The Maddox Brothers And Rose Novels & Stories

" My Rosebud, what happened​? Why are you crying?“, he asked in a worried tone while cupping her face. She looked at me. I shooked my head in negative. “Nothing”, Rosaline replied while avoiding his eyes. Xavier then darted his eyes towards me and glared me. “Mind explaining?“, he gritted. I clenched my fists tightly and grabbed his collar. “REBECCA!“, Rose shrieked as she tried to pry my hands off him but I only tightened my grip on his collar. I glared at Xavier who was staring me with a frown. “Don’t act innocent. I’ve seen you killing Finn, so don’t you da-”

REJECTED Rose's parents gave him deaf ears because the more he apologized, the angrier they got. It was hard for them to behold his presence as it made them imagine his guts for still apologizing after causing the demise of their daughter. Rose's father, Mr. Gabriel almost strangled him to death but was held back by his wife.

Since then, we hadn't crossed paths again. Renzo saw me looking and quickly turned his focus to me, greeting me with a smile, "Good morning, Ma'am Maddie." The other two men followed suit and looked at me. I smiled back and walked toward Marco. As I got closer, I felt his hand gently rest on my waist, a small but reassuring gesture before the introduction. Marco turned to me, introducing the man, "Maddie, this is Caleb." My eyes widened in surprise—Caleb was Marco’s childhood friend, practically a brother, just like Renzo.

, Adalina added scowling at me. “Alright”, said Father as he stood up and walked to where I stood. “All this is simple, Rose my dear daughter, you do understand what is at stake here. This Mafia alliance is very important to this family. So on behalf of me and your sisters I demand that you reject the Alphas so that a much organized agreement can take place”, Father said as he stood towering over me with his huge body.

I turned to Maddox, unable to accept the fact that he’d just saved my life. Maddox looked at the three men in front of him, his nostrils flared in rage. He sheathed his gun and pulled out a knife instead. “Change of plans, boys. You come after my brother, and I come after you.” He slit the throat of the first guy then gutted the next. I stayed put and watched the slaughter… unable to believe what had just happened. I sat at the bar across from Damien, still in a daze from what I’d witnessed a few hours ago. It was three in the morning and I should go home and get some sleep, but I was so disturbed by what I’d seen that I couldn’t close my eyes.

Like I had the power of life and death. The third one, however, I did not allow to burn entirely but only the edge of the petals. Half red and half black. Roses on fire. Suddenly, I let out a hysterical laugh until my cousin walked into the office, perhaps brought on by the smell or even my outbursts. “What the hell are you doing, Rick?” “Killing them!” I replied, keeping my fanatical grin on my face. “Killing roses…” he repeated as he approached. “You okay, bro?”

Maddox stared at the pressed flower as if it had risen from a grave. His voice came out low and rough. “I have seen that flower in my dreams.” The words settled into the dusty room, and for the first time since Rhea opened the door, she could not move. Maddox looked from the flower to her face, and the silver in his eyes did not look like rage this time. It looked like fear. Rhea held the fragile moonflower between them, and the room that had once belonged to her seemed to hold its breath around them both.

Rose gave her the best smile she could manage, thankful to have her mother there to hold her up when the anxiety threatened to boil over. Together, the three of them explained to Jia what had happened. Simon recounted their outing after Allen got better and how it had suddenly taken a turn for the worse, Rose filled in as much as she could about getting her brothers back to the pack house and Monika took over recalling all that happened after. Rose could barely remember every detail, all of it turning into a blur of reality mixing with her horrible dreams. Each time a different brother in a hospital bed who wouldn’t wake up.

*Maddox* It’s too much. I have too much to take care of right now, too many things to think about and do, to sit here and consider the possibility that Isla’s brother has just died, gone to the island of Maatua, and then been brought back by her tears or blood or both. No, with the uprising that just happened in the courtyard, I can’t even begin to process it right now.

Though, I did just suck Maddox off twice with him there. Maddox kissed me one last time before he sighed. “Need to get back to work.” Cade held up his fist. Maddox fist bumped him before he turned to go inside. “You did not just fist bump, my brother… over sex?” Looking at him behind me, he just shrugged. Maddox kept the mind-link opened, but didn’t respond. The packhouse was buzzing with activity, but we made a beeline for Maddox’s office. No one was in there, which I was thankful for.