The Deal

By Sebastian Steele

Warren Knox has always been considered the evil twin so he has no problem making a deal with a demon named Lucien to bring back his sister after her apparent suicide. All he is asked to do is complete a small list of errands for the demon. The tasks seem easy and harmless at first but as the night wears on Warren is asked to do the unthinkable. Can he afford to pay the price Lucien is asking or will he save his own soul and leave his sister's soul to burn in Hell?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Midnight Taylor
• Release date: Jan 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781507037669

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Chapter 1

Amanda had never been the happiest person in the world but Warren couldn't believe that his sister had actually committed suicide.  He'd found the horrific scene as he'd come home from work at the local fast food place. 

He was sure he would never forget seeing his sister's naked form in the bathtub of bloody water, gashes in her wrists from a sharpened kitchen knife.

It was strange, he'd never seen his sister so depressed as to think that she would ever harm herself let alone gruesomely carve up her flesh so that she would bleed out and cease to be.

Warren lit a cigarette with shaking hands as he stepped out onto the porch, how was he ever going to tell his parents? Amanda had been their pride and joy, always on the honor roll, never in trouble. The good twin.

The air tonight was chilly and the stone step he sat down on was as cold as ice. He didn't really notice even though he wasn't wearing a jacket; it seemed like his whole body was numb and all he could think about was Amanda. He should have been nicer to her, he should have talked with her more and made sure that she was all right.

As the police cruiser pulled up to the curb and stopped Warren stood up to greet the officer. He hadn't known what else to do beside call the sheriff's office.

Everything went by in a hazy blur as the officer went inside and came back out while taking on his radio. He began talking to Warren but he really had no clue what the officer was saying.

Ten cigarettes, four more police officers, a coroner and assistant later, Warren summoned up the resolve