I spent time explaining to Mateo and Adrian why I wanted to keep my beautiful wolf. I couldn’t particularly explain why I was drawn to keep her, but I did feel an instant bond with the creature. I remember that when I was a young boy, I had a dog that looked similar. Her name was Scruffy. That dog and I went everywhere and did everything together. It broke my heart when she crossed the rainbow bridge.
Then there was the paladin I had before I met my brothers, Rocko. He was utterly faithful, and I cherished his companionship until the day he got into a fight with a bobcat and lost. Good ol’ Rocko, he was a scrapper, and would often get into tussles with various other creatures. I miss him.
After Mateo and Adrian reluctantly accepted that I wasn’t going to give the wolf up, I went back to
