Chapter 42: Warning from the otherside

Once again, Caroline zoned out as the headmistress droned on with the other start-of-the-school-year announcements. As she did, she felt a strange sensation, like a gentle caress on the back of her neck. It was like the sensation you got when someone was watching you. Caroline frowned—she was often stared at these days, but something about this felt different. Almost menacing rather than curious. It was all she could do not to turn around. Once the assembly was finally over, and the auditorium lights came back on, Caroline rose from her seat and discreetly scanned the rows of students behind her. No one seemed to be paying her any attention.

“Everything okay?” Nadine asked, swinging her bag over her shoulder.

“Yeah, it’s nothing,” Caroline said, picking up her own bagand sliding out from the row of seats.

“How do you feel about going to the library for our first tutorial? I didn’t think you’d really want to be holed up in your room like the last time,” Nadine said as she followed.