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.”

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

into any location where she

Our prey was a wild boar. They were dangerous when cornered,

to charge. Whatever Lena had planned for me undoubtedly

even worse.

didn’t want Elva

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

were given

into the forest hunting

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

on

greeting my wolf companion Silver, I chose a bow as my

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

so the hunt was what I would

might work for us,” I said

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

the rest of them are distracted, this gives us

forest. I quickly followed her lead. As

With her heightened sense of smell, she likely already knew the general location

boar, if not its

would stop to sniff at the ground, pressing her

and

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