knock on the door interrupted the conversation. Madeline had returned with a tray of tea things. Nova sat rigid in her seat on the couch. I swear I could see the cogs turning in her mind as she put it all together. Gripping the cup of tea she's handed, i see the moment she makes a decision.I could literally see in her posture and in her eyes when she decided this wasn’t her fate. This is what I was learning I loved the most about my sister. Life kept delivering her blows and she took it all and seemed to almost say is that all, what’s next? “I get why you all seem so worried” she said looking at each of them, “But that’s not what’s going to happen to me. For a start, it sounds like you didn’t know what caused them to get sick and start to fade until it was too late, did you?”This was the second thing I loved the most about her. She was so logical. I find myself hoping it’s how she is naturally and not a trauma response, but she always seemed to be thinking steps a

Nova’s POVTraining with Leanna made me really glad I’d challenged Alex. I’d been working with her every week for a month now and I love her. I’ve not gotten to meet many people yet and as much as I like Hannah I don’t always know if she genuinely likes me or is just listening to me drone on because she is paid to.Leanna is the kind of person, paid to or not, that isn’t going to listen to me talk if she doesn’t want to hear what I have to say. She has no problems putting me in my place. Whether metaphorically or literally on my ass on the training mat.This woman is my new hero. I’d been wrong about her and Alex and they have been friends forever. She has two children but her husband is the one who stays home with them all day and she works full time and earns the money. She’s not shy about it either.“I’d drink wolfsbane if all I had to do was sit around with two children under 5 all day.” She tells me laughing, “My husband, Pedro, is a good man and I will never take him for grant