Chapter 33

Silence followed. Some of the female pups had spotted the flower crowns and I all too eagerly gave it to them. They all squealed in delight as I gave them the colorful items. It was a chorus of "Thank you princess." "These are so pretty princess Diana!" The older wolves just stared at me, confused yet amused by my actions. Seeing that it was almost dinner time, the pups were soon ushered home by their guardians. Jon and I packed up the picnic blanket and walked hand in hand in silence towards the palace. As he opened the door for us, he broke the silence. "I have a favor to ask of you." He said. I looked at him and smiled. "Of course, anything." I said. "As crown prince, part of my work involves overseeing the training of the younger wolves in the castle and in town. I assign the work to my generals, but the war is taking so much of our time that we aren't able to give as much time to train the youngsters as we should." Jon began.

Uh-oh. Where was this going?