After My Death, My Husband Who Threw Me Into the Hunting Grounds Went Insane novel Chapter 70

I cringed, almost squealing. I then immediately turned off my phone with my shaking fingers. My heartbeat raced. It couldn't be him. It was too long ago. He would never come here. He already left.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Katherine elbowed me on the side.

"Huh?" I glanced at her. "Nothing."

"Nothing?" Katherine grabbed my hand. "Your hands are shaking. What's wrong?"

"I said I'm fine, Katherine Collins!" I snapped.

"Scarlet," she said softly. "Calm down."

"Miss Carter, is there a problem?" Our professor's voice echoed through the whole room. Dozens of eyes shifted to me. Damn. I forgot I was still in the classroom.

"Nothing. I'm sorry, Mr. Donald. I'm sorry."

The professor cleared his throat. "Eyes back at the screen. All of you."

"We will talk later," Katherine hissed, and she set her eyes back on her laptop's screen.

After the class, we came out of the classroom and headed to the next lesson. Katherine was watching me as if waiting for me to speak. But I remained quiet. I still couldn't get the message I'd received out of my mind. It could be Raoul, but it could be someone who wanted to play with us.

Nate suddenly appeared behind us. He grabbed Katherine's arm and mine. "Come with me." He whispered while scanning the place suspiciously. As if someone was watching us.

"But we still have a class," Katherine told him. "What is going on?"

"Shh!" Nate hissed. "Just come with me. "This won't take long."

Katherine stared at me. She gave me the same look. I nodded.

We walked discreetly in the opposite direction. Nate took us to the library. We followed him until he stopped into one of the bookshelves.

"Pick one too." He took one book from the shelf, and he pretended that he was reading. We did as he said.

"Listen," he whispered. "I got a message."

"What is this all about?" Katherine asked. "You two are acting weird."

"He's here." Nate swallowed hard. Our eyes locked.

"Who's here?" Katherine frowned.

"Raoul," I answered in a whisper. "I got one too."

Nate's shoulders fell. "He's coming to our graduation."

"Is that what he told you?" I asked.

Katherine interrupted. "Wait, wait! Guys, am I thinking the same person here? The one who—"

"Yes, Katherine." I finished her sentence. I don't want to hear her say anything about who he was to me. "Then, my suspicion is correct. It was him. He texted me during class."

"I received one. What did he tell you?" Nate asked.

I pulled out my phone and showed them the text.

"That son of a bitch," Nate cursed. He gripped the book hard. "I received a different one. He said he's going to take me down for playing with him. He said he came back to see me. I don't even know what the hell he means."

"And? He said he's coming to our graduation?" Katherine asked. "Oh, God!"

"Yes. He said he couldn't wait to watch us on stage. That's his last message. But I'm sure he's already watching us."

"How can you say that? He's here?"

"I'm not sure. But we have to be careful. You have to be careful, Scar."

"You need to go," Katherine said suddenly.

"What?" I looked at her.

"Now is the time to decide, Scar. You have to leave Cambridge. We are leaving together after graduation."

"Wait, what do you mean you're leaving?" Nate grabbed his girlfriend's arm.

"She's coming with me to Edinburgh. We're going to be employed in the same company. She's not safe here."

Nate frowned. "And why didn't I know about this?"

"She hasn't told anyone yet. You too, Nate. You have to go back home. It isn't safe for you too."

"You two are going to leave me here? That's your plan after graduation?"

"And if he's really here?"

I shook my head. "I don't know what else he wants from me."

"Don't you think it's time for you to tell your family about it?" she suggested.

"I can't tell Mom about that. She'll freak out."

She rolled over. "How about your boyfriend? He deserves to know."

"And he'll hunt him down, and it's on me if something happened to him. God!" I wiped my face down. "This freaking complicated. I haven't even replied to one of his texts because I wouldn't know what to say, but I wanted to see him."

"If you want to see him, maybe just ask him to come here."

I looked at her and smiled. "Maybe that's a good idea after all."

"Yep, now cheer up, and let's have dinner." She got up again and hopped out of the bed. "Come on. I will wake Nate up."

Katherine squeezed my hand and walked to the next room and heard a sound of a slap. I chuckled.

"Wake up! Lazy head," she shouted.

"Ouch! What?" Nate complained.

"Get up!" She slapped him again. "Let's make dinner."

"Alright! Stop doing that. It hurts."

"I didn't even—ouch!"

I heard Nate laugh. Katherine giggled. I imagined him pulling Katherine back on the bed to squeeze her in a tight hug, just like what he always does. I chuckled. Maybe it was really better this way. I still have friends, and they're not going to leave me. We maybe had problems and secrets, but they are the only reason why I survived. They helped me millions of times, and they are willing to do it again. I think that was more than enough reason to listen to them now.

I checked my phone to see if I'd received any message, but there was still nothing in my inbox, so I messaged him instead.

Are you busy? – Scar

A reply came a minute later.

I'm sorry, love. Something came up. I have to leave for London right away. It's urgent. I'll see you at your graduation. I love you – Luke