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Bonnie didn’t have her keys She knew exactly where they were, but that didn’t do heron the bedside table next to Zander’s neat plain single bed

She cursed and kicked at the door, tears running down her face Hoas she going to get any of her stuff back?

So for her

"Jeez, relax," he said, but Bonnie had already pushed past hi up the stairs to her roo to the banister, please She had no doubt that Elena and Meredith would comfort her, would help her, no ht They would help Bonnie figure out what to do

But they ht be out And she’d have no idea where to find Meredith and Elena, no idea where they spent their free tirown so far apart fro her hands across her cheeks, s away her tears and snot Why had she treated the to protect her And they were right about Zander; they were so right She snuffled miserably

When she reached the top of the stairs, Bonnie banged on their roo quick movement inside They were home Thank God

"Bonnie?" Meredith said, startled, when she opened the door, and then, "Oh, Bonnie," as Bonnie threw herself, sobbing, into Meredith’s arht and fierce, and, for the first time since she had jumped away from Zander and run for the fire escape, Bonnie felt safe

"What’s the matter, Bonnie? What happened?" Elena was behind Meredith, peering at her anxiously, and part of Bonnie noticed that Elena’s ohite and startled face was , but Bonnie couldn’t focus on that now

Past Elena, she caught sight of herself in the mirror Her hair stood out around her face in a wild red cloud, her eyes were glassy, and her pale face was sht with a seh, like I was chased by olves

"Werewolves," she wailed as Meredith pul ed her into the room "They’re al olves"

"What are you - " Meredith broke off "Bonnie, do you mean Zander and his friends? They’re olves?" Bonnie nodded furiously, burying her face against Meredith’s shoulder Meredith pushed her back and looked careful y into her eyes "Are you sure, Bonnie?" she asked gently She looked to Elena, and they both turned and glanced out theat the sky "Did you see thee? It’s not the ful moon yet"

"No," Bonnie said She tried to catch her breath, taking harsh sobbing gulps of air "Zander told me And then - oh, Meredith, it was so scary - I ran, and they chased me" She explained what happened, on the roof and on the lawns of the col ege

Meredith and Elena looked at each other quizzical y, then back at Bonnie "Why did he tel you?" Elena asked

"He couldn’t have thought you would have a good reaction to the news; it would have been easier to keep hiding it" Bonnie shook her head helplessly

Meredith arched an ironic eyebrow at her "Even ht you knew that, Elena" She glanced at her hunting stave, leaning against the foot of her bed "When the ful moon comes, now I’l knohat to look for"

Bonnie stared at her in horror "You’re not going to hunt them, are you?" It was a stupid question, she knew If Zander and his friends real y were behind the murders and disappearances on campus, Meredith had to hunt them It was her responsibility Al of their responsibilities, real y, because if they were the only ones who knew the truth, they were the only ones who could keep everyone else safe

But Zander, so inside her howled in pain Not Zander

"None of the attacks occurred during a ful htful y, and Meredith and Bonnie both blinked at her