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?”

to Mark

personally invited Miss

dangerous.” I didn’t have an inner wolf so

if a wolf was growing

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

Elva have

to meet the

purposefully endanger Elva. Of that, I was certain. If he said we would

we would be safe.

go and

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

as I carried Elva out past the gardens and into

“Down, please,” Elva said.

lowered her down. “Now don’t run off. We have to hold

don’t want to hold hands.” She

“Elva,” I said, stern.

She mirrored

to go

“No.” She pouted now.

hand and waggled my fingers. She

we walked across

to their assigned wolf as

hand.

us to was sitting politely on the grass. It watched us approach,

curiously.

Wolf!”

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