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.”

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

any location where

prey was a wild boar. They were dangerous when

instinct to charge. Whatever Lena had planned for me undoubtedly would

even worse.

Elva

the

each of the girls were given a weapon

the forest hunting

would spread their

locus entirely on

I chose a bow as

other girls, so I didn’t have any opportunity

the event, so the hunt was what I would

us,”

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

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

forest. I quickly followed her lead.

charge. With her heightened sense of smell, she likely already knew the

boar, if not its exact

the ground, pressing her nose into the underbrush. Then

grumble and continue

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