Zach
I can’t believe I didn't even made it twenty-four hours and I’m being sent back to recuperate. I’m so angry, so frustrated with myself. I thought for sure that the last year at the Academy would have given me what I needed to be a valuable asset to the team, but the reality of the job is very different than the case scenarios at the Academy.
The entire way back to the Academy, I fight the pain of the leg cramps that just refuse to stop. I’m not sure if I’m dehydrated, or if the freezing cold water brought them on, but they just won’t let up.
I close my eyes, remembering the fear that had grabbed me when I realized I wasn’t able to get out of that current. I was being dragged downstream and I felt completely incapable of rescuing myself for the first time in my life. That’s not a co
