Walking down the corridor after Roxy, I suddenly thought that my retinue is thinning every day. And when I tried to switch my thoughts to the upcoming conversation with Evie, a huge silver wolf with shining blue eyes jumped out from the side of the stairs at us.

At first, my soul went to the heels with fear, but I saw that Roxy calmly reacted to the appearance of this shaggy whirlwind, only threateningly barking something like: “Don't scare the kitten!”

And then it dawned on me who was jumping around me right now, like a big happy puppy the size of a pony.

– Alex!!! I gasped and reached...