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 the

any location where she would

was a wild boar. They were dangerous

Whatever Lena had planned

even worse.

didn’t want Elva anywhere around

nanny, under the protection of Mark, I set out

each of the girls were given a weapon of their

the forest

would also participate, though would spread their attention among

locus entirely on the hunt

my wolf companion Silver, I chose a bow as

swarmed with the other girls, so I didn’t have any opportunity to

hunt was the event, so the hunt was what

might work for us,” I said to

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

rest of them are distracted, this gives us advantage of

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

heightened sense of smell, she likely

not

at the ground, pressing her nose into the

and continue

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