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>Reassure Samantha, then head to the library!

Clover thinks for a moment, then a flash of inspiration strikes her! They could hide at the public library! No one even reads books nowadays!

“U-uh, Clover, I’m not sure if-”

Clover turns, her face serious as she puts a hand on Samantha’s shoulder, who jumps a little, frightened. "Sammy, I'm not gonna lie: those people are the same ones who tried to kidnap me the other day at the mall. I... I did something bad, okay? But they didn't call the police! Those guys came! And they might have something to do with the murder... or something worse involving kidnappings! I'm still working it out, but I WON'T let them take you, you understand? A WOLF ALWAYS LOOKS OUT FOR THEIR PACK!"

“H-huuuhh??” Samantha looks back nervously. W-Was it possible those guys really were imposters??

The wolf-girl then turns away, pulling out her phone. As she made a very urgent call to the other wayward pack-member, Samantha thinks some more about what the girl told her. …Hm?

“THIS IS CLOVER BY THE WAY BYE!” Clover grabs Samantha’s hand once more, ready to run. “Alright, Sammy, let’s go!!”

“…O-okay.”

Half an hour later, Samantha is about to die for the second or third time that day, but they’d made it to their destination. Clover tries to pull her up the steps, but the girl limply pulls back. “Come on, Sam-Sam, we gotta get to safety!”

“haah… haaah… just… a second…!”

“Okay, but hurry!!”

While they were running, Samantha had been putting the pieces together. Her breaths slow to a more regular rate. “Clover. C-can I ask you something?”

“Yeah, sure-!” The wolf-girl notices Samantha’s face.

Now that Clover had brought it up, it was a pretty obvious conclusion to make. She'd only ever met one person who dressed like a wolf. Though she tries to keep her expression neutral, her voice is shaking. “…Were you the one who bit Evelyn?”

>…oh.