Novels by Perry Gomez

Liam sat up straight, his face flushed as James's question caught him off guard. “Eyes on the road, James,” he scolded, his tone a little sharper than he intended.“Yes, sir,” James replied, suppressing a chuckle as he focused back on the highway. His grin, however, refused to fade. Deep down, he stood by what his heart told him. Ava and Liam. The kindest woman on earth paired with the grouchiest man he knew. It was a perfect match.Liam looked away, his gaze drifting to the world beyond the window. James's question shouldn't have gotten under his skin but it did. He pondered deeply. Were they dating now? They never made anything official, but they liked each other, so they had to be dating. She wouldn't have hugged him otherwise would she? He let out a sigh. Who was he kidding? He needed to ask her out. But what if she declines?–––The next morning, Ava practically floated through the hospital doors. Her smile was wide and bright, an enthusiastic thrill surrounding her. She had sp

“Wow,” Ava breathed, taking in the sight around her as she and Liam were led to their table. “This place is actually… beautiful.”The restaurant looked like something out of those fancy commercials. Soft amber light spilled from wall sconces, angled upward to cast gentle shadows across the walls. The ceiling was arched elegantly, with delicate chandeliers, their glow dulled to create a warm, intimate atmosphere.The most surprising thing, though, was the silence. Rows of tables arranged across the space, each set with white linen and glimmering silverware, yet they were all….empty. The only sounds were the faint hum of music from hidden speakers. Liam sat comfortably opposite her at the round table, a content smile playing on his lips. He nodded at her statement, explaining “Booked it specially for us” The sound of that was sweet to her ears. But, her mind slowly wandered, her eyes drifting across the empty space. “But, why is it so empty?” When Liam told her where they were going,

Ava’s steps slowed as she reached the living room entrance, her racing heart finally beginning to settle. Her brows furrowed into confused lines, her forehead puckering. Liam and Albert were seated comfortably on the sofa, while Rose sat opposite them, legs crossed while calmly sipping tea.No sign of danger or any trouble. The three of them turned toward her at once.“Oh! Ava, you’re back!” Rose nearly choked on her tea before quickly setting the cup on the center table. “You came faster than I expected. Come in.” she urged her. Her mother's tone was calm. Too calm, it was unnerving. Ava’s lips twitched as she shut the door, her gaze shifting from Albert and Liam’s welcoming smiles to Rose’s mischievous grin.“Ma? Where’s the ‘trouble’ you were talking about?” she asked through clenched teeth.Liam rose to speak. Dressed casually in a shirt and trousers, his hair brushed neatly to the side, he opened his mouth, but Ava held up a hand to silence him.He paused, blinking. He was tak

It felt slightly odd seeing Glenn again after many years. The suddenness took Ava back to old memories she thought she had long forgotten, swept away by the years past. Ava Patel and Glenn Harvey went from friends to lovers back when they were in college. While she did a major in a professional medical course, he did business and real estate. They were seen as the perfect couple because they were always seen together. Sadly, after Glenn lost his father in a fatal car accident, he began to grow distant. He became so obsessed with finding his father's murderer, refusing to believe it was ‘just’ an accident, that it was orchestrated by someone. He even dropped out of college so he could fully focus on his investigation and getting justice for his poor father. Despite the police warning him to stop and grieve ‘normally,’ he continued. Ava never formally broke up with Glenn, they just stopped seeing each other, texting, and calling. In no time, Ava got tired of trying to reach out to h

“That man just now….what was he doing here?” Ava asked. She had been in the neighborhood quite a while and had only interacted with Joe on ‘special occasions.’ She always thought he was a bit strange. “Oh, that man? He said his name was Joe,” said Rose with an innocent smile. She explained, “It's a misunderstanding, actually. He thought I was a new neighbor moving in, and brought a pie to welcome me.” She lifted the pastry box to Ava's view. Ava raised a brow “And?” “Of course, I told him I was family and will be staying for a while.” She hesitated a bit before adding in a soft voice “Then he asked if we both could join him for dinner sometime. He had a weird smile” “Something wrong?” Albert got out of the car. “Oh nothing,” the two of them chorused with a smile. Rose stepped forward “Thank you, Mr. Albert Blackwood, for seeing my daughter back” He mirrored her smile “No problem.” “Join us for some morning tea?” She suggested. It was still quite early. He politely declined, “I

“What is it?” Ava asked, her tone heavy with unease. Liam drew in a deep breath, as if preparing himself to make an unlikely disclosure.He began “It's about the woman who was allegedly killed in this house.” Ava blinked, her voice shrinking to a whisper “Derah Paige?” She immediately remembered Amelia and the reason she snuck into Evie's room that day. She never expected to find Liam's results instead. But why was he suddenly bringing up her case? Did he find out who actually killed her? “That's right. Derah Paige” Liam answered with a nod. “The night before she died, the night you fell ill, she was in your room” Her eyes flew wide “My room? How do you—”“I could see, remember?” he clarified with an edge in his tone. Steadying his voice, he said “She came with the motive….of killing you, but she got frightened away when she saw me” “What?!” Ava's eyes dilated in horror, shock written all over her face. A sudden chill washed over her, her voice hoarse “She…she came to kill me?”

KILLIAN'S POV"Run back to whatever hole you crawled out from Scarlett," I said to her without paying her much attention. Alex's dead body was still here and I was already devastated by the sight of her lifeless body."You bastard, you should be the one to crawl into your hole," She said in full confidence thinking that was a better comeback. "Killian do you have any last words?" Jack asked. These people are fueled with so much audacity. "I'm not dying today Jack," I said as he charged at me.There was something about how Jack fought. It was quite unusual and different from his normal technique. It was as if he was"I can see that you are having a hard time keeping up with my attacks," Jack said as he continued to strike me."You wish, I'm just getting warmed up," I said not admitting it because I didn't want his ego high.I continued my attacks on him and he didn't give me a good opening for attack. Scarlett came behind me and I saw her with a mini dagger. This bitch, What's she tryi

RUFUS'S POVI ignored Mabel and commanded my men to follow me as we made our way to Manor. After hours of traveling, we weren't that far from Manor any longer as we took a shorter route to meet up with the fight. We were meant to take longer but the bitch escaped, I got a mess from the men I put in charge of her. Having her captive would have given me an upper hand but the idiots I sent on the mission didn't deliver.Mabel didn't speak to me throughout the rest of our trip as I shunned her. The stupid brat tried preaching love to me. I don't care about anything else except getting my title as the protector and ruler of all four realms and I won't stop until I achieve it. "King Rufus, are there any changes to our plan?" Jordan asked as he was aware that Valeria had escaped. "No, we are sticking with the original plan still, with or without her in our custody. I wanted to spite them by having her and maneuver my way into victory but that bitch beat me to it.Bandits didn't disturb us in

VALERIA'S POVI pretended like I was unconscious as they carried me away. "There's been a war proposal between the princess's pack and that of Manor," one of the men said. "Yes, and do you know the most interesting thing, the princess pack thinks that it's Killian who kidnapped her. They don't, it's us so currently they are going all out at each other," The other responded saying. Then I realized that it wasn't Killian who requested my abduction. The way they dropped Ryan off was so strange as they didn't bother to just end his life as he was already greatly injured. Maybe they wanted him to struggle and bleed to death. So if it isn't Killian who took me, who then? I asked myself but no one came to mind. I didn't have time to find out who the person was as my people were currently at war and I needed to be there. So I had no time to waste anymore and I needed to act fast.The men stopped and it was my perfect opportunity to escape. I chanted a few spells to loosen up my ropes and then

JACK'S POV.I felt somewhat pumped with energy for this fight and I'll try to use my ability to my advantage. I just have to hope that I don't experience spontaneous transformation without control as it has been reoccurring for the past week now.After a few days' journey, we got to Manor and we took the shorter route."Are we ready?" I asked everyone and they nodded. "None of you should dare die, else I'll kill you myself, to the princess," I said bringing out my sword and we all raised our sword to the air and charged into the Manor's gate.Some entrance guards tried to defend the gate and stop us from entering but we sliced through them, they were poor souls but they chose the wrong side too. More soldiers came from inside, hindering us from entering.Not relenting, I countered their attack. They saw me as a traitor who came back as they didn't know the true story. That didn't matter now as I had no time to explain myself. One of them managed to kick me off my horse and I would hav

JACK'S POVKillian has taken Valeria and the bastard dares to remain silent even after the king sent him a letter. Everything is set and soon we would be out to battle. He cannot escape it, not this time his end is here."Are we ready yet?" I asked Sigil."The king hasn't given us a go-ahead yet, he is asked to stay in his chambers until he is fully healed and he would want to join us in battle," Sigil said."We cannot wait, it's been five days since he sent the letter and Killian hasn't responded, we don't know what he could be doing to Valeria, so we should not tarry any longer," I said to Sigil."I completely agree with you Jack but the king's order,""I'll go speak with him now just to make preparations, I'm sure to come back with a positive response," I said heading to the king's chambers."Who's there?" The king asked as I entered."It's I, Jack," I responded as I moved closer to her bed, he didn't know I was the one earlier because he was lying facing upward and the door was qu

KILLIAN POVI wondered how the spell didn't work on my parents, but it didn't matter how long they were in prison."So does anyone have anything else to say?" I said to the people. "I'm all ears, anyone?" There was absolute silence and I loved the fear and terror I commanded."In the absence of none, everyone can go about their normal business," I said and they started leaving, including the elders."Sebastian," I called out looking around but could not find him. "Sebastian!" This time I called louder than the first time. Then I saw him coming from the hallway. "Yes Lord Killian," he responded, running towards me. "Where did you go?" I asked him."I'm sorry my lord, I went to quickly make use of my chamber pot," he answered and I gave him a look of disgust."Next time keep such information to yourself," I said. "Okay my Lord, my sincere apologies," he said."Keep it to yourself, have you assembled the men?""No my Lord, you said that I should gather everyone for the announcement first

I flinch at the loud sound of the gun. My eyes squeezed shut, my body quivers non-stop. My heart skips a beat as Kristen's body falls lifeless with a sickening thud. Slowly, I open my eyes, my brows furrowing as fear washes over me. Kristen is dead, blood oozing out of his forehead. I swallow hard. “He was a bother; you don't need someone like him,” Luke says, wiping his hands and tossing the gun aside. He comes in front of me and crouches. I'm shaking with fear as I stare down at him. I gulp again, my eyes frantically searching his. “Y..you killed him” I stutter, my voice hoarse. Will he kill me too? Does he know that I found out about his secrets? Will he kill me the way he had Gabbie killed? My mind races with thoughts, and my body trembles non-stop. I recoil as Luke reaches out to caress my cheek. His eyes seem lost, his voice airy as he says, “I can't have everything he has, I'll just take you,” he says, ignoring my question. My mind remains on Kristen, my body recovering f

My eyes sweep past Kendrick and three other men, my eyes locking onto the big projector screen. I feel a pang in my chest. “Elodie,” I hear Kendrick call out to me, but his voice is muffled and distant in my head. I don't even want to look at him as I stand face-to-face with the large screen. Charlotte's image stares back at me, and the room starts to spin.What had John said again? Kendrick is looking for someone, and it's been going on for a while. On the screen next to Charlotte's image is a radar, accompanied by many other materials around the room. Then it hits me, and it feels like I've been punched in the gut. It's not Luke Kendrick has been searching for; it's Charlotte. I feel my heart clench in my chest, my body searing with internal misery. How was I so stupid? My eyes trail down to the table with papers scattered like autumn leaves on it. I slowly approach the table, my mind tuning out Kendrick's voice as he calls out to me repeatedly. I pick the papers up, my eyes s

If Charlotte really is Camila, and her death was a fake, does it mean Luke purposefully had it all planned knowing well enough Kendrick would go crazy because of it? His sudden travel to God knows where, is this his way of escaping the consequences of his actions? I lean back, multiple questions running through my mind at once as I stare down at Gabbie's letter. Even though some part of me wants to believe that Luke is innocent, a bigger part of me doubts it.Nevertheless, today I'm going to uncover the truth. If Gabbie truly is dead, then Luke is as monstrous as his deeds. I avert my eyes outside the car's window, my expression dull. So this is York town….. “Kael” I call out suddenly, my eyes fixed outside the window. “Ma'am” Kael answers. I pause a little, weighing the pros and cons. I don't wish for Gabbie to be dead, but if she is, I can't visit her home uninvited and empty-handed. I finally respond “If there are any flower shops nearby, I'd like to buy a bouquet” Minutes aft

Kendrick remains speechless, unsure how to respond. His lips are slightly parted, Elodie's voice echoing again and again in his head. Elodie retrieves her hand from his, feeling insecure as his response is a stunned silence. Kendrick opens his mouth to speak, but Eugene suddenly enters the scene. His face apologetic, he says “Sorry to interrupt you two love birds, but” he looks at Kendrick “Kendrick, we have a problem” Eugene leads them both down to the cabin far from the party. Inside, they meet Mayor Harrison and some of his escorts, and the cops. Elodie and Kendrick are both puzzled as they step in. “Mr Holland” one of the cops greets with a stern voice. Kendrick responds in the same manner, “What's this about?” The cop answers calmly “Sir, we'd like you to come with us to the station for questioning” “What?” Elodie's eyes widen with a mix of shock and confusion. Wait, why!??Kendrick remains calm and collected, with no signs of change in his voice or expression. “Why?” The

As Elodie reaches home, she manages a calm facade until she locks the bedroom door behind her. Finally, alone, she lets out a shriek, freeing her mind. Her face curls up, memories swirling inside her head. Unable to contain the emotions, she grins cheekily from ear to ear, her cheeks burning red. After a short twirl around the room, she dives underneath the sheets, wrapping herself up like a burrito. They kissed! Again! Only this time, it was more passionate, filled with whispers of love and muffled moans. Her heart was pounding hard, she felt so alive. This is it! Note to self: Kendrick is sexually attracted to her and cannot resist when she kisses him. As the memories replay themselves in Elodie's mind, her smiles slowly start to fade as Luke's face comes in. Her shoulders drop. She didn't even have the time to ask where he planned on traveling to. It's good tho, he needs some time away from this house. Speaking of which, Gabbie never returned with any message. Did she succeed

Elodie takes a step back, Luke's features coming into view. He's dressed in a caramel-colored suit, topped with a waistcoat and tucked into a pair of neatly pressed trousers. His bedhead brown hair is roughly swept to the side, giving him a cool but professional look. His brown eyes search for Elodie's in question. Still as handsome as ever, Elodie remarks inwardly. She responds “Ah, well, I came to see you. I want to talk over lunch” Talk about what? For a fleeting moment, Luke's face turns into a slight frown, but he quickly changes his expression, raising an eyebrow “Talk? What's wrong?” He asks. “Nothing much. Are you too busy?” “No,” Luke responds almost immediately. He can't refuse her, he doesn't want to. He'll just have to remind himself to be careful, Elodie can be very observant. “So, tell me, how have you been?” Elodie asks, seconds after they take their seat in the cafe next to the company. Luke throws her an incredulous stare “Is this what you want to talk about?”