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.

Elva said. “Are we going

I looked to

Nicholas personally invited Miss

could be dangerous.” I didn’t have an inner wolf so couldn’t speak to the wolves like the others

have limited warning if a wolf was

said. “He’s asked me to relay to you that neither

have anything

meet

wouldn’t purposefully endanger Elva. Of that, I was certain. If he said

we would be safe.

her. “We’ll go and

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

as I carried Elva out past the gardens and into the grassy fields beyond, where the wolves

“Down, please,” Elva said.

down. “Now don’t run off. We have to hold

hands.”

“Elva,” I said, stern.

mirrored my

don’t want to go

“No.” She pouted now.

hand and waggled my fingers. She sighed

walked across the

their assigned wolf as

hand.

on the grass. It watched us approach,

curiously.

Mister Wolf!” Elva

held her back at

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