Triple Temptation
With every step, a pulse of silver energy rippled outward, shattering the obsidian shields of the younger witches.
"Kill her!" Morga shrieked, raising her scepter. "Strike her down before she reaches the circle!"
Twelve bolts of violet lightning descended from the eclipse-darkened sky, all of them converging on Rhea’s small, defiant frame. The explosion of magic was so bright it blinded Morga for a heartbeat. She waited for the smoke to clear, expecting to see a charred corpse.
Instead, she saw Rhea standing in the center of a crater, her hands raised. She hadn't just survived the lightning; she had caught it. The violet energy was swirling around her wrists like tattered ribbons, being abso