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.”

my worry. Since Lena’s threat the night

into any location where she

was the day of the hunt. Our prey was a wild boar. They were dangerous when

and instinct to charge. Whatever Lena had planned

even worse.

didn’t want Elva

nanny, under the protection of Mark, I set out to face my

of the girls were given

the forest hunting

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

locus entirely on

my wolf companion Silver, I chose a bow as

so I didn’t have any opportunity to say

event, so the hunt was what I would

might work for us,” I said to

ear flopping. For a full–sized

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

then turned toward the forest. I quickly followed her lead. As a wolf,

her heightened sense of smell, she likely already

boar, if not

the ground, pressing her nose into

grumble and

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