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 looking for confirmation, for some

I’m really not hurt. “I thought you

“I thought

in the air, heavy and thick. I can feel his body pressed

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

force that led me here, our faces draw

frozen just before our lips

eternity filled with what-ifs and almosts, until Karl

eyes

where we are,” he

rising to his feet.

voice filled with a combination of regret and nervous excitement. “We

him pull me to

a surge of something warm and confusing rush through

dissipated as if it was never

look around the cave, my mind spinning. How did we

feel so

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

the odd twist of fate that brought us here, to this sanctuary

us from capture, that gave us

guards and the unblinking

that has settled between us. “This is

racing, still trying to catch up with

to put

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

We’re in a cave—a

else had a hand in the

see where this leads,” Karl suggests, his eyes scanning the

aside the emotional rollercoaster of the past

out.”

importantly, how to get

footsteps echoing eerily

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

hike through the forest.

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