Three Become One
***Arin's POV***
When Jaxon's eyes opened, they were pitch-black. Not the kind of black I'd seen when Thanatos controlled him before. This was different – deeper, hungrier, like looking into a pit that went straight to the center of the earth. Slowly, he sat up, and dark veins spread like poisonous rivers across his skin where the shadow spear had pierced his chest.
He said, "Hello, little Luna," in a voice that wasn't his own. "Thank you for giving me a lot of strength."
In horror, I staggered backward. "Jaxon, resist! You're more powerful than this."
However, his teeth had become razor-sharp fangs, and he simply grinned. "Jaxon is gone. When triplet bond power combined with shadow magic, he became me. I am something fresh."
"What are you?" For the first time, I heard fear in Queen Althara's voice as she demanded.
The thing with Jaxon's face said, "I am hungry." "I am the darkness that consumes the light."
