Chasing His Kickass Luna Back by Jane Above Story

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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.”

searching mine as if

not hurt. “I thought you

“I thought

I can

in my chest that I’m sure he can hear it. And then, as if pulled

me here, our faces

just before

silent eternity filled with what-ifs and almosts, until Karl slowly

from my eyes to

where we are,” he stammers, awkwardly extricating himself from me

rising to his feet.

a combination of regret and nervous excitement.

letting him pull me to my

surge of something warm and confusing rush

is gone, dissipated as if it was never

the cave, my mind spinning. How did we end up here?

wolf feel so

the questions aside for now, locking them away in a corner of my

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

gave us a moment

guards and the

breaking the silence that has

racing, still trying to catch up with the whirlwind

way to put it, I

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

a cave—a secret cave that we

fate or whatever else had a hand in the

Let’s see where this leads,” Karl suggests, his eyes scanning

of the past few minutes. “Yeah. We need to

out.”

to get out,”

echoing eerily between the calls

treacherous, littered with rocks and unexpected dips in the

after the hike through the forest. Surprisingly, there are no

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