“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.

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

to mimic what I had once been, but I felt the hole inside of

piece

can call her Silver,” Susie said, stepping

the large gray wolf

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

able to

understand.” I looked down at Silver. “I

princes greeted their own wolves. They were larger than

adopted

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

his right side, moving as he moved, though neither

nor behind. An equal.

came toward us then,

cave Nicholas an uncertain

safe,” he assured

shorter than

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

Mister… Night?

but he was watching the pair,

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