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

Nicholas personally invited Miss Elva,” he

wolf so

warning if a wolf was growing annoyed and

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

Elva have anything

meet the wolves,

that, I was

we would be safe.

go and meet the wolves

“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 lined up, ready to

“Down, please,” Elva said.

“Now don’t run off.

hold hands.”

“Elva,” I said, stern.

She mirrored my

go back

“No.” She pouted now.

held out my hand and waggled my fingers.

we walked across the

directed each girl to their assigned wolf as they approached.

hand.

sitting politely on the grass. It watched us

curiously.

Wolf!”

held her back at a

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