Heart of the Colossus: A Steampunk Space Opera Adventure (A Holly Drake Job Book 3) by Nicole Grotepas

Author:Nicole Grotepas [Grotepas, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

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THE school looked more like an office building. Holly had never liked that part of it, but there were worse things. It could have looked like prison.

This children she’d taught were too young to think of school like they were trapped. That mentality came when they were older. Holly’s students had loved school and Holly had loved teaching it. Some days were better than others, but overall, nothing had made her happier than being a part of the children’s lives when they finally understood a concept.

Morning sun and the reflected light from Ixion drenched the front of the school in soft yellow hues. The windows glittered and the sign across the entrance announced that it was “Primary School #432 Black Jade District.” Holly climbed the stairs and went inside. Summer was coming to an end, and because the schooling system had been set up by humans, it ran the way they wanted it to. Centau children did not usually attend school, however, Holly had herself taught one or two Centau during her tenure at the school.

Teachers and administrative staff were currently in the building preparing for the year that would start soon. Knowing this brought a pang of sorrow to Holly. She should be getting ready for the next year. She went inside, the familiar smells of a school on the tail end of the warm season struck her. There was the odor of sun baking the glass and the scent of disturbed dust. She could make out the underlying fragrances of school books and writing utensils. The school could have been run entirely on v-screens, but the pedagogy of this one clung to the idea that hands on learning was best for the students. If they trained the muscles in their hands to grip a writing instrument, their brains stored the information much longer than what was accomplished with the interface of a v-screen.

“I don’t believe it. Holly Drake. I wondered if we’d ever see you again.”

Holly jumped, startled by the near silent approach of the person speaking. She turned to look and blinked. “Val? Valentine Carey. Wow.” The woman speaking to Holly stood with her hands out in surprise, and like she was inviting Holly in for a hug. So Holly moved toward her and they exchanged a long embrace. Val slapped Holly on the back a few times, squeezing her surprisingly hard.

She sniffed. “I just. I can’t believe it. Seeing you. Wow, I didn’t know I’d get emotional.” Val touched her cheek like she was wiping a tear away. “This is embarrassing. But I mean, what happened to you? It was so wrong. So unfair.” Valentine shook her head, frowning, then she laughed.

“Thanks Val. It was, yeah, it was so crazy.” Holly shook her head, uncertain what to say. Did she just own that she’d killed her ex-husband to an old colleague, or did she simply avoid the fundamental ideas of what happened? “Thank you, you know, for all the cards you and Estelle sent to me. From the kids.

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