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was clear. Only this time it was Ty doing the speaking, and when he mindspoke, my feet immediately began doing what he ordered.
    I walked directly behind Ty. With each step he took, I followed.
    “That’s what I’m talking about.” Dia laughed at my obedience.
    Though I couldn’t stop myself from complying, it felt wrong. I was walking farther into an underground facility somewhere on the University of Kentucky campus. There was no sign of an exit, and I was completely at Ty’s mercy.
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    “What are you going to do, Ty?” Dia asked. She grabbed onto his arm, but he only shook her off. She may be our only chance , she pleaded, switching to mindspeak, which I could still hear.
    Our only chance for what? How, exactly, do you think she can help us, Dia? Ty asked, irritated.
    Dia considered Ty’s question. We walked down yet another long hallway. I was under Ty’s spell. He had told me to follow, and though I was able to process everything going on around me, all I could do was submit to Ty’s command without speaking. I was helpless, and every cell in my body hated that feeling. It was not lost on me that I had inflicted a similar kind of mind control on others.
    I had entered this facility to discover whatever it was Dad had found here before he was killed. Why had he toured this facility? Did he know that this existed? That there was another Jack?
    At the same time, I had hoped to find a clue as to how Jonas had so much control over me. He led me to believe I’d find answers down here. Instead, I had plummeted into a raging sea of more questions.
    Lin walked behind me to my left. I could see him in my periphery. Everything about him—from his furrowed brows to how he ran his fingers through his hair as he considered the situation—screamed Jack DeWeese. I missed Jack. Though I had seen him only hours before, we now couldn’t be further apart.
    Who are you? Lin asked me. Why are you here? By the looks on the other two faces, it seemed that only I heard him.
    I didn’t know what to tell him. Or if I could even speak, given that Ty seemed to have control over me. I tried anyway. Someone with less-than-good intentions led me here, I said. I was scared to say too much, but the loathing I felt for Jonas right then…
    Seeming to hear me, Lin quickened his pace, now walking directly beside me. How did you plan to get out of here?
    A knot flipped around in my stomach. I had counted on walking out. I figured the security was for getting in. It never occurred to me that I would need permission to exit, too.
    I was so blinded by the desire to know why my father was killed, and why some clone could seize my mind, that I didn’t stop to consider that I might trap myself.
    Suddenly, Ty left my head. I stopped in the middle of the hallway. Lin’s presence disappeared as well.
    “Uh-oh,” Ty said.
    “What?” Dia looked panicked. “They’ve shut us off, haven’t they?”
    “What does that mean, they shut you off?” Now that I was able to talk to the wack jobs in front of me, I wanted answers. “What the hell is this? Where am I? You’re obviously clones. What is your purpose?”
    Ty got up in my face. “It’s getting ready to get really ugly down here. Any second a gas is going to be released into our air that’s going to knock us all out. They obviously were somewhat prepared for your arrival…”
    “Not prepared enough,” Dia scoffed behind Ty. “Or they’d have her already.”
    My heart raced. “What kind of gas?” I swallowed hard.
    Ty grabbed my arm. “The sleeping kind. We have to hurry.” He urged me along, and for some reason, I went willingly this time. The sounds of voices yelling echoed through the halls behind us. “In here.” Ty pushed open a door to our right.
    We entered a dark room. Ty held up a small flashlight that helped us see. The room consisted of many long tables with chairs all pointing in the same direction. A classroom, maybe.
    Ty faced me. “How did you get down