“Mommy, look at Susie!”

Further down the line, Susie had become something of a spectacle, engaging with her wolf far better

than she ever had with humans. And the wolf seemed to adore her, bouncing playfully. Even other girls‘

wolves had come closer to her, curious.

I watched her for a while as she gently spoke with the wolves, then pet them as they let her.

Susie eventually noticed me looking and waved.

During a break, Susie excused herself from her pack and came over to us. “How is it going?”

I gave her a sad kind of smile. “Okay, considering.” I glanced at my wolf, who lazed in the grass, then

back to Susie. “Susie, can you ask my wolf their name?”

Her eyes lit up with excitement. “Of course!” She approached my wolf calmly, who raised its head. She

didn’t say much. Mostly she just closed her eyes, like she was speaking inside of her mind, or maybe her

heart.

felt like to have a wolf. That strong inner presence had

on many occasions. I did my best to mimic what I had once been, but I felt

a physical piece of me had been

that you can call her Silver,” Susie said, stepping

large gray wolf with

“Give her some time. She’s not unsympathetic to your situation,

to bond

I looked down at Silver. “I would

three princes greeted their own wolves. They were

have adopted their paired princes‘

against Joyce’s leg. Julian’s

regally at his right side, moving as

nor behind. An equal.

his wolf came toward us then, Elva

cave Nicholas an

he

and she bound forward. She was shorter than the wolf,

Mister Wolf!” she said excitedly. She paused a moment. “Oh. I’m sorry. Hi,

Mister… Night?

to Nicholas, but he was watching the pair,

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