Nova is the Queen. She has tortitude and you better know it. She's sweet and gentle. She loves being brushed and being held upside down by her peasants.  She idolizes her mama but loves equally.

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She's quite shy but vocal. She tends to mind her own, staying in her little bubble of a world. But she loves to cuddle with her favorite peasants. Not so much with the dogs.

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Nova was born in our neighborhood of an intact stray tortoiseshell cat. We assumed Nova was the runt of the litter because she is only 6 pounds and is small, while her mother was long and lanky. Because she was the runt of the litter, we assume her mother abandoned her. She found Sukki, or Sukki found her and they took care of each other. Nova was only 4 months old when we found her, she was as small as a week old kitten and malnourished.

We fed her tuna and dog food (which was all we had at the time) and eventually she found her way into our hearts and our home. She was a nervous wreck for a few months, so we gave her her space and she has now warmed up to us. When Nova first came to us, she literally had no voice. She would open her mouth to mew but nothing would come out.  Nothing was wrong with her, she just hadn't found her voice. When she turned about a year or so old, we started hearing mews out of her and she hasn't stopped since.