Novels by Vanessa Pens

Melissa Eliana had left me in here for two days, time felt useless in here, and I could only tell how long it has been through what little light that came through the window. At least she had the courtesy to have someone bring me food and water. I spent my days crying and talking quietly to my baby, I don't think Eliana knew about it, because if she did I knew she wouldn't be so curel as to try and end an innocent life all because of hatered. I wondered what Logan would be doing now, if he'd figure out I was missing and come to my rescue or if he would think I ran off.The opening of the door brought me out of my thoughts.Eliana.She stood in all black as always but this time it was all leather. She walked towards the only chair in the room, placing a cup of sweet smelling tea a few inches away from her feet, as we stared at each other in silence, neither wanting to back down.Her gaze cold and harsh while mine soft and pleading or at least I hoped it did. The sun was setting, slowl

Logan I never believed in love until Melissa, I thought the only way to get her to be mine was if I tied her down, either with a contract, a ring or with a kid, I was willing to do it as long as she agreed to be mine. And for a second, just for a second I thought I had her, the longing stare she always sent my way, the little signs she made whenever she wanted to be close to me. Sometimes I catch her rubbing her belly and smiling at the wall. But the fact that she could go behind my back to go see Dean of all people felt like a stab in the gut, it felt wrong, like everything we had together was a lie and to put the icing on the fucking cake she went and got herself kidnapped.Melissa didn't say a word as we walked out of the station, she didn't have to. Her silence was loud enough I reached out and took her hand in mine giving it a little squeeze in reassurance, I needed her to know I was always here.I never thought I would feel this way about someone ever in my life but I love Mel

Logan It's been three days, three days since Mel was taken from me right under my fucking nose, I had been too consumed by anger to notice when my wife needed me, too busy taking my anger out on her ex husband to be there.I had filed a missing persons report at the station but there hasn't been any leads yet, the prime suspect would've been her father but he was caught long before the abduction happened. The police had tried talking to him but he just laughed and refund to say anything asides from“That bitch had it long coming.” and if it wasn't for the cops in the room with me holding me back I would've ended him right then.So all we had now was Dean, he seemed panicked when he realized Melissa had been kidnapped, he was the one who dragged her down there so it's easily known that he was an accomplice in the kidnapping.He looked like he had seen a ghost when I stormed into his office the next day when Mel hadn't come home demanding to know where she was. He had just stared at m

Eliana I sat in the shadows stareing at Melissa's sleeping form on the ground, she looked different but I just couldn't place a finger on what it was asides from her added weight.I made sure she hadn't seen or heard from me for a very long time so when the cops called I'd not be a suspect.Nathan hasn't contacted me since the mix-up during the abduction that turned into a huge fight. He had complained that Melissa's wasn't the one we were ment to take and we should dump her somewhere so she could go back and then we regroup and get Logan another time.“Are you sure about this?, you know once we do this there's no going back right.” Dean asked stareing at me dead in the eye causing the two other men besides himself to also stare at me.“Do you want Logan out of the picture?” I asked the sarcasm clear as day in my voice, but he didn't seem to notice it.“Of course I do but that doesn't mean I want to hurt Melissa. And besides this isn't even one hundred percent guaranteed that it woul

Melissa The first thing I felt as I slowly regained consciousness was the cold, and then the smell,the rancid smell of oil and rotting wood, like something died in here and was forgotten for a long time. My head stung with the remaining dull pluses of pain from earlier, when I tried to lift it I felt a dull sting in my neck.I opened my eyes.Everything was pitch black at first before my eyes slowly adjusted to the little light that came from a window in the far right corner of the room, the place was covered in dust motes, the wooden floor old and rotten, the concrete walls covered in stains and cobwebs from years of neglect.I was on the floor, thick chains shackled on my wrist in front of me, keeping me at an uncomfortable angle where I couldn't stretch. My feet were also shackled to the floor by the same chain, preventing me from moving from where I sat on the cold floor.It felt like a horror movie.“ You're awake.., finally I was beginning to think the dose we'd given you was t

Melissa I always knew something was odd about the way my biological mother died, no one wanted to talk about her. Every time I asked a question about her I was answered with a fist to my face and the angry shouting of my father to never mention her name again. I'd come to find out that the official story was the regular car accident, my step father drunk driving resulting in her instant death, the typical road accident even though he swears he only had one drink that night.I didn't remember her funeral, never rememberd attending it and I sure as fuck would have remembered if grandfather was there but I guess if I asked they'd say I was too young to remember anything. After my stepfather had dropped off the envelope he tried to run but got into a fight with Tristan the bodyguard as he had just pulled up the driveway when he tried to run, I heard a gunshot and immediately called the police. When I walked out the front door my stepfather laid on the driveway with a bullet to his hip,

Rhys“Almighty Rhys Madigan, pleading for mercy? Who would have thought?” Cory said, mocking me and chuckling.“Come on Rhys, we both know who is the stronger of us” Vincent added.“You guys don't even deserve mercy. You're nothing but bad news” he sneered.“Listen...” I warned them “I am willing to surrender, you can't hurt me or she, you know that” I motioned to Tessa.Vincent started laughing. “Oh please,” he scoffed “like anyone would ever trust her over you”“Let Tessa go, you want me right? Let her live please” A smile crept up in Cory’s expression “You really wanna save this whore?” she asked rhetorically. “That's very charming considering that you didn't find it difficult to kill three people without remorse” “What do you mean?” She snorted “don't play dumb with me boy. You killed my parents and my little sister, remember you got into an accident and you fled, left the scene, left us to die! My parents died because of you, my little sister died because of you!” she screamed

Rhys “What are you doing?” I asked Blair.“Calling for backup, do you think a single gun would save you from your brother? If you did, then you don't know the kind of brother you have. He's dangerous” “I don't need your help. I'm in control, and you're the problem.”Blair laughed.“You're a fool Rhys… they are watching you! better make use of this chance and let me do what I know how to do.I swallowed her insults like bitter lemon drops. “Where is she?”“At an abandoned warehouse out of town”, Blair said as if we'd been discussing the weather.Speaking of the weather, it had begun to rain. A light mist that made it impossible to see anything beyond thirty feet or so, but enough to make me feel uneasy.It also meant that I couldn't see anything outside of the car. And I had to pull over into the parking lot before stepping out. It was a miracle Blair followed and the rain took longer than I expected.I watched as Blair dozed off beside me and a silly idea came into my mind.I gently

DarcyI was tired of fighting, my body was extremely weak, my throat dry from dehydration and the constant ringing in my ears made me almost blind. I felt completely lost and I couldn’t understand why. What did these people want from me? Was this happening to me? Why were these people staring at me? Where did they come from? How had they taken me here? “I am thirsty” I cried out for the hundredth time. “Please” I begged again. “Just give me something to drink, anything at all. Please”. My voice cracked, and I was surprised I didn’t feel any pain anymore. The silence only amplified the sound in my head. It was deafening. So quiet, so peaceful now. The ringing was gone.“That's your punishment for pulling that stupid stunt” One of them hissed. They looked angry. Yes, I had tried to escape again but I didn't even make it past the day.I got punched hard across the face, my head snapped to the left and back to the right, the ringing grew louder but not quite as painful as before, and I

Rhys When I drove down to Vincent’s house, I didn't know what to expect but I made sure I kept my gun closed.Someone whom I assumed was the nanny opened the door and she was holding a baby.For the first time in a long time, I paid attention to their son. He was a spitting image of Tessa... I mean Darcy. He had her eyes. Her beautiful, greyish blue, wide, soulful eyes. He looked just like her. And that terrified me for some reason.It also made sense why she had been fooling me the whole time. I would have probably done the same thing if I was her or done even worse.The nanny looked at me as if she was skeptical of my being there or something equally dumb and stupid because she didn't let me inside. “Tell Vincent I am here”, I demanded. “He's not here” she said. She wasn't rude by any means, she just seemed completely unimpressed with my presence at all.I wanted to tell her to fuck off, but my mouth wasn't cooperating. What a fucking mess.“Who is at the door?” I heard Vincent as

Rhys“What do you want?” I typed and waited for a reply while I began to drive down to the police station.The car was silent on its way there, but the ride didn't last long since it soon became apparent that my phone was ringing. It was the sound of my cell phone ringing that alerted me to where I was. I stopped the car and reached for it.“We said don't go to the police and you are parked in front of one? You really must think we are unserious right?” The voice said from the other line.I looked in the streets but everyone was going about with their business, there was no sign that I was being followed.How did they know where I was?“What do you want?” I yelled through the line as loud as possible just to make sure my message wasn't lost in the noise from the cars passing by.“You already disobeyed us and now your darling wife would pay for it” He sneered “Do not test our patience” “No, no, no” I heard Tessa scream from the background. I could only imagine her franticness and dang

Darcy“Why? You are supposed to be his friend. Why would you do this to Rhys?” I asked the man in front of me. My hands were shaking from trying to break free and my body was trembling with rage. He stood staring at me.“You see my dear, life is not always black and white. There are people who can love others, and those that do will be remembered for eternity. The difference between you and them is that you choose to stay with the light and I decided to go to darkness. That, or it takes too much effort” His face was twisted in amused expression, as though he was watching a child trying to figure out their math homework. But he was serious about what he said.“Rhys has always had things easy, he was always good at everything, he had the women, they loved him, and he loved them back.” He shook his head sadly ‘The thing is, there is no such thing as perfect men, only ideal ones. And unfortunately, there isn't any such thing as perfection in this world, and there's nothing you can do to c