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.”

his eyes searching mine as

“I thought you were crazy, jumping through the

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

heavy and thick. I

sure he can hear it. And then, as if pulled by

me here, our faces

frozen just before

filled with what-ifs and almosts, until Karl

from my eyes

should—um—figure out where we are,” he

rising to his feet.

filled with a combination of regret and nervous

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

a surge of something

we let go, and the moment is gone, dissipated as if it was never

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

wolf feel so inexplicably pulled toward this

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

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

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

of guards and the unblinking gaze

the silence that has settled

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

one way to put it, I

from the almost-moment that took place between Karl

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

else had a hand in the events of

Karl suggests,

aside the emotional rollercoaster of the

out.”

how to get out,”

proceed cautiously, our footsteps echoing eerily between the

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

refreshing after the hike through the forest.