Book Ideas

This is a series of short excerpts based on books a few friends of mine have thought of but never wrote.

The war was over and the humans lost… badly. I was running, trying to escape because I knew they would find me. I was looking for my baby brother, the only person I cared for, even though he was human and I was not one. I frantically searched for my brother but I couldn’t find him, everywhere was full of bodies; both human and supernatural. I had to escape, they used me to win the war and I felt sick with myself. I heard my brother’s cry and I immediately turned and I saw him in the hands of the demon prince.

“Let him go, Lucas,” I said, nearing slowly. “Why should I?” He said, with his not-quite-right smile on his face. “Leave my brother out of this,” I said squeezing my fists. “It’s a simple exchange, I let him go and you come with me or I kill him and you still come with me.” He said pressing the knife closer to my brother’/s neck, causing him to whimper. I tried reaching for my powers but they were depleted. “Fine, let him go.” “No, don’t do it!” My brother shouted but his guards already held my hands and put a magic chain on them. “Now let him go.” I gritted out as the chains burned me.

He smiled a crooked smile and my heart dropped. “No can do sweetheart.” And then he slit his neck. He dropped to the floor gurling and choking, I watched the life drain from my brother’s eyes, I wanted to scream but the magic held the little power I had in check. “You fucking liar,” I said glaring at Lucas, wishing I could kill him. “It’s just…