I managed to convince Ira that the wolf had no intentions of harming me. He still kept his guard up, especially when he returned his full attention to me. He turned around and crouched down before me, the first thing he did being to gently rub his hands all over my arms.
"Are you hurt? You're so cold. Why are you out here?" He asked, stopping when he almost brushed his hand against my right elbow. He remembered that my arm was injured and didn't want to irritate it. I averted my eyes from his when he looked up at me.
"I caused trouble for you, didn't I?" I asked, thinking about how I had become a burden to everyone.
"Of course, you didn't. I just don't understand why you left the palace," he said. From what he read in the letter, he thought that I had gone to find a witch to help me get
