ALPHA Arthur: The Mate Who Lied
Solomon snarled, his eyes blank and terrifying, his hands reaching for Phineas’s face.
"Phineas, don't! He’ll kill you!" Lucian yelled, trying to stand, his legs buckling.
Phineas pinned Solomon’s shoulders to the floor. He ignored the biting, the scratching. He bit into his own thumb until the blood ran hot and silver-red.
"I'm sorry, Solomon," Phineas whispered.
He pressed his bleeding thumb against Solomon’s forehead, right between the electrodes.
"The Mark of the Luna... I claim you!"
Phineas’s body went rigid. He didn't just feel the blood leaving his thumb; he felt his soul being pulled through the wound. His vision went white. The heat in his chest the last spark of his life began to