Chapter 0075
“Mommy, look at Susie!”
Further down the line, Susie had become something of a spectacle, engaging with her wolf far better
than she ever had with humans. And the wolf seemed to adore her, bouncing playfully. Even other girls‘
wolves had come closer to her, curious.
I watched her for a while as she gently spoke with the wolves, then pet them as they let her.
Susie eventually noticed me looking and waved.
During a break, Susie excused herself from her pack and came over to us. “How is it going?”
I gave her a sad kind of smile. “Okay, considering.” I glanced at my wolf, who lazed in the grass, then
back to Susie. “Susie, can you ask my wolf their name?”
Her eyes lit up with excitement. “Of course!” She approached my wolf calmly, who raised its head. She
didn’t say much. Mostly she just closed her eyes, like she was speaking inside of her mind, or maybe her
heart.
I remembered what it felt like to have a wolf. That strong inner presence had given me confidence and
courage on many occasions. I did my best to mimic what I had once been, but I felt the hole inside of me
as vividly as if a physical piece of me had been carved away.
“She said that you can call her Silver,” Susie said, stepping back from the wolf.
Silver, a beautiful name for the large gray wolf with vibrant blue eyes.
Rosie leaned closer to me. “Give her some time. She’s not unsympathetic to your situation, just
disappointed. She wanted to be able to bond with you like the others…”
“I understand.” I looked down at Silver. “I would have liked to bond, too.”
Across the field, the three princes greeted their own wolves. They were larger than all the rest, and
seemed to have adopted their paired princes‘ personalities.
tongue lolling out. Nicholas’s stood regally at his right side, moving as he moved, though neither ahead
Nicholas and his wolf came toward us then, Elva tugged at my hand.
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