Chapters 15 through 18 Summary

In Chapter 15, following another Covert Operations report describing how little Cammie and her friends have learned about Townsend, narration describes the Operatives' successful implementation of a plan to drug Townsend with a truth serum invented by Liz. While they're following him as they're waiting for the serum to take effect, they overhear his conversation with a fellow teacher in which he discusses the dangers of trying to get into Sub-Level 2, and insists he needs to get down there soon. Shortly afterwards, the serum takes effect, and the Operatives learn that Townsend is there to track Solomon, that Cammie's mother is being detained by her own agency, and that Solomon is believed to be responsible for the death of Cammie's father.

In Chapter 16, Cammie storms outside, followed by her friends. As they try to comfort her, Cammie insists that they have no...