“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.

it felt like to have a wolf. That strong

mimic what I had

if a physical piece of me

call her Silver,”

beautiful name for the large gray wolf with

“Give her some time. She’s not unsympathetic

to be able to bond with you like

at Silver. “I would have liked to bond,

princes greeted their own wolves. They were larger than

have adopted

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

his right side, moving as he moved,

nor behind. An equal.

toward us then, Elva

cave Nicholas

he assured

released Elva’s hand and she bound forward. She was shorter than the wolf, and had to look

Mister Wolf!” she said excitedly. She paused a

Mister… Night?

I turned to Nicholas, but he was watching the pair, a hint of awe in his

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