Elementals: Ice Wolves

CHAPTER TWO

T HE NEXT MORNING , A NDERS AND R AYNA were on their way to the docks early. The monthly Ulfar testing—the Trial of the Staff— was one of their best pickpocketing days, so neither of them wanted to miss a moment of it. And it turned out to be a good thing they’d started out early—the Wolf Guard were still on street corners, far more of them than usual. The twins were forced up onto the rooftop meadows again, which was safer but took longer. Finding ways to cross the streets often meant going out of their way by several blocks. Their goal, the dockside square, was bordered by tall, thin, colorful houses on three sides— yellow, green, and blue, with squarewhitewindow frames and polished wooden doors. The houses

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