Who Plays Arthur In Peaky Blinders Novels & Stories

He didn't shift. "Phineas?" Arthur’s voice was a dry rattle. He scrambled off the blankets, his knees hitting the stone floor with a sickening crack. He crawled forward, his fingernails clawing at the hem of Phineas’s trousers. "Phineas... oh god. My mate. You came back for me." "Don't touch me, Arthur. You’re getting filth on the wool." Phineas didn't move. He stood like a statue, watching the man who used to rule his life grovel in the dirt.

He looked up at her, his face completely pale, tears tracking through the deep lines of his skin. "He isn't gaslighting you about the syndicate, Grace," Arthur whispered, his voice trembling so violently his teeth clicked. "But you're wrong about who he is. Elias is no hero. He’s not your protector." Grace froze, the cold air in the room suddenly feeling heavy, suffocating. "What do you mean?" Arthur buried his face in his hands, his shoulders shaking. When he pulled them away, the raw, pathetic terror in his eyes made him look incredibly small.

It was a live feed from the cliffside mansion's courtyard. The Peacekeeper gunships were no longer circling. They landed, their engines idling. The soldiers weren't searching the rubble; they were standing in a perfect, motionless circle around a single figure sitting on a stone bench. It was Arthur. He was holding his head in his hands, but as the camera zoomed in, we saw his eyes. They weren't his usual fading blue. They were glowing with a solid, unchanging black—the same color as my dead "Sync" band.