Gage
“Good morning, everyone!” Derek beamed, his voice far too cheerful for the ungodly hour. He looked entirely too well-rested, a fact that only made the rest of us groan internally. The man practically radiated sunshine, while the rest of us were still dragging our limbs around like caffeine-deprived zombies.
I mean, what exactly did he expect? Nobody went to bed early last night. Everyone had been buzzing with nervous energy, trying to figure out who they were hut mates with, speculating about activities, sizing each other up. I wasn’t the exception. I’d spent a good portion of the evening listening to random chatter, my body exhausted but my mind too wired to shut down.
Still, I knew I could handle the morning run. It wasn’t like I was a stranger to early training. And especially n
