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“Your skills and capabilities will enhance the progress of my ville as we work toward the perfect society. I want you with me, not against me. And of your own free will.”

“Do we really have a choice?” Ryan asked. “We’re here, surrounded by your sec.”

Arcadian considered that. “You may have a point. If you made a break for freedom, we could stop you. The fact that we found Dr. Tanner proves we can sweep this ville with relative ease. But if you choose to run, a firefight would only take out some of my men and lead to your demise.”

“So if we say no?”

“Then you’ll be held until you say yes. And you will.”

There was a steel and ice there that betrayed a will that Ryan knew wouldn’t be refused.

“What do you have in mind for us?”