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.”

searching mine as if looking

“I thought you were crazy, jumping

“I thought I was going to

heavy and thick. I can feel his

that I’m sure he can hear it. And then, as if

that led me here, our

we stop, frozen just before our

what-ifs and almosts,

my eyes to the

we are,” he stammers, awkwardly extricating

rising to his feet.

with a combination

it, letting him pull me to

surge of something warm

dissipated as if it was never even there to begin

the cave, my mind spinning. How did we end up

so inexplicably pulled toward this

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

that

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

and the unblinking

breaking the silence that has settled between us. “This is

echo, my mind still racing, still trying to catch up with

one way to put

the almost-moment that took place between Karl

distractions right now. We’re in a cave—a secret cave that we stumbled into

else had a hand in the events

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

the past few minutes. “Yeah. We need to figure

out.”

importantly, how to get out,”

proceed cautiously, our footsteps echoing eerily

littered with rocks and unexpected

refreshing after the hike through the forest. Surprisingly, there

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