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.”

a ragged breath, his eyes searching mine as if looking

thought you

head in disbelief, swallowing. “I

thick. I can feel his body pressed

I’m sure he can hear

led me here, our faces draw

we stop, frozen just before our

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

my eyes to the cave

where we are,” he

rising to his feet.

my voice filled with a combination

take it, letting him pull me to my feet.

a surge of

dissipated as if

cave, my mind spinning. How did we end up here? What is this place?

did my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled

push the questions aside for now, locking them away in a corner of my mind to ponder later. Right

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

that gave us a moment to breathe,

and the

silence that

indeed,” I echo, my mind still racing, still trying to catch

way to put

the almost-moment that took place between

for romantic distractions right now. We’re in a cave—a secret cave that we

fate or whatever else had a hand in the events of

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

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

out.”

importantly, how to get

eerily between the calls

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

after the hike through the forest. Surprisingly, there are no

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