Write a story where one character needs to betray the other, but isn’t sure if they can.

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“Wermer east” by Philip Ebuluofor

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He likes to drive this Peugeot 504 every possible opportunity that comes his way. Not minding the social status of the car. It is what is available to him. Never heard him complaining. It seems as if dry season is the best season he likes to drive his father’s car. The car has reputation of not being seen as being for the poor or rich. It is just in between there. So, no one is looking down on anyone when one winds down, demanding anything from the vendors from the comfort of the car. It is far better than his motorcycle. It seems ...

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“Runaway” by Amy Curry

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When I walked in and saw the bedroom Her and I used to share I could not exactly identify the whirlwind of feelings encircling through and around me. "What in the.... fuck...." I say out loud to myself. That word echoed through the deafening silence, circled back around, and stabbed me directly in the heart. Maybe, at this moment, I felt her pain for the first time? Maybe all at once? I'm really not too sure at this moment, but it really hurts. She destroyed everything that I love, my guitars, my laptop. I need these things, but I am the one...

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“If only the walls had eyes: Confessions of a Trophy Wife” by Lindelwa Zondi

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It was on glum and gloomy, thunderous nights like this that I sat by the grand marble fireplace and reflected on my life to the rhythm of the rain. The chandeliers, the glare of the grand piano and ivory centrepieces of the penthouse dimly glistened in the room as I had requested, being the first lady of the Sapphire Hotel sure had its perks. I lit a few more chandeliers so I could look at the people on the sidewalk of the busy yet opulent left wing of the city. Some were businessmen, stockbrokers and private bankers in suits; others were...

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“Safe in the Creed” by Sam Hershey

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Then Satan entered Judas, surnamed Iscariot, who was numbered among the twelve. So he went his way and conferred with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Him to them. And they were glad, and agreed to give him money. So he promised and sought opportunity to betray Him to them in the absence of the multitude. Luke 22:3-22:6 The campfire we had surrounded that once roared is nothing but burning embers, and the rest of this band of people I have traveled with along with the Pesos Gang have long called it a night and are in ...

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“MURDER AND I” by Testimony Odey

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I knew I would not be able to do it from the moment they said it. It wasn't going to be that simple, not at all. It looked simple to them, alright. Murder is simple to some people. Really simple. As simple as walking to the grocery store across your street. As simple as talking to your best friend on the phone. As simple as normal daily activities. That's because it's their habitual activity, I mean for serial killers. Just like it's easy for you and I to eat breakfast, because we do it everyday...it's the same for them. It's easy to screw a...

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“Game of Beasts” by Anna Kosten

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I focused on Xenyph, my rock, jaguar beast. Run! Don’t look back! Since Xenyph and I were bonded, we were able to talk to each other through our thoughtsFraya, no! I can’t leave you! You don’t have a weapon. Xenyph’s emotion blew through me—anger, sadness, fear.Go. I command you to. I ran my fingers over his rock body, and watched him sprint away. I redid my bun, twisting my auburn hair up.I’m on my own now. I have to stay alive, and keep the others from knowing I’m a girl. This was the big test of the Beast Games School. The remaining ...

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“Tiberius is a Problem” by Tracey Carvill

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Tiberius is a problem, Zaryndra thought to herself as she pondered her cup of ale, in more ways than one. A problem she would need to resolve if she were to keep her professional reputation intact.It wasn’t a problem she was used to encountering. Normally, in her line of work, when you killed someone, they stayed dead. Two years ago, when she’d accepted the contract on the Pirate King, Morzan Pelagius, she’d had no concerns about him coming back. She’d had concerns about how to assassinate a pirate king when he rarely came off of his boat; s...

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“The blood in the snow” by Vameerah Darren

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I woke up with a start, the sound of footsteps on the creaky steps pulling me from my dreams. I slipped out of bed and left my room, peeking down the hallway.“Rose?”My sister limped into view,“Hey Mari, I’m just going straight to bed.”I didn’t have to look closely to see the mud on her boots, mixed with the easily recognizable crimson of blood. Her knife was peeking out of her belt, it was permanently stained red.“Rose, where did you go?”She rolled her eyes, even though I was older than her, she still acted like I couldn’t be a mom figure.“I...

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“His False Confession” by Julie Lafrance

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"You have to tell them that she did it, you have to say that you saw her. If you say it was an accident, they will send me back to prison. I can't do life brother." My sister is pleading with me to turn in Clarice. The one woman in this entire world that makes my heart start and stop with a single wave."Come on Janice, any other woman on this planet and I'd have no problem. Why her?" I ask, wondering why my sister has a sudden hate."Geoff, she just needs to take the fall for this okay, she needs to have a reality check and quick." My sister ...

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“My Rhapsody ” by Melissa M Eagen

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My room was lavishly decorated with stolen goods from all sorts of brands, the floor littered with dollar bills from the profits I had managed to collect despite being only sixteen years old. That was high school age, and already I had made enough to make the high achieving and part timely working students look like fools throwing their lives away for the good of a world that only paid them in grades and minimum wages. I worked in a company of sorts, except we didn't sell lousy computers or overly expensive cell phones. We sold what the publ...

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“So Little Time” by M Krupenia

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Szadek Ghetto, 1940Empty schnapps bottles were overrated, and not very useful either.But it would work for now.Stick the bottle in, dig, clear the dirt, breathe.What was it worth? Digging out pieces of his town, feeling much like the devil who was digging into the innards of his soul. His soul. Long unlodged from the socket it had once been carefully placed in, it crashed around his skeletal frame like some freak bumper cars tournament.“Soul” The loftiness of the words mocked him - and he froze - wondering if he still had one at a...

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“Star crossed” by Kay Fletcher

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The green cotton gown felt tight around my neck. I couldn’t stand up so pulled at it ineffectively, trying to free a space by my throat. I felt hemmed in, constricted. I looked around the room, it was sparse, clinical, utilitarian. I swung my legs back and fore as I sat on the edge of the single bed, not too fast I thought to myself, I wasn’t up to that yet. I noticed my hands either side of me, bunched up fists pushing into the blue cover on the bed. I lifted my right hand up in front of my eyes, inspected the honeycomb ...

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“Homeward Bound ” by Rebecca Welch

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I peer into the clearing through the thick foliage of the forest floor. The decaying leaves below me are wet and soften my shifting as I stretch my body up to get a closer look. I inhale, the humid atmosphere tastes like rain on my tongue. I’ve been waiting here for hours. I’ve watched the forest go from warm gold to cool blue around me as the sunset, all the plants seeming to morph into one as the light shrank back into the heavens. It’s midnight now, the clearing provides the only ground the moonlight touches enough to count as light. They...

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“War and Friendship, Cruelty and Mercy ” by Vlad Cassidy

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“Please understand that we are fighting a war on two fronts,” pronounced Sir Morimoto, our domain’s most senior general and an expert tactician. Alas, our domain’s overlord — our daimyo — was an insouciant and boisterous fellow named Lord Yoshitsuru. I was his adviser and long-time friend. “To the East,” continued Morimoto, his whole body trembling beneath his silk robes with subdued rage, “Ichibangase’s samurai are raising a forest of spears against our people. To the West, militant Buddhist monks brandish their halberds and sharpen...

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“A Matter of Opinion” by Andy Pagliuca

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November 9th, 1983 6:10pm Mark Mark walked up the steps to his bungalow, one arm carrying his brief case and the other a book. “2000 Leagues under the sea,” he flipped it over in his hand, to admire the cover. ’She would love this story,’ he thought, as he places the briefcase under his arm and unlocked the door. It connected with a loud thud as the deadbolt slid free. He walked into his home with a sense of ease. Finally, he could wash off the smell of the day, and just relax. Mark walked into his bathroom and rapidly removed his suit. H...

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Write a story where one character needs to betray the other, but isn’t sure if they can.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 171 stories

“Wermer east” by Philip Ebuluofor

“Runaway” by Amy Curry

“If only the walls had eyes: Confessions of a Trophy Wife” by Lindelwa Zondi

“Safe in the Creed” by Sam Hershey

“MURDER AND I” by Testimony Odey

“Game of Beasts” by Anna Kosten

“Tiberius is a Problem” by Tracey Carvill

“The blood in the snow” by Vameerah Darren

“His False Confession” by Julie Lafrance

“My Rhapsody ” by Melissa M Eagen

“So Little Time” by M Krupenia

“Star crossed” by Kay Fletcher

“Homeward Bound ” by Rebecca Welch

“War and Friendship, Cruelty and Mercy ” by Vlad Cassidy

“A Matter of Opinion” by Andy Pagliuca

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about a pirate captain obsessed with finding a mythical treasure.

Write a thriller about someone who witnesses a murder… except there’s no evidence that a murder took place.

Write a romance where the characters pretend to be dating each other in order to win a reality show.

Write a space adventure story that features a visit to an alien marketplace.

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