Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

Abby

Why did I do this?

My heart is in my throat as I leap towards the waterfall, propelled by some inexplicable force that tugs at

the wolf that lives inside of me. The world blurs and turns into a swirling tornado of color and sound, and I

brace myself for the icy plunge.

But it never comes. Instead, after a cacophony of cold water and sharp breaths, my feet hit solid ground,

jolting me to a sudden stop. I blink, disoriented. Why am I not submerged in water? I thought that I would

be swimming beneath an icy current, but I’m not.

I glance up, my eyes widening. I’m in a cave—a secret, hidden cave concealed behind the curtain of

water.

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Before I can even begin to process this turn of events, a crashing sound erupts from the waterfall, and

suddenly, Karl bursts through, stumbling forward and landing right on top of me. We both fall to the ground

in a heap of limbs.

“Abby!” he exclaims an instant later, his eyes wide, filled with a mixture of relief and panic. “Why did you

do that? I thought you—”

Our faces are inches apart. I can feel his breath on my skin, warm and shaky. His eyes bore into mine, a

deep well of emotions that I can’t quite decipher. It’s a strange, electrifying moment; time seems to stretch,

elongating the seconds, amplifying the tension that pulses between us.

“I’m okay,” I breathe, unable to tear my gaze away from his. “I’m fine, Karl.”

breath, his eyes searching mine as if

not hurt. “I thought you were crazy, jumping through the waterfall like that.”

disbelief, swallowing. “I thought I was going to

heavy and thick. I can feel

I’m sure he

force that led me here, our faces

frozen just

a silent eternity filled with what-ifs and almosts,

eyes to the

he stammers, awkwardly

rising to his feet.

voice filled with a combination of

take it, letting him pull me to my feet. For a second, our hands linger,

I feel a surge of something

and the moment is gone, dissipated as if it was never even there to begin

did we end

my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled toward this hidden

questions aside for now, locking them away in a corner of my mind to ponder later.

odd twist of fate that brought us here, to this sanctuary behind the water.

that saved us from capture, that gave us a moment to

guards and the unblinking gaze of

silence that has settled between us. “This is

echo, my mind still racing, still trying to catch up

way to put

pounding from the almost-moment that took place between Karl and me. But there’s

romantic distractions right now. We’re in a cave—a secret cave that we

dumb luck or fate or whatever else had a

this leads,” Karl

aside the emotional rollercoaster of the past few minutes. “Yeah.

out.”

importantly, how to get out,” Karl

footsteps echoing eerily between the

treacherous, littered with rocks and unexpected dips in the pathway. The

water, which is oddly refreshing after the hike through the forest. Surprisingly, there are