Novels by Reby Grayson

LIAM "Mom, you still haven't told me what you're doing here and why you're sitting so quietly," I said to my mom, who suddenly walked in here about ten minutes ago and still hasn't said a word. "This is my company Liam and I can walk into wherever I like, whenever I like," she retorted and I couldn't help but stare back at disdainfully. "Agreed mom, it's your company and there's no doubt about that but just a reminder this is my office and you can't just barge in here and not tell me exactly what brings you here in the first place," I snapped back at her, not exactly in the mood to deal with her tantrums today. "Let me ask you something Liam, do you really love me as your mother? Do you genuinely care about me l

Gabrielle. I walked into the hotel with my head high, trying as much as I could to keep my face as expressionless as possible. I knew for a fact that my decision to come here was literally me walking straight into the lion's den but lately, I can't help but enjoy putting myself in difficult positions. I couldn't even bring myself to tell my mom about this cause I knew for a fact that she would try to talk me out of it by giving me a million reasons why it would be a bad idea and since I didn't really care much about her opinions anymore, I decided against letting her know anything. At the end of the day, even she would do exactly what I'm doing cause we're not that different after all. "Hi, good afternoon," I greeted the hotel receptionist with a small smile.

Gabriella. "Is everything okay Gaby?" Fabian asked worriedly. "Me? Of course, I am. Do I look like something's wrong with me?" I replied, staring back at him confusedly. "No, it's not Gaby. It's just, I'm worried about how you're holding up mentally. I mean come one dear, I know you and I know very well that you are acting like everything is okay with you but then with everything that's been happening around you lately, I know for a fact that it's affecting you mentally and I want you to know that you can always talk to me about anything and that I'll always be here for you when you need me," he replied and I sighed. Truth is, he isn't exactly wrong about everything not bei

Gabriella. FLAMES! That was all I could see right at this very moment. Everything around me spun around in 360° and my heart felt like it was just about to jump right out of my body. "Excuse me Sir, what's happening? How did this happen?" I could hear Liam faintly asking the people around but right after that, my eardrums started to feel like they were burning from the inside. I could neither hear or see anything aside from the terrible fire that the firefighters were trying so hard to put out. A few feet away from me was an ambulance that I suppose is here to carry Katherine's body away. Apparently, they found a gunshot wound to her stomach which means that definitely, her death is

Gabrielle. My eyes scanned the environment as soon as I parked my car and as much as I wasn't expecting anything worth looking at, I didn't expect the place to look so horrifying and disgusting. To think my silly rage and my thirst for revenge actually drove me here today just so I can personally teach that loud brat a lesson. "Doesn't exactly look like a palace, does it?" a familiar husky voice says suddenly and I turn around to see Chris, one of my mom's hitmen who I had the misfortune of having to inherit. "I wasn't exactly expecting to see a palace or anything but I'll be honest, it's worse than I thought," I confessed and he stared back at me coldly. "It's actually the most decent one we h

Gabriella. I paced around the living room impatiently as countless theories and possibilities started to flood my thoughts at once, making me feel slightly nauseous and nervous. I've been pretty restless for the last few days after noticing Liam's strange behaviour and as much as I don't want to admit it, I have a feeling I'm the reason he's suddenly being so off and distant. There's definitely something he's keeping from me and the fact that he wasn't sharing whatever it was that bothered him made me feel ten times worse and even if whatever he's going to say would hurt my feelings, I needed to know as soon as possible so I don't end up losing my mind over it. He normally used to come back home around 6pm but nowadays, he suddenly started to come home pretty late an

Omotayo. "Tayo, are you seeing what I'm seeing." Ini asks as soon as she runs towards where I stood with Bayo."What's happening Ini? What exactly are you seeing and why is Tayo not saying anything?" Bayo asks an already furious Ini and although I could hear and understand them, I still could not speak up."Guys, una dey see who I dey see abi na my eye dey deceive me?" Angela asks immediately she walked up to us and something about them asking made me feel even worse. Lord knew, I wished so dearly that seeing him was only a part of my imagination but the fact that they see him too and that he's actually here with his stupid wife right behind him made me wish the ground could just open up and swallow me whole.(Are you guys seeing who I'm seeing or are my eyes deceiving me?) "Can one of you just answer me already? What the hell is happening here?" Bayo ask

OMOTAYO."Ini, am I overdressed?" Angela asks for the thousandth time today and both Ini and I could not help but look back at her with unimpressed expressions on our faces."I swear to God Angie, if you ask that question one more time, I'll strip you naked and use baby wipes to mess up your makeup." Ini threatens obviously irritated."Ahn ahn Ini, why would you even threaten to do something so mean?" She asks and I scoff."For the past thirty minutes you haven't stopped asking us about how you look and whether or not you look overdressed or not and frankly, I'm starting to get worried. Why are you so determined to look good when you've never even met Bayo?" I question, she frowns."Tayo, if you're thinking what I think you're thinking th

Omotayo A permanent smile was plastered on my face after the good news that I had gotten this morning. After days of waiting patiently, I finally got the video that I needed from Gabriel and saying I'm simply happy wouldn't be the right word to describe how I felt at the moment. I was most definitely on top of the world at the moment.The meeting with Bayo and his colleagues was to start in the next five minutes and only Bunmi and I were on sit as we waited patiently for Bayo and Arin to arrive. "Do you know how much longer they'll take?" I ask Bunmi, who simply shrugs me off and continues with his silent treatment. The rude son of a bish!"I know you don't like me and to be very frank with you, I absolutely don't care since you're not exactly my favourite person but the least you could have done was give me a proper reply. You don't have to treat me like I'm some kind of furniture." I snap at

Omotayo "Tayo, I heard you're getting married. Is that really true? Are you actually getting married before me?" My elder brother Temitayo, teases and I frown."Who told you I'm getting you married?" I asked confusedly, wondering where he heard such a lie. "Well, isn't that why mom called this meeting? She wants us to talk about your wedding arrangements and your future husband, at least that's what I heard." He replies with a light shrug and I deadpan."So you mean we are gathering here today so mom can pry into my love life again? But why is it always about me? Can't they just talk about you for once since you're the who's above thirty and you're still not married. Speaking on this issue of your marriage bro, are you sure you're actually single or are you just waiting for the perfect timing to surprise attack all of us? Cause I know you very well bro and this smile on your face is not ordina

Justice Onuh I paced around my office impatiently, waiting for the report from one of my men that I had sent to keep an eye on everything step Tayo took and report back to me anytime he found any of her movements strange and he should also let me know whenever she and Bayo met up.Ever since Bayo audaciously walked into my office with nothing but pure contempt in his eyes for me all because Tayo had been kidnapped, I had started to slowly suspect that he was seeing her as more that a friend and just the mere thought of them being together, infuriated to no end. He normally avoided meeting me no matter what cause he hated the idea of getting into any kind of confrontation with me and the fact that he had willingly decided to come on his own, showed he might be caring about Tayo a little too much and I didn't like it one bit. My phone rings out and I immediately pick up, hoping that whatever the bastar

Omotayo "Omg! I can't believe it's finally happening. Tayo finally has as a boyfriend o!!" Ini and Angela hollered excitedly and if I wasn't in the comfort of my home, I would have definitely wished for the ground to swallow me whole at the moment. These two girls can be sometimes so embarrassing but doesn't dispute the fact that I love them both very much. Angela has been a really good friend over the years and as for Ini, she was definitely my everything but as much as I loved them both, right now they were pissing me off. "Can you guys stop being so annoying? You're making me feel embarrassed." I snap angrily but with the look on their faces, they weren't stopping any time soon."So we can't celebrate on your behalf again? Is it not a good thing that finally after almost three years of being single to stupor, you finally have a boyfriend that I Ini-Obong Rebecca Udoh, happily approves of as

A Month Later It's been a little over a month now since Camille used the spell to get Rakani out of Ryan's body. Amelia was relieved that everything went well and that nothing happened to Camille but Ryan had still not recovered and he was still unconscious. Camille had explained to her that the reason why Ryan was still unconscious was that his energy had been drained from trying to always dominate the spirit that was in him and if she hadn't sent Rakani out of his body much quicker, I would have most likely lost his life. She had told Amelia to be patient and Amelia was trying very hard to remain patient and positive but she was getting really worried now since a month has passed and Ryan was still in the same condition. Leandro had been the one taking care of him but even Leandro said the same thing that Camille said and Amelia had no other choice but to believe in their words and hope for the best. "I completely understand that you're worried right now Amelia but I don't

Camille sighed. After over an hour of trying to perfect it, she had finally come up with the perfect spell that would kick Rakani out of Ryan's body but won't release him from Alisa's spell. After Amelia and Adrian explained things to her, Camille finally understood everything and when she was told again that she was Alisa's descendant, she realised that she had the power to release Rakani and that was why he had made no attempt to hurt her earlier. "Did you check? Is he awake?" she asked Adrian. "No, not yet," Adrian answered and Camille sighed. "Good then. We don't have that much time and we need to move now before he wakes up. All I need you to do is make sure that I'm not interrupted because getting Rakani out won't be easy at all and any little interruption can disrupt the spell and cause trouble. Just keep watch and make sure no soul passes by. Is that understood?" Camille instructed and all three of them nod their head in understanding.Amelia waited outside patiently for C

"I'm trying very hard not to jump to any conclusions right now but you just mentioned something about using a spell on Adrian and I just want to confirm if what I heard is true or if my imaginations are just playing games with me," Amelia said as calmly as she could. She was very sure that she didn't hear things but she wanted to confirm from Camille herself because what she had heard just didn't make any sense at all. "You didn't hear wrongly Amelia and yes, I used a spell on Adrian to get him out of the room," Camille replied and Amelia's jaw dropped. "Hold on a second, are you trying to tell me that the witch that we've been looking for all this while has been you?" Isabel asked, wanting to confirm for herself. She was feeling very confused right now because it made no sense to her that Camille was the witch that they were after but at the same time, it didn't seem to be a completely ridiculous outcome. She would have never thought that Camille was a witch but she also didn't t

"So now that someone amongst us has gotten hurt, doesn't this mean that the witch is going to have to show herself sooner or later?" Isabel asked, directing her question at both Adrian and Amelia who just regained consciousness. "Well, that is what we expect to happen but we can only wait and hope to see how all of this is going to play out. I believe that the witch is going to show up sooner than we think because even when it seemed like things were going downwards for us, Ryan or should I say, Rakani miraculously woke up and did what he did to Amelia and that could only mean that the witch is going to show herself soon," Adrian responded and Isabel sighed. "I honestly can't wait for her to show up and for us to get this over with because all of this is just sickening at this point," Isabel hissed in frustration. "Are you okay, Amelia? Do you feel better now?" Isabel asked and Amelia groaned in pain. She wasn't feeling okay at all and her head felt like it was going to split open

"What did you just say?" Camille asked as she wanted to confirm whether or not she had heard wrong. "I really don't think I said anything that too difficult to understand, little witch. I'm offering you your friend's life and in exchange, you going to break the spell and set me free from this body," Rakani responded. Camille chuckled. The fact that Rakani was asking her to break the spell made her realise that he was definitely not as strong as he was trying to make her think and that there was a possibility that the spell could work on him and that she would be able to knock him out until she's able to come up with a way to get Ryan out of him. "I don't know how you think witchcraft works but just because I'm a witch doesn't necessarily mean that I can break every spell out there. Whoever is behind the spell that you're under is a very powerful person and I doubt a little witch like me can do anything to help you break out of the spell. You're bound to that spell forever and only

Camille heard a strange noise from Ryan's room on her way there and she quickly ran in to see what could have caused the noise. As soon as she walked in, the first thing that she noticed was that Ryan was already on his feet and when her eyes went to the other end of the room, she saw Isabel and Adrian beside Amelia and she immediately noticed that Amelia was unconscious. "What exactly is going on here?" she questioned and when Ryan turned to face her, she noticed that his eyes were red and that was when it dawned on her that the person in front of her wasn't Ryan but the evil spirit that she had met in Ryan's head earlier. "Adrian, Isabel, I need you both to get out of here right now and take Amelia with you," she demanded and Adrian frowned. He couldn't understand why Camille would be asking them to leave especially when she could also be in danger if she remained here. "I'd prefer it if you took Isabel and Amelia with you instead and I'll stay here to try to calm Ryan down and

Sasha. "So, this is how it feels to be free from guilt? Unbelievable!" Dean scoffs, as he paces around the school rooftop with a weird look on his face."I'm confused Dean. Aren't you supposed to look happier right now? Why in the world do you have that look on your face?" I ask, feeling almost disappointed."Sasha, you can't even begin to imagine how happy I am and I thankful and grateful that you trusted me enough to dig deeper into something that I've been so scared to do for the last three years. At the same time, I'm furious with myself. I let Alyson make me believe that I'm actually capable of running over someone just because I was drunk. I let her manipulate me as she pleased over something that wasn't even true and this makes me really feel like a fool." He voices out, sounding disappointed and angry with himself."You did nothing wrong Dean, you weren't a fool, you were simply human

Sasha. The amused look on his face made every fibre of my being furious to no end. Is he really enjoying this? Watching me freeze up as soon as he showed up pleased him? Is he still that same psychopath that my stupid childish self fell in love with in the past and most importantly, what exactly is he doing here of all places?"You know this brat?" Troy's mom asks an amused Nick."Yes auntie, I know who they are. So how about you just go inside and I deal with them?" He suggests and although she looked very reluctant to comply, she eventually gives in and walks back inside but not before giving me the stink eye."If it isn't Nick Mendez himself! What the hell are you doing here you sick bastard?" Amber asks furiously."Don't you think I should be the one asking you that? I mean, Troy was my best friend and it's only normal that I'm still attached to his

Sasha. "Just take a deep breath Sasha." Amber says for the umpteenth time in the last five minutes but unfortunately, it's not working."It's not as easy as it sounds." I reply nervously, staring at the house in front of me with both anticipation and fear."I'm sorry but I gat to ask, what exactly is so difficult about breathing and why in the world are you even nervous? This is the time to put on your big girl pants and go face reality. If you wanna know if truly really, Dean is in anyway responsible for Troy's death, then that house right there is your first step to confirm it. So how about you do us all a favour by getting out of the car and doing exactly what we came here for, sound good?" Valarie hisses harshly and I frown."Do you really not get why I'm nervous?" I hiss back at her and she nods negative."You do realise that if I find out that Troy's death was act

Third person. Sasha and Amber wait patiently for Valarie to arrive at the suggested location which also happens to be the most unused part of the school which is the primary library. An impatient look appears on Sasha's face when Valarie doesn't appear even after twenty minutes of her patiently waiting."If Valarie doesn't show her, I swear to God, I'll skin her alive." Sasha threatens through gritted teeth and Amber frowns."You shouldn't always be violent Sasha. I already texted her and she says she's on her way. Seems she was delayed for a bit but she'll be here for sure." Amber assures but Sasha seems to be running out of patience every second."You said the same thing ten minutes ago Amber and she still isn't here. I'm not saying she won't show up but do you have any idea how difficult it was to get Tamara to agree to meet with her? I had to beg that silly brat and I even went as far as

AMBER."Valerie Marie Anderson, get out here immediately or I swear you're not gonna like what I'm gonna do to you!" I yell furiously after being locked out of Valarie's room for the last thirty minutes.I mean, I might be a really patient person but I also have my limits and right now, I am slowly losing it out here. "Just go home already Amber. Your shouting is starting to disturb my sanity." She replies from the other side and my blood boils. Did this brat just say that I'm disturbing her sanity? Really? "Are you being serious right now Val? Suddenly I'm disturbing your sanity Valarie, really? You know what missy, I'm really starting to doubt your sanity. I mean, why would any perfectly sane person discard all her friends like they never mattered to her just because of one

Sasha. "Get out of that room immediately Tamara!" I yell furiously after Tamara had foolishly locked herself in her room when she heard I was visiting."You can forget about me doing that Sasha. I know why you're here and frankly, I'm not in the mood to let you talk shit to me. If you're not in need of anything, you may leave." She snaps back and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't surprised by how daring she was being. It's very unusual for Tamara to talk back to me especially in situations like this when she knows I'd be furious."Listen carefully to me Tamara, if you don't get your stupid self out of that bedroom in the next sixty seconds, I swear to God, I'll get security to break this stupid door down and I will not hesitate to beat the living daylight out of you." I threaten with all seriousness. "Your petty threats won't work on me Sasha. I don't care