ist under Cabin 4. She read the names silen

name on the list.

avy, tired sigh. He

duffel bag. She trudged down the dirt path to

mall room smelled of pine needles and damp wood. It was cram

bottom bunk near the window and was meticulously un

ashed Sloane a sickly sw

ming together," Blair said, her vo

churning. She dropped her bag on a top bunk nea

ed to life. Donovan's voice

ur uniforms and assemble on t

out the stiff khaki cargo pants, the scratchy o

around for exactly five seconds, digging into t

ast Sloane's bunk. Her hand darted out like a snake.

wn locker. She slipped the belt inside and click

rabbing her pants and shirt. Her

lifted her pillow. She shook out her thin blan

knees. She looked unde

?" Sloane asked the room out

lip gloss in her handheld mi

lair replied casually. "Yo

at formed on her forehead. The five-minute warning si

nts. Without the belt, they hung slightly loose on her hips. She

She arrived breathless just as Donovan began w

w, desperately trying to pull her ol

of Sloane. His sharp eyes instan

lt, recruit?" Donovan barked, his v

, humiliating red. "It... it disappeared

closer, his pres

at all times," Donovan declared coldly. "

tears of humiliation. She dropped into a deep squat and exploded up

loane struggle. A satisfied, malic

s burned like fire. Lactic acid flooded he

remembered turning her back. She remembered Blair

ike a physical blow to the stomac

er legs trembling violently. She locked eyes with Blair in the ranks. A