That night, my cold had healed enough that I could finally be reunited with Elva. I ran to her, and she ran to me. When she came close, I scooped her up into my arms and held her. Her arms came around my

neck and she held me right back.

“I missed you, Elva. So much.”

“I missed you, Mommy.

Mark and the nanny eventually joined us and I thanked them both profusely for watching my daughter.

Thank you!” Elva said. “Thanks, Uncle Mark!”

I blinked.

Uncle Mark?

I looked at him and he looked embarrassed.

“I didn’t teach her that, I swear. She started doing it all on her own.”

I had been surprised, but I supposed I shouldn’t have been. After all, it had been a similar sequence of

events that had led Elva to calling Anna, Auntie Anna.

“Don’t worry,” I told him. “Elva has a mind of her own about some things.”

Mark seemed relieved.

“Mommy,” Elva said. “Are we going to meet wolves tomorrow?”

I looked to Mark for

personally invited Miss Elva,”

I didn’t have an inner wolf so couldn’t speak to the wolves

limited warning if a wolf was growing annoyed and might

is aware of your situation,” Mark said. “He’s asked me to relay to you

have anything to

to meet the

was certain. If he said we would be safe,

we would be safe.

I told her. “We’ll go and meet the wolves tomorrow.”

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

carried Elva out past the gardens and into

“Down, please,” Elva said.

“Now don’t

don’t want to hold hands.” She stubbornly crossed

“Elva,” I said, stern.

She mirrored my

don’t want to go

“No.” She pouted now.

hand and waggled my fingers. She

walked across the

to their assigned wolf as they

hand.

politely on the

curiously.

Mister Wolf!” Elva

her back at a

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