The baron stood before them
“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?”
“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?”
Look for Arcadian's Asylum available May 11th, 2010, wherever books are sold.
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