Page 83 of Commander in Briefs


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I chuckle. Do they all look a little flushed?

Anniston, never one to care about embarrassment, continues, “Well then, let’s get out there, ladies!”

The field we use for training is a hundred acres of old farming land. Anniston and Cade have been building obstacles for a few weeks now. Barrels, tires, and wooden platforms decorate the open space. Most of the obstacles were conceived watching that dreadful warrior show she likes so much. Pussy-ass Cade likes it, too. It’s their “thing” on Sunday nights. Pettiness aside, the place is actually starting to look like a military training facility.

Hayes sidles up beside me looking antsy. “Do you know what she has planned?”

I shrug. “I never know what fucked up torture she has planned.”

He nods his head rapidly in understanding. We’re all wound tight this morning. Hayes is usually not this spazzy but being that we all know how she breaks in the newbies, suffice it to say… we… are… fucking… scared.

“Alright, ladies. Today we have a new recruit,” she reiterates like we are a bunch of idiots and did not just meet him at the breakfast table. Moving closer to the line of men, she circles us like prey. She approaches Hayes first with a wicked gleam in her eye. Swiftly, she leans forward, catching him off guard by fisting his shirt, restraining him to her. “We have a tradition of sorts. Tell us, Hayes, what is that tradition?”

Hayes pauses and looks down at his shirt locked in her iron grip.

Anniston lifts an eyebrow, waiting for his answer.

After a strangled sound, he speaks loudly and clearly into the open air. “We train until the new recruit pukes, ma’am.”

My eyes wander over to Lawson, who’s actively trying to disguise his nerves, but we all can see them. We’ve all been in his shoes.

Anniston nods her head in appreciation. “That’s correct, Sergeant.”

Just as Hayes relaxes, she snatches him forward by his shirt again.

He stumbles but catches himself before he can fall.

“We also have another rule in this house. I believe it’s that you must carb-load prior to every workout and protein-load afterward. Tell me, Hayes, did you carb-load this morning?” Her eyes dare him to lie.

Oh, fuck. Lie, man. Lie and fucking run.

Hayes shakes his head slowly, trying to buy himself some time. “No, ma’am.”

Dumb move.

Anniston inclines her head. “Oh? And why is that, Sergeant Hayes?”

Hayes looks to me for help. I make a gagging noise because I’m a dumbass and enjoy getting my ass spanked by this girl. Nothing like pushing her buttons on a day she can’t punish me. Well, she can out here on the field but she would be wise not to. She’ll be at my mercy after five and I’m pretty unforgiving in the bedroom.

Immediately, chuckles are covered by coughs. Hayes’s face turns crimson as he dares a look at Ans. “We didn’t want to puke, ma’am.”

Anniston gives him her award-winning smile and pats him on the shoulder like a good little boy scout. “Well, Sergeant Hayes, I think we could all learn a lesson here today. When orders are not followed, the platoon suffers.”

Groans are muffled as feet start shuffling. She is about to kill us all.

“Since none of you followed orders this morning, I think we should go, not only until the rookie pukes, but until one of you do as well. It’s a two for one today, gentleman! Who’s it going to be?” she taunts, looking around at the pale faces. “Theo?” she inquires with a raised eyebrow.

I shrug, undeterred by her crazy. I have dealt with this from her for many years. She doesn’t scare me. Well, not much anyway. “If I have to. I’ll take one for the team.” I give her a little wink just to throw her off her game.

Her lips press together but she doesn’t acknowledge my joke. Instead, she looks at me hard, her trainer face on. “It’s ab day for you. You run until I stop you, then you are with me.”

I nod in understanding with a hint of a smile.

She looks to Cade next. “You run until I tell you to stop. It’s back day for you, then you are done for the day. Understand?”

He looks like he wants to argue with her but he doesn’t.

She picks up his reluctance immediately and continues, “In fact, immediately following this workout I want you in the sauna for twenty minutes. Once done, you will turn your cell phone over to Hayes and report to your room for three hours of shut-eye.”