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 looking for

really not hurt. “I thought you were crazy, jumping through

swallowing. “I thought I was going

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

that I’m sure he can hear it.

force that led me here, our faces draw

frozen just before

a silent eternity filled with what-ifs

my eyes to the

out where we are,” he stammers, awkwardly extricating

rising to his feet.

with a combination

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

surge of something warm and confusing

is gone, dissipated as if it was never

mind spinning. How did we end

did my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled toward

push the questions aside for now, locking them away in a

fate that

saved us from capture, that gave us a moment

eyes of guards and the unblinking

Karl says, breaking the silence that has settled between

my mind still racing, still trying to catch

way to put it,

still pounding from the almost-moment that took place between Karl and me. But

right now. We’re in a

or fate or whatever else had a hand in the

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

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

out.”

importantly, how to get out,”

cautiously, our footsteps echoing eerily between the calls of

treacherous, littered with rocks and unexpected dips in the

which is oddly refreshing after the hike through the forest. Surprisingly, there are no