According to the registration information at http://whois.domaintools.com/nnstyle.com this domain appears to still be registered in your name. It's probably in the redemption period. Call your registrar and ask them how to redeem it. Don't wait, do it ASAP!
I'll try to make this a little "English as possible".
Companies called "registrars" are the only ones who can truly register and manage domain names. The 1st link below is the list containing those who are truly accredited and up to the task.
Those who aren't listed on that site yet supposedly register domain names for customers are called "resellers". Essentially, registrars form as many reseller partnerships as possible (especially with webhosting companies) to expand their business.
Those being said, Registefly used to be a reseller for a registrar named Enom about 2 years ago. Clients who secured their domain names with Registefly during those times were actually registered with Registerfly's reseller account with Enom.
Registerfly eventually secured their own registrar accreditation last year. They eventually input some changes that anytime someone renews a domain name with them that's really registered with Enom, it's supposed to "automatically" transfer it to Registerfly themselves.
Unfortunately this has caused numerous problems both for Registerfly and their clients. Apparently you're one of them.
The moment you let the domain name expire for any reason, you're deemed to have "abandoned" your rights to it. You won't be able to "force" the registrar to do anything for you, they can renew your domain name or not depending on how they go about it.
What makes this more complex is that since the domain name was likely under Registerfly's reseller account with Enom, in turn they're also held by their agreements with them. What Enom says, Registerfly has no choice but to follow.
From what you stated, the domain name's currently on redemption period. That's the last registered name holder's last chance of possibly getting it back before someone else does.
However, redeeming a domain name costs a lot. Average price is about $100+ at least up to about $200+, and the registrar can charge any fee they see fit.
If the domain name really means a lot to you, then you might as well bite the bullet and redeem it with them. As in you'd have to call Registerfly and make a redemption request.
If you don't want to pay for redemption, then you'll have to wait for the domain name to be deleted. But even that doesn't give you any assurance you'll be able to re-register it elsewhere since there are numerous parties waiting to grab any domain name they can.
To answer your question directly, no you can't force them to do anything for you. But you CAN ask them what options you have, and be sure to give specifics.
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