Chapter 23

Tabitha was the first to reach the person they saw get tossed over the bushes. Amanda followed close behind her. It was a male student. “Hey, can you hear me?” Tabitha asked the male that was knocked out on the ground. She checked to feel for a pulse. It was faint, but he had one. Tabitha assessed the wounds across his body. They didn’t look good. “We need to call for help,” Tabitha said. Amanda dropped down to the ground and took her flannel off. “We need to also try to stop the bleeding.” Amanda pulled out a small pocketknife and started to cut the flannel into strips. Tabitha pulled out her phone to call the paramedics and campus security. Amanda started to wrap the strips around the different wounds and then applied pressure to the one she felt needed the most attention. “How do you know to do that?” Tabitha asked. Amanda shrugged and said, “Girl Scouts.” Tabitha nodded. She kept canvassing the area, trying to get a bearing if the shifter was still in the vici