“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.

to have a wolf. That strong inner presence had given me

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

if a physical piece of me had been carved

call her Silver,” Susie said,

the large gray wolf with vibrant

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

wanted to be able to bond with

at Silver. “I would have liked

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

have adopted their paired princes‘

near his side, tipping his head against Joyce’s leg. Julian’s

at his right side, moving

nor behind. An equal.

toward us then, Elva tugged at my

Nicholas

safe,” he assured

hand and she bound forward. She was shorter than

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

Mister… Night?

he was watching the

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