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.”

takes a ragged breath, his eyes searching mine as if

hurt. “I thought you were crazy,

his head in disbelief, swallowing. “I thought I was going

air, heavy and thick. I

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

magnetic force that led me here,

we stop, frozen just

silent eternity filled with what-ifs and almosts, until Karl slowly pulls back,

my eyes to the

he stammers, awkwardly extricating himself from

rising to his feet.

reply, my voice filled with a combination of regret and nervous excitement.

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

a surge of something warm and

dissipated as if

cave, my mind spinning. How did

why did my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled toward

questions aside for now, locking them away in

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

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

and the unblinking gaze of

silence that has

echo, my mind still racing, still

one way to put it,

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

in a cave—a secret cave that

or whatever else had a hand in the events of the past two

Karl suggests, his

emotional rollercoaster of the past few minutes. “Yeah.

out.”

importantly, how to get out,” Karl

proceed cautiously, our footsteps echoing eerily between the calls of

is treacherous, littered with rocks and unexpected dips

hike through the forest.