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.”

sickness was only half of my

her into any location where she

of the hunt. Our prey was a wild boar. They

and instinct to charge. Whatever Lena had planned for me

even worse.

Elva

the nanny, under the

courtyard, each of the girls were given a weapon of their choice,

into the forest

would spread their attention among all the girls, and

locus entirely on the hunt

I chose

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

was the event, so the hunt

for us,” I

one ear flopping. For a full–sized wolf, she

this gives us advantage

I quickly followed her lead.

lead the charge. With her heightened sense of smell,

not

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

grumble and continue

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