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One Second Was Enough
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That single second was all Kane needed.

Inside the darkness, he reached out with the power inside him. Not physically, but through the system that now responded to him differently. He felt the structure of the cells, the locks, the metal, the energy binding them shut and he pushed with command.

The system responded immediately.

A sharp pulse spread through him, and the locks on Seraphine’s cell clicked open at once, then Vesper’s. The metal loosened so easily and both doors opened quietly in th
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