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logical
way, or turned out to be what they had labeled it. The Addonians surmised this
was done on purpose to hide information from prying eyes.
    But
this… He
hadn’t come across anything like this before. He almost hadn’t opened the
spreadsheet because it was labeled as a schedule for trash dumps. But
curiously, he’d found it in a folder alongside documents labeled “Zoo Guards”
and “Drone Report Template”. Not too bright of them to label documents with
such red flags, and then put them in the same folder, side-by-side.
    The
documents had nothing to do with the Zoo or the drone reports, but the labels
had made him curious enough that he’d opened the spreadsheet labeled “Trash
Dump Monthly Schedule” and found this instead.
    He
moved the monitor so Vaughn could see it. “Tell me I’m not hallucinating.”
    Vaughn
read, frowning, and then a smile played at the corners of his mouth. “What do
you have here, little brother?”
    “Just
read it again. Tell me it’s real.”
    They
read the columns and rows together, out loud this time, and Vaughn touched the
screen lightly, tracing across one row until he came to the names Blake and
Betsy Williams. Next to their names was a cell block
number, and then a specific cell within that block. “Holy shit,” whispered
Vaughn. “What facility is this? Does it say?”
    With
trembling fingers, River brought up the same spreadsheet on his second monitor,
and then clicked around until he found the code hidden behind the database. “Atkins Prison. That’s on the other side of Voyeur Moon,
close to where Jakara lived. It’s only been open about three months.”
    “And completely inaccessible by
air due to patrols. We’d have to reach it by ground, and we’d have to get through the mountain
passes without being seen.”
    “Once
we landed on Voyeur Moon and got through security, of course.”
    “Of course.”
    What
they’d just said was complete fiction. How in the name of all the stars would
they do that? “ And we first need to
verify this is real, and that they’re still there.”
    Vaughn
nodded several times. “Yes. That, too.”
    “Holy shit.” River punched in the code on his
phone for Jakara, and the man answered on the first ring. “You won’t believe
what Vaughn and I just found. Can you come over?”
    ****
    Marianne
woke to the sound of several unfamiliar voices, all but one of them male. She
found another note, this time on top of her dresser.
    We’re having a strategy planning
session. There is much to tell you. Take your time getting ready and then join
us in the common room. Oh, and your chain and ring are in the top dresser
drawer, wrapped in tissue to keep them safe. River and
Vaughn.
    They’d
put away her ring for her? Marianne fished it out and stared at it. When had
they done that? She’d left it on top of the dresser after her shower last
night, after deciding it was time to get used to not wearing it.
    She
wondered what was going on in the common room, and hoped it had something to do
with her aunt and uncle. Marianne took a quick shower, letting enough memories
from last night wash over her that she could savor them, but not enough to
delay her unnecessarily. She’d never forget it. No matter what happened from
this point on, it would be indelibly etched forever in her memory as the most
erotic, decadent, fun night of her entire life.
    When
she found them, she counted no less than a dozen people in the room, in
addition to River and Vaughn, and one of them was a woman. River spotted her
first, and sprang out of his seat, surprising the hell out of her by giving her
a quick hug. Then he kissed her on the cheek. “Did you sleep well?”
    “Y-yes. I did.” He looked ready to jump
out of his skin. “What’s going on?”
    “First,
let me introduce you to everyone.” He moved behind her and placed his hands on
her shoulders, gently pushing her into the room. Everyone was dressed in
fatigues, including the woman. “This is