Been This Way

"I can't trust you or anyone because they always leave"
He looked at me smiled faded all the color gone from his face
"Once they're gone they're never coming back . They lie and cheat in life and look where it got my brother"
" Deep into this void of magic and lies that fills his to his toes in blood"
I backed away , no matter how much I wanted to trust him and find my brother Safe and sound in his bed at home.
But I didn't want to end up dead somewhere .
I couldn't.
" Tex , you were able to take that risk to even go through finding your brother . You have the drive in you and you made it this far . Why do you have to stop now ", he touched my hand , his warm touch when ever thing around him was do frigidly cold. I wanted to stay with him , and myself that I was about to leave behind.
But I wasn't gonna break my promise.
"My name is not Tex.
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17 year old Austin Sole-Via's world first fell apart when her father committed suicide. The second time was shortly after her brother went missing the same year. Tired for fighting and wishing things would go back to normal she finally moved on but gets pulled back in one night searching through her attic. The hidden secrets for her family's trauma might lead her to take the same fate as her brother or her father ? Or will she find out her true power deep inside her with the help of her friends and even closer ones?