The Boy Who Became the Wolf by L. R. Patton

Author:L. R. Patton [Patton, L. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 0000000000000
Published: 2021-10-29T13:46:15+00:00

In the letter, King Willis explains that the throne of Fairendale is only permitted to pass to a magical son. His son, he says, is a magical prince. But the throne of Fairendale can also be stolen by another magical boy. King Wolfe stops his page at this point. “Only a magical boy?” he says, which is precisely the same thing he said when his daughter read the letter that arrived weeks ago. That letter had the same opening lines and the same middle but a different end.

The page shrugs and looks back down at the letter, searching it for some other kind of explanation. But there is none.

“That is absurd,” the king says. “A girl can rule a throne as well as any boy.” King Wolfe looks at his wife, who smiles devotedly at him. This, too, is the same thing King Wolfe said upon hearing of the kingdom’s rules in the last letter. He finishes his outburst with a bit of irony. “They are barbaric.”

“Would you like me to continue?” the page says.

“Go on,” King Wolfe says.

The page reads the tale of the Fairendale children and their flight from the king, about which King Wolfe and Queen Hilda already know, thanks to the first letter. The page finishes with the last several paragraphs of the letter, which contain new information and unfold as follows:

“On behalf of the kingdom of Fairendale, I, King Willis, brave and mighty ruler of the land, order you to hand over all the children in your kingdom so that we might determine, by any means necessary, whether they are the lost children of our kingdom or merely yours. The lost children of Fairendale must be returned to their parents, if they are unmagical, or face the justice that they so rightfully deserve, if they are magical. Be assured that you will be rewarded handsomely for any information about the lost children and even more handsomely for any returned children. Your ruler of the realm, the Honorable King Willis.”

The page lets the letter fall to his side and watches the face of his king. The king turns to the queen.

“Well,” King Wolfe says. “This king of Fairendale makes brash claims. The ruler of the realm? It is news to me.”

“I believe the king of Fairendale has always been the ruler of the realm,” Queen Hilda says. “We are not usually subject to his whims, however. The people of the other lands believe we are savages and should be avoided.” Her eyes turn slightly sad.

But King Wolfe raises a triumphant fist. “As it should be,” he says, and he shakes out a series of rumbling laughs. But then he sobers. “So he is commanding that we turn over to him all of our children?” He looks at his wife with furrowed brows.

“As I understand it, that is what he commands,” she says. “Which means we shall have to turn over Kimbra and Aldith.”

King Wolfe bursts out of his throne, which is large and golden and looks very like the one on which King Willis sits.

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