Erased Time

Pai pointed at herself without a trace of shyness.

“And a dependable nanny who knows no fewer than eighty-seven ways to tie a knot!”

“Yip!”

Reni, which had been panting and scratching at the bed frame, gave a resounding bark. All three of them gave the baby snow wolf a look, then shushed it at once, ‘Shh!’

“Whiiine, whine.”

Pai crouched down and gave Reni’s little red tongue a tap. Its triangular ears twitched.

“I nearly left out the finest snow wolf in all the world.”

“A snow wolf? Not a mongrel?”

“It’s a snow wolf no matter how you...