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She’d read his file?
Myles instantly wanted to know what she’d thought.
It had been a while since he’d reviewed what was on him.
“I’d have to say I’m impressed with you, Officer Burton.” She fell in step with him.
He slowed down, slightly sensing her shorter legs.
“Really?” A grin spread on his lips.
Of course she would have read his file.
What was he worried about?
“Yes. I’m a little partial to men who were in the Army.” She laughed.
“Is that so?”
“Yes, I was an Army brat, so you could say the Army is in my blood.”
They arrived where everyone else was waiting on them. Myles wished they had more time to talk alone. He made a promise to himself that by the time the day was over, he’d be asking her out, and if he played his cards right, by nightfall, they’d be alone but would be having a different kind of conversation.
“All right, men,” Myles barked out. He instantly grew serious and glared at the recruits. “I hope you’ve gone ahead and stretched out good.”
“Yes, sir,” the group echoed.
“Let’s line up,” he instructed.
He walked to the edge of the track while they took their places behind the starting line. His teammates were in the center of the field so they could keep an eye on the applicants. He trusted that each of them would be making mental notes on the men and the woman attempting to join their team. At the end of the day, they would meet to discuss what they’d seen. If any of the men or the female captured the team’s interest, then they would be invited for phase two, the interviews. “On your mark. Get set. Go!”
The men and lady took off jogging. They would need to set a steady pace. His team called out encouragement and clapped for the recruits. Even though they weren’t already on the team, SWAT was a brotherhood. They instantly supported anyone trying to join them.
Once the recruits finished their laps, Myles led them to their next activity.
Push-ups.
“All right, recruits. You will be timed. One hundred push-ups is all we ask. This should be easy for you since you don’t have all your gear on,” Myles taunted them.
“Let’s see you drop and give us fifty, Burton,” a familiar voice called out.
Myles turned to find Ash grinning at him.
“I mean, we are making them do it without gear on. Let’s show them what we’re looking for.”
“Fifty?” Myles scoffed. He felt Roxxy’s eyes on him. His typical cocky attitude was breaking through. He always loved attention. He hadn’t worked hard on his body for nothing. “Fuck. I can do a hundred,” he bragged.
The men all chuckled around him.
“Let’s show these recruits what a real SWAT member can do.” Ash came to stand next to him.
Everyone formed a circle around Myles who loved the attention.
“Get on the ground, Soldier.”
Myles jumped around on the balls of his feet. He whipped his arms back and forth, knowing that doing push-ups with about eighty pounds of equipment was much different than with only his weight. The pressure was on, but it wasn’t anything he couldn’t handle.
Hell, this was nothing compared to when he was in the Army.
