“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.

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

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

if a physical piece of me had been carved

her Silver,” Susie said, stepping back from

the large gray wolf with

her some time. She’s not unsympathetic to your

be able to bond with you like

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

princes greeted their own wolves. They were larger than all

adopted their paired

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

out. Nicholas’s stood regally at his right side, moving

nor behind. An equal.

us then,

Nicholas an uncertain

he

forward. She was shorter than the wolf,

She paused a moment. “Oh. I’m

Mister… Night?

watching the pair, a hint of awe

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