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

personally invited Miss Elva,”

wolf so

if a wolf was growing annoyed and might

Mark said. “He’s asked me to

have anything

to meet the wolves,

purposefully endanger Elva. Of that, I was

we would be safe.

told her. “We’ll go and

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

I carried Elva out past the gardens and into the grassy fields beyond, where the wolves were lined up, ready to

“Down, please,” Elva said.

down. “Now don’t run

hands.”

“Elva,” I said, stern.

She mirrored my

go back inside, do

“No.” She pouted now.

hand and waggled my fingers.

walked

girl to their assigned wolf as they approached. I was

hand.

sitting politely on the

curiously.

Mister Wolf!”

back at a safe

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