20“Don’t panic yet, Mr. Masterson. Being tied to the chair is not your worst problem. We just want some answers.”
Dan blinked and twisted his arms. They wouldn’t move. “Captain Elliott…we haven’t really had a chance to talk before. Every military coder has studied your record though. You were the penultimate cyborg. Double-wired and chipped. Both were successful.”
“Why are you using past tense, Mr. Masterson? Though I broke Norton’s chains on me, I am still very much a cyborg—don’t ever doubt it,” Peyton declared.
“Yes, but once I could have ordered you to destroy a battalion of soldiers single-handedly and you would have done it without a thought. Now…now you’re just some cyber scientist’s guard dog. It is a complete waste of your greatest talents. So was being a Cyber Husband, but you
