The quiet holding room inside the Zurich legal building felt cold, but Clara felt a hot, burning fire rising up in her chest.

She looked down at the paper lying on the polished oak table. The small black print near the bottom was crystal clear. If she signed her name, she would get her freedom, but she would lose everything her mother had suffered to protect. Marcus Vance would get all fifty-one percent of her family stock shares. He would win the entire war, take back his stolen power, and control her life forever.

Arthur Pendelton leaned back in his chair, tapping his gold pen against the table. He had...