Chapter 5. Zion First

“Mrs. Hart!” She heard the voice she had gotten to know call to her as she took the turn that led to her office. She turned around to find Davine behind her, and she growled in frustration.

He held his hands up immediately in a show of surrender and didn’t take a step forward anymore. Not that it made things better.

There was a brief welcome party hosted by the members of staff to welcome him and three other new professors to the institution. Everyone was invited to attend, and it was set immediately after the closing of the day so the professors would come. It was kind of mandatory, and so she came.

She stood at the back and didn’t really participate in the meet and greet that took place between the old staff of over thirty people and the four new ones. She had a thin ear, and so despite being far away, she knew their names and every little detail about them just by listening closely.

The host, Ms. Clair Raymond, put on a cheerful show, but Zera exhausted h