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.

we

I looked to Mark for

personally invited Miss Elva,” he

be dangerous.” I didn’t have an inner wolf so couldn’t speak

if a wolf was growing annoyed and

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

Elva have

want to meet

that, I was certain. If he said we would be

we would be safe.

told her. “We’ll go and meet the wolves

“Yay!” Elva cheered.

out past the gardens and into the grassy fields beyond, where

“Down, please,” Elva said.

don’t

don’t want to hold hands.”

“Elva,” I said, stern.

mirrored my

want to go

“No.” She pouted now.

waggled my fingers. She sighed dramatically but finally took

we walked across the

girl to their assigned wolf as they approached. I was no

hand.

sitting politely on the grass.

curiously.

Wolf!”

her back

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