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.”

eyes searching mine as

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

“I

words hang in the air, heavy and thick. I can feel

My heart pounds so loudly in my chest that I’m sure he can hear it. And then, as if pulled by

force that led me

we stop, frozen just before our lips

lingers, a silent eternity filled with what-ifs and almosts,

eyes to the cave

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

rising to his feet.

I reply, my voice filled with a combination of regret and

him pull me to my

feel a surge of something warm and

dissipated as if it was never even there

look around the cave, my mind spinning. How did

so inexplicably pulled toward this hidden

aside for now, locking them away in a corner

twist of fate that brought us

capture, that gave us a moment to breathe, to exist, away from

and the unblinking gaze of

breaking the silence that has settled between us.

my mind still racing, still trying to catch up with the whirlwind of

way to put

from the almost-moment that

now. We’re in a cave—a secret cave

dumb luck or fate or whatever else had a hand in the events

this leads,” Karl suggests, his eyes scanning

nod, pushing aside the emotional rollercoaster of the past few minutes. “Yeah. We need

out.”

to get out,”

echoing eerily between the

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

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