Rose Red

Chapter 9

Damian

As I opned the door I could see why my brother liked her so much. Her tanned olive skin and bright blue eyes made me want to know more about her.

"So you must be Mack." I said eyeing her. I could hear her pulse pick up when I spoke. She nodded. Smiling but weak she added, "And you must Damian." So my brother does talk about me after all. I nodded still smirking. "Come in. We have a lot to talk about." She followed me into the living area as I shut the door. "So what is it that you wanted to talk about?" I asked her motioning for her to have a seat. "Well this was in my room this morning." As she spoke she handed me a rose. "A rose?" I questioned. "And this card." I took the card from her and read a loud:

"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I killed your parents,
And I'll kill you too!"
-K-

I froze. The last time I saw something like this. Was the day my brother and I turned. The day a cold hearted bitch took the only happiness I had left and threw it down the rabbit hole.

"Do you know where this came from?" Mackinliegh asked. "Actually. I know the who." I looked up at her. "How long has this been happening?" I knew I had panic written all over my face but I didn't care. "The rose and note today, but I would get these calls. It would only consist of me talking and someone on the other end breathing." I couldn't take the ramble. "How long?" I asked again. "Four months. It started two weeks before my parents died." She spat and I sat still.

Then I realized why she was rambling. She didn't want to talk about the death of her parents. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have pushed." I walked over to her and hugged her. "It's okay. I needed to talk about it some how." She smiled at me. "Okay, back to the subject." She looked at me. "Okay." I smiled. I knew her and my brother had spending a lot of time together. But I didn't know if he told her or not. I me it had only been one night. "Why don't you go up to my first. And I'll bring up some food. Pizza and grilled cheese sound good?" I smiled at her. She nodded. "And maybe something stronger then tea, coffee, or juice?" Damian do not kiss her. "Sounds good to me. But your only having one and it's going to be small because it's still school hours." She nodded and headed for the stairs. "Um.." I pointed. "Last door at the end of the hall." I headed for the kitchen listening to her feet hit the floor and walk into my room.

When I knew the coast was clear  I called my brother.

Ambrose: "What?"

Damian: "The roses are back and Mackinliegh has one." He didn't have to dsy anything for me to know that the panic was already setting in.

Ambrose: "I'm coming home." Was all he said before the call ended.

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Mack had fallen asleep on my chest when I heard Ambrose walk through the door. I got up slowly not wanting to wake her up and walked out of the door and down the stairs.

"You have to tell her everything brother. You don't have a choice now." Ambrose just looked at me. "I know." He said. Fear and hurt in voice. "Tell me what?" Mack walked slowly down the stairs. Looking at both of us.

Let's take a walk. I have some things to tell you." Ambrose held a straight face as he looked at her. Worry washed over her mote then anything, but she nodded.

I walked to the other room giving then some space, plus I had a witch and a spell to find.