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?”

looked to

invited Miss Elva,”

didn’t have an inner wolf

if a wolf was growing annoyed and

your situation,” Mark said. “He’s asked me to relay to

Elva have

meet the wolves,

that, I was certain. If he said we would

we would be safe.

her. “We’ll go and meet

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

as I carried Elva out past the gardens and into the grassy fields

“Down, please,” Elva said.

her down. “Now don’t run off.

to hold hands.” She stubbornly crossed

“Elva,” I said, stern.

mirrored my

want to go back

“No.” She pouted now.

hand and waggled my fingers.

walked

directed each girl to their assigned wolf as they

hand.

on the grass. It

curiously.

Wolf!” Elva

her back at a

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