Moon Child

Home~

Last chapter is here!!!!! It's going to be a bit shorter, but I promise it will be just as good. I'm so excited for you guys to read it.

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I had been watching him everyday since I had died, pained by the way he was handling it all. I knew that me leaving him would hurt him, even potentially kill him. But I never thought it would come to that.

I had seen him refuse to eat, day after day. Whenever someone would try to get him to eat, he would send them away. And if they refused to leave...That's where it got ugly. Kailen had become aggressive; unapproachable. He threatened, yelled, and even fought some of his pack members...All of whom just wanted to help him. It was clear to me that my death had broken him. 

It was devastating to see my mate in a state of emotional decay.

I stopped watching him as he began to cry. I couldn't handle seeing him like that, so I had to turn away.

I had only been dead a few days, and normally the time flew by up here. Normally, the years went by and it felt like days. But as a star, this was the slowest the time had ever gone. It felt has if time had nearly frozen.

And don't get me wrong, I was happy being a star. I really thought this was my home the last time I left here. But this was one of those situations where the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Or in this case, life wasn't better on the other side. All of those times that I dreamed of being back up here with the other stars, I regretted. This wasn't what I wanted. I wanted my mate, I wanted to be with him.

He was my home. This wasn't.

And everyone here could tell that I wasn't happy. Just like before I wasn't shining. I wasn't with any of the other stars, despite them being welcoming to me. They wanted to hear about my love story, which according to them was epic. They would go on and on about how my mate and I were the best mates to walk the Earth, and how they cried for me when it ended.

But I didn't care. I couldn't bring myself to care. 

I knew what I had to do. I knew that the only way I was going back was if the Moon Goddess helped me back. And though I had been begging her to let me go back ever since I had arrived back here, I wasn't going to stop.

I was going back whether she wanted me to or not.

"Moon Goddess," I called out. I knew that the casualness that I approached her with would normally be disrespectful. But despite our differences, the Moon Goddess and I were actually pretty close.

The Moon Goddess turned to look at me, smiling brightly as if I hadn't been visiting her for the past week. She looked excited to see me.

"Estrella," She paused, "Welcome back."

Yeah, we were just going to skip the pleasantries and jump straight to it.

"I want to go home," I said. Her smile didn't falter at this, which was a welcomed change from what had normally happened.

"But you are home."

I shook my head rapidly, and this time her smile did falter. It didn't completely leave her face, but it wasn't as bright now.

"I'm not home. Maybe before this was my home, but not anymore. My home is with my mate."

The Moon Goddess looked down briefly, and I saw a small smile play at her lips. She seemed as if something had crossed her mind that made her happy. She looked back up at me, and grabbed my hand softly.