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“So, uh, I found this card in the office, Clover!” Samantha shows the wolf-girl the card for the detective’s office. A large crudely drawn detective hat is the main image on the front of the card.

“H-huh! That’s cool!” Since she still wanted to hold onto whatever remnants of the pack were left, the wolf-girl had started following Samantha over to the black car. The closer she got, however, the more certain she was that it was the same car from yesterday.

“The address is apparently in the mall…” In all honesty, Samantha had had enough of an adventure for today. The only reason she wasn’t still freaking out was that she’d shoved the memories of what she saw in the back of the office deep to the back of her mind, to be unpacked later. She was ready to go home and hug her mom. Still, she reluctantly says what Hermione tells her to. “So uuh… m-maybe we can go?”

“T-the mall?!” Clover shakes her head frantically. “I um... well... th-the mall doesn't uh... allow wolves...?"

“W-wait, really?!” Samantha seems a bit shocked. “Maybe that explains-!”

Hermione’s voice cuts the sentence short. “Samantha. Stop speaking, immediately.”

The girl stops talking. After a few awkward seconds of silence, the two make it to the vehicle.

“…um…” The girl resumes, at Hermione’s behest. “I think it’s probably okay for wolves to go shopping there if they want…?”

Clover takes a deep breath, calming herself. That place… wasn’t somewhere she wanted to return to so soon, but if their only lead was there… “Y-you know what, I was being dumb, human rules don’t apply to wolves anyway! Let’s go!”

“O-okay!”

At those words, as if they’d been listening the entire time, the doors to the vehicle open, and two suited men get out to welcome them into the car. Clover’s eyes widen.

>Those guys are definitely like the guys from yesterday!!!