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I exhaled once, slow and controlled, then reached down, gripping the cord, extending my claws and slicing it loose with a sharp motion.
The pressure released instantly and the broken mechanism snapped back into the trees with a violent recoil, branches shuddering from the force.
Kieran stepped closer, his gaze scanning the disturbed ground, the rope,and the setup.
“That wasn’t meant to kill you,” he said.
“I know.”
“It was meant to see if it could.”
I straightened slowly, rolling my shoulder once, shaking off the tension still coiled in my body.
“They’re testing reactions,” he continued. “Your speed, strength and instinct.”
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