“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.

a wolf. That strong inner presence had given

I did my best to mimic what I had

a physical piece of

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

the large gray

“Give her some time. She’s not

to bond with you like the

understand.” I looked down at Silver. “I would have liked to bond,

princes greeted their own wolves. They were larger than all the

have adopted their paired princes‘

near his side, tipping his head against Joyce’s leg. Julian’s dipped into a playful pose,

out. Nicholas’s stood regally at his right

nor behind. An equal.

us then, Elva tugged at

Nicholas

safe,” he

forward. She was shorter than the wolf, and had to look up

said excitedly. She paused a moment. “Oh. I’m sorry.

Mister… Night?

turned to Nicholas, but he was watching the pair, a hint

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