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“Everyone, May calm!” I shouted as the fo continand in crumble beet Me and ma
direction, their eyes wide with panic as wooden nks spluttered and fell away. The apting floated My pack meshers stambled in belos a shren cliff face drepping into darkness. The sight sent a fresh wave of terme through our small group.
Intact section. ‘Not mother damn
“shit” Ryder eximed, his foot slipping through a newly formed pan. He barely managed to leap
The Council members are on devima! Skye ihmited over the cracking sounds of splintering wood. “How do they me up with in many drefly
My mind shed to Skye’s father’s story from two days agn–the tale of the Seesaw challenge and its hidden lesson, stay calm. Think ifestly. The Council purpose wasn’t to collect corpses; they wanted in Test is, not kill us. There had to be a ition..
As if answering my thoughts, several chains slowly descended from the lleg, dangling just within reach.
“There!” I posted upward. “Everyone grab
Ryder reacted instantly, his athletic frame propelling him useand as he secured his grip on the nearest chain. Skye followed with equal agility, her sihver hair <b>catching </b>the dim light as she sung herself to safety.
But Lydia–ber physical abilities weaker than the others as she was never <b>trained </b><b>as </b>a warrior–missed her grab. A sharp my escaped her lips as she began to fall
I lunged forward, my hand shooting out to catch her arm. The <b>sudden </b>weight nearly pulled my shoulder from its socket, but I held firm, gritting my teeth against the pais
“I’ve got you,” I assured her, muscles straining as I maintained my grip. “I won’t let go.”
Lydia nodded, her eyes wide with fear behind her decorative mask. After <b>taking </b>a shuddering breath, she reached up with her free hand to grasp the chain above us, then wrapped both arms around it in a death grip, her knuckles white with the effort.
Just as we <b>all </b>secured <b>ourselves </b>to the dangling chains, a figure appeared in the doorway. A man in Council robes observed us with an unnervingly calm expression—a stark contrast to our precarious position suspended over the abyss..
He began to apud slowly, “Congrattions, Alpha Adrian. I’m impressed that your entire team has <b>made </b>it this far
Anger red in my chest at <b>his </b><b>casual </b>demeanor while my pack dangled in mortal danger. <b>“</b>Skip the pleasantries,” I growled. “Can’t you see some of us are
“Please, don’t be rmed,” the man replied, his voice infuriatingly steady. He nced up at our suspended forms before continuing. “You’re currently undergoing the final phase of this trial. There’s a lever beside me–if I pull it, you’ll be safely lowered to the ground behind this door. No one will be
harmed.”
Fellowing his gaze, I noticed a small, unassuming lever beside the wooden door. The dim lighting had concealed it from our initial inspection.
“Listen carefully,” the man continued, <b>taking </b>a step forward. This game is called Yes or No. Your team may <b>ask </b>me three questions in total, to which I will answer only “Yes” or “No. I will not lie. After your the?r questions, if 1 agree to help you, I’ll pull the lever. If my answers remain “No, you fail the trial.”
I tightened my grip on my chain, mind racing. The questions with only yes or no answers? This was an unexpected challenge.<fnbfb0> Th? link to the orig?n of this information r?sts ?n Find?Novel</fnbfb0>
<b>So </b>will <b>you </b>
<b>you </b>let un down now!” <b>Ryder </b>sted out.
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was toote
the man replied without hesitation. Two question remaining.
“Ryder Skye <b>hissed</b><b>, </b>ring at our young warrior. “Don’t say another word!”
<b>Ryder </b>hung from his chain with one hand, using the other in weralch the <b>back </b>of his head shrepichle,
From now on, I’ll ask the questions,‘ I annointed, forcing my voice to remain steady despite
diew a drep breath, i
efully considering our options. The situation demanded pretion we couldn’t afford another wasted section
But the more I thought about it, I realized we didn’t need three questions. We didnt even need to
This game wasn’t about convincing him to pull the lever it was about understanding the logic of “Yes” and “Mn.”
momentarily, then asked with delibeiste precision: “If my third question were to ask whether you your answer in this second question“”
I pull the lever,
1… The man altered, clearly caught elf piant. Then a broad smile spread across.
dacross his face at he henke intoughter.
“Alpha Adrian, you truly are an interesting clintacter.”
“We’ve won,” I stated coldly. “Now lower <b>as </b>deers”
Ryder’s confusion was evident even through his strained expression. “What just happened? How did we win?”