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

thought you were crazy, jumping through the waterfall like that.”

his head in disbelief, swallowing. “I thought I

and thick. I

loudly in my chest that I’m sure he

that led me here, our faces draw

frozen just before

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

eyes to

he stammers, awkwardly extricating himself from me

rising to his feet.

with a combination of regret and

I take it, letting him pull me to my

a surge of something warm

the moment is gone, dissipated as if it was

did we

did my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled toward this

now, locking them away in a corner of my mind to ponder later. Right

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

saved us from capture, that gave us a moment

guards and the unblinking

silence that has settled

mind still racing, still trying to catch up with the whirlwind

to put it,

the almost-moment that took place between Karl and me. But there’s

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

had a hand in the events of the past two

this leads,” Karl suggests, his eyes

pushing aside the emotional rollercoaster of the past few minutes. “Yeah.

out.”

to get out,” Karl

proceed cautiously, our footsteps echoing eerily between the calls of

and unexpected dips

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