The Dragon Soul and Trouble Fox

She couldn’t help but snicker at the expression on Ike’s face as the fox-wolf spat on her sister's paw. Not that it was saliva that landed - well, maybe there was a little saliva - but the gem that they had searched for. Kit was almost totally convinced that it was fate. How else could she describe finding it in the mound of snow when she had?

It was the key to Ike’s future Prince, and a totem of sorts. Ike’s eyes filled with tears and her smile began to slip. “Oh, Ike!” she said, wrapping a paw about her sister. There was no mistake that Ike could make that Kit couldn’t fix. She would make sure of it.


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