Novels by Godiva Gilbert

Chapter 28Vanessa I have been asleep for as long as I could remember. It was nice to be able to sleep on my bed again, in my home, with the people I love around me.It had been 2 days since I was rescued but sometimes I still feel like I was back there, in pain, fearing for my life. Fortunately, that was all behind me now. The two people that put me in that position had paid their dues. Mr Psycho was shot twice, in the leg and his arm, but he will survive and he will be going to prison for a very long time. He is wanted for very serious crimes before this and from the look of things, he might never come out of prison.Jessica was not so lucky. She was shot in the head by the sniper and died before she could even receive any medical treatment. I felt bad for her, but I shudder to think that if she wasn't dead, then I might have been dead by now. Just then I heard a gentle knock on the door. "It's Damon, are you up?" He asked."Yes, Come in," I said.As he came in I was glad I co

Chapter 27Vanessa Nothing has been the same since my conversation with Jessica. It was like the atmosphere around here took a sharp turn for the worse.It was not like I was exactly happy before or anything like that, it's just that now I was more anxious than I have ever been. I was conscious of every move and every little thing around me. Mr psycho certainly did not help in making me feel any better. He was so distant nowadays, grunting a few orders now and then or leaving me to my fate if I refuse to do something. True to my word, I have not eaten since the other day but I could feel myself getting weaker with every moment that passed. Something that has now become a normal thing was the voices I usually hear behind the door. Certainly all was not well between employer and employee and they were quite loud about it, but all I could fathom was that they were in constant disagreement but I could hardly hear what exactly they were arguing about. I sigh when I recall the second t

Chapter 26Damon The first thing that came to my mind was calling detective Cole, of course I knew how to track a call, that was like computer 101, but I had to let him know because right now I needed all the help I could get and I have to do this the right way.Tracking the call illegally would not go down well with the police department, plus I had to hope for another call, one that was actually long enough for me to track. I tried to think of all these instead of the voice replaying in my head over and over again. Whoever called tried to make sure their voice was not recognizable, hence the reason it was distorted, but I had a strong feeling that I had been wrong about Peter. Whoever was behind this has something more personal to do with me. I was at the centre of this. This person knew me more than I imagined, this was someone very close to me that obviously felt neglected or abandoned. "Who could that be Damon?" Jennifer asked.She came down a few minutes ago and I could see

Chapter 25Damon "What's so interesting about me?!" I asked. I did not like the suspicious look in his eyes, one minute he was calm and attentive and now he looked like a lion about to feed on his prey. He stood up from his seat opposite me and walked closer to where I was, leaning on the desk and gazed intensely at me."You see, while Peter, who you just accused, actually had an alibi, and not just one, because he was out with friends and quite a lot of people confirmed that, you on the other hand have none," he pointed out. And we were back to this again! Why was it so hard for them to see that I could not even imagine hurting Vanessa. They thought so little of me and it seems there was this mistrust that came with my wealth. I thought detective Cole would know better than to have such ideas but apparently I was wrong. Gosh! I could not imagine how I looked right now in his eyes. Here I was trying to convince him that someone else was responsible for this, when he always had h

Chapter 24Damon I have stopped counting the hours since Vanessa was kidnapped, not because I had forgotten, but because thinking about it was a reminder that she has been gone for way too long.I was driving to the police station for no other reason but a mere hunch, a very weak one at that, but unfortunately that was all I had and I was going to use it. This was not the time to allow sentiments get the better of me. I had this gut feeling that was not going away anytime soon until I did something about it.Still, I could have just called detective Cole and informed him, I had his contact for instances like this, but I wanted to get out of the house. I had to breathe some fresh air. I loved the women in the house to death but I just could not bear another minute with them. The tension in the house was so thick that you could cut it with a knife. It was becoming a never ending cycle of Jennifer going more into her shell as each day passed, completely broken because of all that was

Chapter 23VanessaThe only sound in the tiny room was the sound of Jessica's evil laughter. It rang through every corner like the sound of doom.This day has been so full of surprises and it just keeps getting crazier! "Wait, are you saying you're not pregnant?!" I asked, I know it was a stupid question but I just had to be sure."Yes darling, I'm not pregnant! Try to keep up okay," she scoffed like she was already past that."So you lied to Damon! And all this while had him believing he had to take responsibility for something that wasn't even real!" I exclaimed. "Well it would have worked, if only we had gone through with the wedding!" She screamed. "And how exactly would that have worked out?" I asked. "He would have fallen in love with me eventually that's how, and then we would make chubby beautiful babies together, but he refused to touch me since I told him I was pregnant and that kind of spoiled the whole plan," she said. "Didn't you think that he would find out eventual

Chapter 62Jasmine woke up with what felt like an epiphany, like she was feeling things for the very first time but those emotions had always been there. She felt a longing, a need to be held by a familiar hand, she had a craving to be in the warm embrace of someone… and that someone was Jason. From the moment she woke up he was all she wanted to see, but it was strange because she had a recollection of the emotions but she still had no memory of Jason, she still had no recollection of him or their time together, but these strange feeling of familiarity surged through her in ways she could not explain. Just then Jason came into her hospital room, putting a face to the emotions going through her. She knew she loved him, but how could she love someone she still could not remember. "You're awake!" He exclaimed as soon as he saw her. He rushed to her side and cautiously held her hand, he wasn't sure how she would react to a gesture like that so he was being careful. She didn't push

Chapter 61 "How do you think I feel? Hope, my world is crumbling right before me and there's nothing I can do about it," he yelled. "I'm sorry Jason, I didn't know that it would turn out like this," she pleaded. "How exactly did you think this would turn out, please tell me what was your plan exactly?" He asked her, unmoved by the tears that were starting to form in her eyes. "Well I knew there was bad blood between Dominic and I, but I didn't know that he would react that way. I thought he would be willing to help because of the history we had," she explained. "And what sort of history do you have with someone like that?" He asked her sternly. She hesitated before she answered his question and all Jaosn was able to think was that she was trying to think of a good lie to tell him. He could never believe a word that came from her mouth, not even if she promised that she was telling the truth, not even if she swore on her life. Certainly she didn't think that he would believe a

Chapter 60 Jason had never seen Dominic even though he had heard so much about him, but the man standing in front of him right now looked every bit like the image he portrayed. Dominic was tall and slim built with very broad shoulders and a slim waist. He had scanty brown hair and light brown eyes. He wasn't built like your stereotypical werewolf but one look at his sharp eyes and you'd know that he was the embodiment of evil. He had very thin lips that stretched into an evil smirk every now and then, like it was his default expression. Jason has been with him for less than 5 minutes and he could already tell that it was a big mistake coming here in the first place if this was the guy that they were supposed to meet. This man was not someone that was ready to help, especially with whatever was going on between him and Hope. "Can you believe it! The prodigal daughter finally returns!" He exclaimed as soon as he saw Hope. For a moment there Jason wondered how exactly Hope became

Chapter 59"Don't raise your voice, people might suspect otherwise," Hope cautioned him. And true to her words two tall pale looking men that looked like they were in their late thirties glanced towards their direction. They each had a partner with them and from one glance you already could tell what was going on. They were vampires, the kind with old blood from the color of their eyes and their sunken dark eye sockets. Also their reflexes were extremely sharp but they were extraordinarily calm, perfectly capable of controlling their emotions, unlike the modern day vampires that reacted to everything around them. Most vampires were intensely sensitive, erratic in motion and annoyingly unstable, especially in the presence of werewolves, whom for some weird reason they considered rivals. These two however were unusually calm even though the supernaturals have already identified what each was. It was obvious that they had been around for a very long time from the way they controlled

Chapter 58 Jason was starting to get suspicious… well he had always been suspicious but this time around his gut feeling thought that there was something very wrong, and it was a lot more than usual. One would think that maybe Hope had forgotten the whereabouts of this friend that would lead them to this witch that could solve all their problems. "Hope, how long till we get there already, I've been driving for hours but it seems this friend of yours lives on the other side of earth!" He said sternly, just like he had said a few times before. "We're almost there, just keep following the directions I gave you," she would always say. She was being way too mysterious with everything. She had refused to give out the exact location of this source of hers, for this source's security, she had said. Well that's nice, but what about their own security? He didn't exactly feel 100% safe going blind into a place that he had no information on, to see someone he had no idea about. Who exactl

Chapter 57 After what looked like an eternity of awkward silence in the hotel room, they all finally checked out of the hotel and were back on the road. Chad was extremely polite this morning, somehow he seemed to have finally found his manners and still avoided eye contact with the trio. He was more than happy to speed up the process of checking them out of his hotel as he could not wait to finally be rid of the three extremely strange, terrifying people. "Have a nice day," Chad told them as they made to leave. "We sure will, you too Chad," Hope answered. She seemed to be in a good mood, unlike the other two, who were already halfway to the vehicle by the time he spoke. All Jasmine wanted to do was get as far away from here as soon as possible. She wanted to forget everything that happened in this place and she reasoned that the farther away from here that she was, the sooner she would let all the experiences go. However she was only kidding herself. She had no potion to make

ShawnI lost it! The moment I saw that creep place a hand on Katherine, everything I saw was red. I wanted to beat the shit out of him for even daring to lay a finger on my bride, but I tried to play it cool because Katherine was there, I didn't want her to know how much of a monster I could be. Still that punch was inevitable, the guy was literally asking for it! I could not believe that someone as low in ranks as Nathaniel could even fathom the idea of talking to my wife. I knew of him and his sycophant family. They basically worshiped the Anthonys and were at their beck and call. The rich in this town ran a tight circle and someone like him wasn't even worthy to call an adversary. I looked across at Katherine who had been quiet since I came into the car, she looked pale and tired. All this while she had avoided my eyes and focused her gaze straight ahead, apparently there was something so spectacular ahead of us that only she could see. "So are we going to talk about what just

Katherine It has now become customary for Shawn to take me to my classes and pick me up when I'm done with classes. If for any reason he was unable to fulfill his royal duties, then one of his men was always available to fill in that particular duty. Don't get me wrong, it feels great sometimes to be treated like a literal princess, but life was far from perfect for the both of us. For starters his "supposed wife" was still living with us and her annoying screeching voice seemed like an andless torture day and night. She was everywhere! A tiny part of me still did not understand why she chose to stay, even when Shawn had made it quite clear that the chances of them getting married could be compared to the chances of money literally growing from trees. She made it her constant duty to mock me every chance she got, but I found her circumstances more pitiable so her taunts never held any water. Still, she was a real thorn in the flesh and she knew that! "Hey Katherine, wait up!"

Shawn's pov"Get off me," I growled as I loosened her tight grip from my body. Her strong perfume almost suffocated me during the short time she got a hold on me. I made sure I created enough space between her and me. Her face caked with makeup had a disappointed look but I didn't care. She looked just as she did in the photo I saw, the only difference was that she was more annoying and fake looking in real life. "Ouch, that hurts my feelings darling," she smirked as she placed her hand with the longest artificial nails I have ever seen lightly over her heart. She was a drama queen, but I knew her type already, she was exactly like all the countless number of spoiled rich brats that I have dated, still there was something dangerous about her…. The Anthonys were not known for their kindness. "What are you doing here?" I demanded.She gave me a look like I was out of my mind, meanwhile she was the only one acting crazy here. I glanced at Katherine who had been quiet since we saw I

Katherine The streets shone bright with lights that dazzled every corner we turned, we were greeted with a beehive of activities, the city was alive before our very eyes. I never pictured myself in the streets of Paris with Shawn Blackwell… never in a thousand years, but when he suggested we go on our honeymoon, I thought to myself…. What could go wrong?! To be honest at first I thought he was completely crazy, but when he explained the reason behind the plan to me, I just had to do it. I had never left the borders of our little town, the succor it provided was a comfort I was not ready to let go of…. Until Shawn came into my life. Strangely though we walked the street with our hands interlocked, hearts giddy from the amazing sight before us, apparently the city of love brought out something in us I never knew existed. We were not sworn enemies, we weren't friends either, but we were legally married and for now that was enough. "This is beautiful isn't it?" He asked as he loo

Katherine's povWas that Shawn?? No!! It can't be…. But it was! Omg! How is this happening?! "Katherine," he called out from behind the door. Oh gosh! It really is him!! "Erm…. Hello…. Shawn… I… I didn't know you were coming back today," I managed to say as I searched for something to wear. The closest thing I could find was an old gray polo and blue jean trousers. "Yeah it was meant to be a surprise," he said. "Well you got me that for sure," I groaned. The Jean trouser was proving to be quite difficult to wear, it was tight… then I remembered that it was among the ones I planned to stop wearing because it had shrinked. Damn!! I was still struggling with the trouser and trying to move forward when I fell with a loud thud on the floor. "Katherine! Are you alright?!" He asked when he heard the sound. I could see that he was trying to open the door to check on me but I could not allow that! The jean trouser was still halfway through my thighs and suffice to say that my butt

Shawn's POVI hated these ridiculous meetings, but they had to be done. We were on the verge of buying a new company and it was taking more time than expected. All through this boring meeting all I could think of was Katherine in my house. I had to travel the same day she accepted to be my wife… at least on paper. I had one of my men send her the contract of the marriage which included a few commitments, the most important being that she had to live with me for at least a year. She signed it the very day she received it and sent it to me, last I heard she had already moved into my house. It was amazing how quickly I got a positive reply after what happened in her house. I had no idea what brought about this change of attitude but I was delighted it came through. Information reached me about the meeting she had with my father, that was even the main reason I called her that fateful day, to warn her, but it seemed I had nothing to be scared about. I checked my rolex wristwatch onc

Chapter 21NicholasAs we walked to see every one, hand in hand, there was a certain kind of peace that I felt. This was my woman and I was proud to call her mine. I was proud to show her to the world and the first people who could get that privilege were my family. When I brought her in yesterday every single one of them were on edge. I got to find out that nobody knew of Matthew's intentions to do something so drastic, so terrible. Sure, Henry knew when he went out but he didn't know that he was going out with the intentions of murdering Clara. But I was afraid that even if he had known he wouldn't have done much to stop him. Matthew was a very powerful vampire, much older than Henry for sure, but he wasn't the head of the family, even though he wanted to. Henry could be ruthless sometimes but he had the qualities of a leader and he was the one that turned most of us. The family was already gathered in the sitting room, waiting for us. "Oh dear, you gave me a heart attack, I'm

Chapter 20ClaraI woke up in a bed that was not mine. I felt good, like I have never felt before. There was a bandage on my head and over where I remember Matthew stabbed me, but I felt no pain. I felt perfectly fine. I looked around and discovered that I was in Nicholas's room. How did I get here? Just then the door opened and Nicholas stepped in. He looked exhausted but as handsome as always. I had so many questions to ask him but I planned on asking them one at a time. "Hello baby, how are you feeling?" He asked, sitting down beside me. "Perfectly alright," I told him. "It must be the vampire blood working, you almost died and I had to do what I vowed never to do," he said. "And what's that?" I asked. "Give you my blood, with my blood now in your system you would become a vampire if you ever died, and I don't want you to be like me," he said. I knew he was being serious. I have never imagined myself as a vampire but I didn't want to do that now. I didn't know if I would b

Chapter 19Clara"So where are you off to now?" I asked Lydia. "I was invited to this party on campus and it promises to be lit. You can come too, maybe that would make you feel better," she suggested. "There's no way I'm going to another party with you, it is the party you dragged me into that's putting me in this emotional trauma!" I groaned. "Well I didn't make you fall hopelessly in love, you can thank Nicholas for that," she said. "Ugh! I hate you!" I exclaimed. "You wish darling, you wish!" She said, then she seemed to have a change of heart and came closer to me, "was it that bad?" She asked. If only she knew half of it! I still haven't told her that I was falling in love with a vampire but still it was getting harder to tell her about my feelings without being completely honest with her."Yes it was, it was terrible!" I groaned. "Why? What did his family have against you?" She asked. "Well nothing really, apart from the fact that I'm human," I said. "What do you mean

Chapter 18Nicholas It wasn't long before I found myself at the door of Hunter Cage, the only human friend who could bear to be with me despite my numerous strange idiosyncrasies. Luckily for me he wasn't having a party tonight, so he must be alone. He was someone that you called a real party planner. It was either he was throwing the most expensive party or he was attending one. He wasn't your typical college student though. He knew where he was going and still found time to hit his books hard and pass with outstanding results. He was from a very wealthy home but he didn't always show it, unless when it was time to party. Many people would say he was a spoiled rich kid but that was because they didn't know him but loved to simply put him in the status quo. He was smart, kind and a real gentleman. He was actually the only friend that I could cope with. We met when I took a stroll to the campus and stumbled upon him and a few of his friends arguing about history. Being 200 years o

Chapter 17Nicholas"Matthew, there's no polite way to ask this so I'm just going to be honest with you, how do you want to die?" I asked. "Well in the arms of a pretty woman wouldn't be bad, maybe I'll get your little play thing to attend to me too," he said with a stupid smirk. "Be careful what you wish for Matthew," I told him and I wasn't joking. He was pushing me to the wall and there was practically nowhere else to go to. There was no telling what I could do from here. If he had a death wish then he was playing his cards right for a quick one. I heard beheading a vampire would do the trick, I have never seen it being done but I know it was how Luka's family was wiped out by the other vampire family they went to war with."Matthew, why were you so rash to the girl?" Aunt Cherry asked. I didn't really care about his reasons. They didn't matter a bit to me. All I cared about were his actions and his actions drove Clara away and that was the only truth here. "I have a story t

Chapter 16It seemed like we were perfect for each other only in our little bubble, but once we stepped out of it, we were faced with overwhelming obstacles. I walked out and Steven was already by the car. It was amazing how he always knew that it was time to get away. Maybe he used that super hearing vampire thing I read about a lot, yeah, that must be it. "Take me home Steven," I told him. "Okay miss Clara," he said as he got into the car. I didn't look back. I didn't want to change my mind and decide to stand my ground with his family. I didn't want to put him in a situation where he had to choose between me and his family.It looked like he had a strained relationship with some of his family members, if not all. It wouldn't be nice if I made things worse instead of making things better. I could not bear to see how much I hurt him, it was better this way. I wasn't angry with him or his family… okay maybe I am getting to dislike that Uncle Matthew guy, but apart from that it w