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.”

was only half of my worry. Since Lena’s

bring her into any location where she

the hunt. Our prey was a

to charge. Whatever Lena had planned for me undoubtedly

even worse.

want Elva anywhere around

in the care of the nanny, under the protection of Mark, I set

each of the girls were given a weapon of their choice, then sent

into the forest hunting

though would spread their attention

locus entirely on

Silver, I chose a bow as

other girls, so I didn’t have any opportunity to say hello,

hunt was the event, so the hunt was what I would

work for us,” I said

For a full–sized

of them are distracted, this gives us advantage

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

of smell, she

if not its exact

to sniff at the ground, pressing her nose into

grumble and continue

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