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Moons
    by Alianne Donnelly

Chapter Three
Later that day
    The gym took up the entire second level. It was a vast expanse of equipment and fields, pools and machines. It was a haven for those who required daily physical exertion, or those who were required to get it as part of their assigned treatment.
    Prisons were not just holding cells anymore. They were sophisticated laboratories in which the inmates were lab rats.
    Extensive studies and experiments were performed, typically without their consent, to improve the lives of all other people.
    If someone happened to die because of the treatment, well, it was considered a small price to pay. Most men were here for the rest of their lives anyway.
    Tristan didn't give a shit one way or another. The monitoring device was a small patch that adhered to his skin and relayed information to the electronic notepads all the doctors carried. It didn't bother him while he worked out, so he didn't give it much thought.
    After basic stretches and an hour-long jog on one of the machines, he dived into the first empty pool he could find.
    This was the only place where he still felt human. When he swam, he could pretend he was somewhere else. The pools were small, fitted to the individual, who swam against an artificial current.
    Usually the swim was timed. With so many prisoners and only one gym, the limit on equipment usage prevented fights.
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    For Tristan, exceptions were made. The doctors adored him because he never gave them any trouble. He didn't give a damn what they did to him, so they didn't hesitate to do anything and everything they wanted. In return, Tristan got to spend as much time in the water as he wished.
    Today he planned on staying as long as possible. He needed to clear his head. There was only so much meddling a man could stand and Herb had just crossed the line. It was a good thing the clerk never came to Wolf block. Tristan doubted he'd be able to restrain himself.
    His new roommate was a monumental new headache.
    A female.
    Not just any female, but a fucking telepath!
    Did they even know what she was capable of? Or was that why she was here in the first place? The thought chilled him.
    It was one thing to play with his chemistry, quite another to play with someone's mind. The only reason they weren't doing that to him was they had no idea. Oh, but one telepath always sensed another. He'd suspected Dara from the first, but when she'd tentatively reached out to his mind, he'd been certain.
    She was unskilled. It took a lot of training and guidance from someone who'd mastered the art to control something like that. Dara seemed only to be able to hush the voices slightly. She couldn't even shut them out altogether. It was why he'd shielded his thoughts around her. Tristan had meant to scan her while she'd slept, but he hadn't. He'd have to do it tonight.
    The alarm beeped.
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    Tristan gritted his teeth and passed his hand in front of the sensor, turning off the flow of water. When he got to the pool's edge, the guard who'd escorted Dara to his cell crouched there, grinning. "So?" he asked, quietly so that only Tristan heard him.
    "So, what?" Tristan levered himself out of the pool, forcing the guard to step back.
    "How is she?"
    Tristan looked him in the eye, judging his intent. Just as he'd thought. Blanc was all talk and very little game. He wanted Dara, but wasn't man enough to face off with Tristan for her. She wasn't worth that much trouble to him.
    "Adapting," he answered.
    Blanc chuckled. "I'll just bet she is. Do you gag her, or just put a pillow over that pretty face to shut her up? Word has it Wolf block was awful quiet last night."
    "You know I don't kiss and tell." Tristan took a towel and dried himself off. In a few minutes he would get to the weights.
    Blanc's eyebrows shot up. "Could it be ... You haven't—"
    He burst out laughing, drawing undue attention to them.
    "Shut your mouth,