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 if

you were crazy,

in disbelief, swallowing. “I thought I

and thick. I

in my chest that I’m sure he can hear it. And then, as if

force that led me here, our faces draw

frozen just before our

moment lingers, a silent eternity filled with what-ifs

my eyes

out where we are,” he stammers, awkwardly extricating himself from

rising to his feet.

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

it, letting him pull me to my

surge of something warm and

dissipated as if it was never even there

did we end up here? What is this

did my wolf feel so inexplicably pulled

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

fate that brought us

that saved us from capture, that gave us a moment

guards and the unblinking

that

still trying to

one way to

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

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

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

leads,” Karl suggests,

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

out.”

how to get out,”

our footsteps echoing eerily between

path is treacherous, littered with rocks and unexpected dips in the

water, which is oddly refreshing after the hike through the

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