Triple Temptation
Ever since the ritual, her bond with the Alphas felt like a flickering candle, while her memory of Lucien’s cold blood and the Shadow’s touch felt like a roaring furnace.
"What did you do to me?" Rhea demanded.
"It’s not what I did, but what I’m about to do," Kora whispered. She raised a hand, a small, carved bone whistle between her fingers. She didn't blow it. She snapped it in half.
A cloud of purple smoke erupted from the bone, swathing Rhea in a cloying, sweet scent. Rhea tried to hold her breath, but the smoke moved as if it were alive, forcing its way into her lungs.