Chatterbox: Inkwell

I had an idea for continuing The Star Shard. When the magic hairpin
breaks in the lock, a little bit of the glowing dust is breathed in by
a baby girl sleeping in the next room. The baby's parents were killed
in a fire, and she is being taken care of by her only living relative:
her uncle, a guard on the Rake. As she gets older, she realizes she can
speak telepathically with animals. She befriends a half wolf half dog
pup named Pine. He is the offspring of a wolf and the guard dog, Bale.
She soon learns that she can do small magic, so she has to escape so
she can be trained by a sorcerer.