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.”

mine as if looking for confirmation,

thought you were crazy, jumping through

his head in disbelief, swallowing. “I

words hang in the air, heavy and thick. I can feel his body pressed against mine; he’s

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

led me

we stop, frozen just before our

silent eternity filled with what-ifs

eyes

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

rising to his feet.

filled with a

take it, letting him pull me

and I feel a surge of something warm

the moment is gone, dissipated as if it was never

mind spinning. How did we end up

my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled toward

aside for now, locking them away in a corner of my mind to

for the odd twist of fate that brought us here,

the mystery that saved us from capture, that gave

guards and

that has settled between us. “This is

still trying

one way to put it,

is still pounding from the almost-moment that

a cave—a secret cave that we

had a hand in the events of

leads,” Karl suggests,

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

out.”

how to get

echoing eerily

is treacherous, littered with rocks and unexpected dips in the pathway. The cave’s

the hike through the forest.

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