The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 74

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,” he

inner wolf so couldn’t speak to the wolves like the

have limited warning if a wolf was growing annoyed

“He’s asked me

have

meet the

was certain. If he said we would

we would be safe.

“We’ll go and meet the

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

my nerves continued to be heightened as I carried Elva out past the gardens and into the grassy fields beyond, where the wolves were

“Down, please,” Elva said.

I lowered her down. “Now don’t run off.

to hold hands.” She stubbornly crossed

“Elva,” I said, stern.

mirrored my

don’t want to go back inside,

“No.” She pouted now.

held out my hand and waggled my fingers. She sighed dramatically

we walked across the

wolf as they approached.

hand.

wolf he led us to was sitting politely on the grass. It watched

curiously.

Mister Wolf!” Elva

her back

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