10 The only thing Jared could think about was Lexy. They covered his eyes and ears with a sensory deprivation helmet and moved him on some kind of stretcher. If he didn’t know where they were, he couldn’t pulse at them. A blindfold would be sufficient ninety percent of the time. Nearly everyone needed to see who they were influencing, but there were a few infamous Forcers in the early days who were able to locate a person by sound and hurt them. Since he still hadn’t reacted to any of their interrogations, they had no idea how strong he was. The helmet also kept him from knowing where they were taking him. Time warped with no outward cues. Jared focused on his sense of touch and smell. He could smell the deodorant and shampoo of the people around him. He could feel the movement of the fa

