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.”

eyes searching mine as if looking for confirmation, for some kind

not hurt. “I thought you were crazy, jumping through

in disbelief, swallowing. “I thought I

air, heavy and thick. I can feel his body pressed against

in my chest that I’m sure he can hear it. And

that led me here,

stop, frozen just before

filled with what-ifs and almosts, until Karl

eyes to the

are,” he stammers, awkwardly

rising to his feet.

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

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

surge of something warm

dissipated as if it was never even there to

How did we end up here? What is this place?

why did my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled toward this

them away in a corner

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

that gave us a

of guards and the unblinking gaze of

says, breaking the silence that has settled between

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

one way to put

the almost-moment that took

in a cave—a

dumb luck or fate or whatever else had a hand in the events of the past

where this leads,” Karl suggests,

aside the emotional rollercoaster of the past few minutes. “Yeah. We need to figure

out.”

importantly, how to get

cautiously, our footsteps echoing eerily

unexpected dips in the pathway. The

water, which is oddly refreshing after the hike through the forest.