It wasn't how she had originally planned to spend any of her early mornings, not by a half. Early mornings were for her own workouts, her 7 year old and her husband. Group exercises....not so much.

But it was a necessity borne of certain liabilities she was encouraged not to fire. A case gone bad, a pair of Aurors who'd let themselves slip and had others pay for it. It nearly cost the entire department an unnecessarily painful lawsuit and this was what the legal team had come up with. Suffice to say both were now on desk duty and would remain so until they were re-evaluated.

Lex walked into the exercise room, hair pulled up into a ponytail and water bottle floating in behind her.

It was early enough that they could get this over with then properly begin their work day without affecting too much. That is...so long as they made it on time.