“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.

remembered what it felt like to have a wolf. That strong inner presence had given me confidence

I did my best to mimic what I had once been,

vividly as if a physical piece of me had been carved

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

large

“Give her some time.

wanted to be able to bond with you like

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

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

adopted their paired

head against Joyce’s leg. Julian’s dipped

stood regally at his right side, moving

nor behind. An equal.

and his wolf came toward us then, Elva tugged at my

cave Nicholas

he assured

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

paused a

Mister… Night?

but he was watching the pair, a hint of

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