Chapter 0074

That night, my cold had healed enough that I could finally be reunited with Elva. I ran to her, and she ran to me. When she came close, I scooped her up into my arms and held her. Her arms came around my

neck and she held me right back.

“I missed you, Elva. So much.”

“I missed you, Mommy.

Mark and the nanny eventually joined us and I thanked them both profusely for watching my daughter.

Thank you!” Elva said. “Thanks, Uncle Mark!”

I blinked.

Uncle Mark?

I looked at him and he looked embarrassed.

“I didn’t teach her that, I swear. She started doing it all on her own.”

I had been surprised, but I supposed I shouldn’t have been. After all, it had been a similar sequence of

events that had led Elva to calling Anna, Auntie Anna.

“Don’t worry,” I told him. “Elva has a mind of her own about some things.”

Mark seemed relieved.

said. “Are we going

looked to Mark

invited

have an inner wolf so

warning if a

of your situation,” Mark said. “He’s asked me to relay to

have anything to

want to meet the

Of that, I was certain.

we would be safe.

I told her. “We’ll go

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

the gardens and into the grassy fields beyond, where the wolves were lined up, ready to greet their

“Down, please,” Elva said.

“Now don’t run off. We

hold hands.”

“Elva,” I said, stern.

mirrored my

go back

“No.” She pouted now.

held out my hand and waggled my fingers.

we walked across the

to their assigned wolf as

hand.

politely on the grass. It watched us approach, then tilted its

curiously.

Wolf!”

back at a safe

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