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.”

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

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

head in disbelief, swallowing. “I thought I was

thick. I can

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

magnetic force that led me here,

just

silent eternity filled with what-ifs and almosts,

from my eyes

are,” he stammers, awkwardly extricating himself from me

rising to his feet.

filled with a combination of regret and

me a hand, and I take it, letting him pull me to my feet. For

surge of something

is gone, dissipated as if it was

spinning. How did we end up here? What is this place? And,

so inexplicably

locking them away in a corner of my mind

fate that brought us here, to

capture, that gave us a moment

and the

says, breaking the silence that has settled between us. “This

indeed,” I echo, my mind still racing, still trying to catch up with the whirlwind of

way to put

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

a cave—a secret

else had a hand in the

this leads,” Karl suggests, his eyes scanning the darkness

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

out.”

how to

cautiously, our footsteps echoing eerily between the calls of

rocks and unexpected dips in the

refreshing after the hike through

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