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.”

a ragged breath, his eyes searching mine as if looking for confirmation, for some kind

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

“I thought I was

air, heavy and thick. I can feel his body pressed against mine;

that I’m sure he can hear it. And then, as if

that led me here, our faces

stop, frozen just before our

eternity filled with what-ifs and almosts, until Karl

my eyes to the cave

should—um—figure out where we are,” he stammers,

rising to his feet.

reply, my voice filled with a combination

letting him pull me

I feel a surge of something

go, and the moment is gone, dissipated

around the cave, my mind spinning. How did we end up here? What is this

my wolf feel so inexplicably

for now, locking them away in a corner of

that brought

us from capture, that gave us

and the unblinking gaze of

that has settled between us. “This is

indeed,” I echo, my mind still racing, still trying to

one way to

almost-moment that

now. We’re in a cave—a

else had a hand in the

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

aside the emotional rollercoaster of the past few minutes. “Yeah. We need to figure

out.”

how to

eerily between the calls of

unexpected dips in the pathway. The

oddly refreshing after the hike through the forest.

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