Momo's Exile

Julian finds Momo in the spring rain behind a convenience store: soaked and pretending very hard not to need help.He takes her home expecting a cat. What he gets is a tiny tyrant with a love of steak, an alarming amount of emotional intelligence, and a habit of staring at the smoke detector like it personally offended her.For months, Momo becomes the softest part of his life.Then one night, Julian wakes to find a silver-haired girl curled against him instead.Her name is Lyra. She is not from Earth and she has been hiding in the smallest, safest form she could take after fleeing a world that wanted to bind her to a life she never chose.When someone from Lyra's old world comes to retrieve her, she is forced to make an impossible choice: return to the life she escaped, or stay with the human who loved her before he knew what she was.Momo's Exile is a cozy romantic fantasy novella about belonging, transformation, chosen love, and the ache of leaving one life behind to claim another. Perfect for readers who enjoy:cozy fantasy romancealien shapeshifterssoft magical realismcat companion storiesgentle "e;I choose you"e; romanceemotional low-angst fantasy novellas