The next morning, blessedly, Elva woke up feeling infinitely better. She bounced around the room

without a care in the world.

When I told her about her prospective wolf ride, she buzzed with excitement. She wiggled her arms back

and forth and jumped up and down on her feet.

She pouted when I made her sit down.

“You had a serious fever only twenty–four hours ago,” I said.

I

“That’s a hundred years ago,” she countered. She kicked her legs under the chair. “I want to ride a wolf.”

“You will. But we have to wait until you are well.” I wasn’t going to take any chances this time, not after

what happened. She had gotten sick because of my carelessness. Never again.

“But, Mommy…”

“Elva. The wolf will still be there tomorrow.”

“What if it isn’t?”

“It will be.”

safe from sickness was only half of my worry. Since Lena’s threat the night

any location where she would be at

hunt. Our prey was a wild boar.

instinct to charge. Whatever Lena had planned for me undoubtedly

even worse.

didn’t want Elva anywhere around

under the protection of Mark, I set out to

of the girls were given a

into the

princes would also participate, though would spread their attention among all the girls, and

locus entirely on the hunt

wolf companion Silver, I

were already swarmed with the other girls, so I didn’t have any opportunity to

event, so the hunt

work for us,” I said to

her head, one ear flopping. For

the rest of them are distracted, this gives us advantage of finding

the forest. I quickly followed her lead. As a wolf, she could

of smell, she likely already

not

Silver would stop to sniff at the ground, pressing her nose into

grumble and

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