Hidden Valor (Forsaken Valor Series Book 3) by Kal Spriggs
Author:Kal Spriggs [Spriggs, Kal]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sutek Press
Published: 2021-01-25T20:00:00+00:00
Chapter 11: Itâs Totally Not Brainwashing
None of my fellow classmates seemed to notice that anything had happened the next morning. In fact, most of them were so cheerfully well-rested that it was all I could do not to fling something at them at breakfast.
Sanjaya slapped me on the back as he sat down next to me, âMorning Vars. You look sour this morning. Did you spend all night realizing that our project is doomed to failure and our rankings are going to bomb?â
I shot him a look, âNo.â
âOh, me neither,â He barely waited for a server to set a plate in front of him before he dug into his food, stuffing it into his mouth as if he hadnât seen food in days.
âThe project is fine,â Osmund sat down across from us. âThereâs precedent for this sort of thing beforeâ¦â
âHas a project sprayed a commissioned officer in the face with a noxious substance before?â Sanjaya smirked.
Osmundâs expression congealed a bit. âWell, not that I know ofâ¦â
âWeâre in trouble from the get-go, and the critter probably wonât even come back, soâ¦â
âItâs fine, Lokka will participate and our project isnât in trouble,â I snapped. To my surprise, neither of them argued. Osmund looked relieved, as if willing to let me worry about it. Sanjaya didnât even look rebellious, he just went back to shoveling food in his mouth as if heâd forgotten all our etiquette training.
My appetite was pretty much gone. I had to figure out what to do about the loyalty imprinting. I had to figure out what to do about Institor Dhingra. And, really, I didnât have any time to work on it. I excused myself and stood, leaving the mess before either Osmund or Sanjaya asked any more questions.
I didnât have to check todayâs schedule to know I didnât have much time. We controlled our schedules, for the most part, but that just meant Iâd arranged for my teamâs simulator and discussion times along with the other team leaders from our Flight.
I had five days to figure things out, and I had something over thirty hours of simulator time this week, plus another ten hours of lecture and discussion time and another five hours of scheduled lab-work. Iâd already put another two hours every day on the schedule for working on our Second Year Project.
Five days, and two and a half of that is already occupied. I had to be alert to all the eyes focused on me right now. Institor Dhingra would be watching me. Dekkas Richardson must be watching me, with how heâd been waiting for me in the common room. My fellow Initiates were watching me, not just from my Flight but from others. My standing, my position here, made me a target and if they saw a way to knock me down, they would. If they see weakness, theyâll move in.
All of that considered, I should have remained at breakfast, should have seemed every bit as confident as I could. But I was tired, I was worried, and, at least inside where I could admit it, I was scared.
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