They didn’t stick around long. Lucinda could barely hide her disgust for the night market, and after a quick word with Grace, she was out of there. She decided right then she’d never set foot in this place again.
Meanwhile, Connor and Iceblade had already made it to Country D, slipping into the cloning facility under cover of darkness. The night pressed down, thick and heavy, wrapping the research base in shadows. Only a few searchlights cut through the gloom, sweeping lazily over the barbed wire fence. Connor and Iceblade hugged the corroded chain-link, moving silently as they dodged the patrols.
“Security’s even tighter than I thought,” Iceblade murmured, scanning the buildings with his tiny binoculars.
Connor’s eyes were hard and cold. “They’re hiding something big. Of course security’s tight.”
They found a spot the cameras missed, tossed a rope over, and climbed the fence without making a sound. The buildings inside were all orderly lines and sharp corners, but everything about the place felt off, too quiet, almost unnatural.
They crept down a dim hallway, every step echoing in the silence. The air was heavy with the sting of disinfectant and something else, something sweet and wrong. When they rounded a corner, both of them froze.
The hallway opened up to rows of glass incubation pods, each one holding a person who looked perfectly normal. The clones drifted in pale blue liquid, floating like babies in a dream. Above every pod, a screen flashed with streams of data.
“This is just… inhuman,” Iceblade said, even he couldn’t keep the disbelief out of his voice.
Connor clenched his fists. “We have to wipe this place out.”
That’s when footsteps echoed from further down the hall. Instinct took over and they melted into the shadows. A group of researchers in white coats hurried past, pushing a gurney. There was someone on it, and even though only half his face showed, Connor knew instantly. It was Garrett.
As soon as the corridor cleared, Connor and Iceblade slipped after them, keeping close. The researchers rolled Garrett into a lab. Through the gap in the door, Connor saw Garrett strapped to a metal table, pale as death, tubes snaking from his arms.
“Garrett,” Connor whispered, just loud enough to carry.

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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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