Prince Elias’s POV
I was starting to think that the Princess had chickened out, and was not planning to show up. Only the pups that seemed to be everywhere inside the library told me otherwise, particularly the two who were slightly older than the rest, and who were already playing a game of chess when Spiro and I walked in.
“Did Princess Isabelle send either of you to play against me instead of her?” I ask, suspiciously. That would certainly put me in my place, if she believes even these half sized she wolves would beat me so easily!
“No, silly!” An even younger she wolf who I’m told is called Beatrice tells me. “We are all here to watch Izzy play! Dee and Jules are just playing each other until Izzy’s game starts.”
I watch the girls play, giving them the occasional hint to impr
