Elementals: Ice Wolves

trying to get her out of the house. They looked in that moment as though they could be related—if Rayna wasn’t in a shabby dress, and the woman wasn’t in fancy clothes, they could be mother and daughter. This could be his and Rayna’s home. Suddenly he realized that his moment of daydreaming had distracted him from the fact that the woman wasn’t between him and the front door anymore. He dumped the lid he was balancing on his head and climbed out from behind the jar. He took a deep breath, then hurried out of the pantry, sneaking toward the front door. “Hey!” The woman’s voice sounded sharply behind him! He ran for the door. “Enjoy your sausage,” Rayna shouted as she followed close on his heels. She threw him his coat as they ran through the square, squeezing past the crowd and pushing their way into an alley on the other side. They were out of sight before the woman made it out her front door. “Whew,” said Rayna. “That was close. What did you get?”

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