‘This is how we can be together for an eternity, Maddox.’

…

Silence hung over the center courtyard.

By the time Gladys made her way here, the crowd was muttering amongst themselves.

The old servant had a sinking feeling in her stomach.

Working her way through the crowd, she finally saw Maddox and his wife in a pool of blood. She couldn’t take such a heartbreaking and grisly sight. Falling to her knees, she stared at the young couple and said in a choked-up voice, “It’s Maddox and his wif