Novels by Bethel Adele

Amanda's POV I began to run without needing to be told. With all the men walking toward Duncan’s room, I knew that staying in the pack would be my undoing. Every step felt heavy with urgency, my heart hammering in my chest as adrenaline burned through my veins.“Because I kept you by my side all these years? Is that why you’ve become disrespectful to me, despite me being the reason you’re who you are today?” Duncan’s voice echoed from the floor.It was surprising how he was on the floor, yet still commanding and issuing threats with the authority of a king.“It’s not easy to find someone else who will accept you after being rejected by an Alpha. Return now, Amanda, while I still have the will! You’ll die lonely if you don’t!” he roared, each word dripping with rage and desperation.Kattie merely stood to the side, silent and impassive. She couldn’t even help me escape, after all, if I left, she would benefit the most. She looked confused, shocked, as I was, by the intensity of Duncan

Amanda's POV “What did you just say?” Duncan demanded, finally standing from the bed, hastily dressing as if the words I had just spoken had jolted him out of the spell Kattie had wrapped him in. Even Kattie froze, eyes wide in shock. Before, I had always clung to Duncan, never wanting to let him go, excusing his coldness and punishments, even when she was the one clearly in the wrong. I had hoped, year after year, that he would change, that he would see me for who I was and accept me fully. But now, seeing him shift so violently at my defiance, I realized just how much control he had always held over me and how little of it had been mine.“You’re an omega, Amanda. A servant as well, and an orphan with no one to fall back on. Without me, you’re nothing. How dare you speak to me in that manner?” he snapped, his words slicing through the air, laced with authority and venom.“You rejected me three years ago, Duncan,” I said, my voice steady despite the storm raging in my chest. “I am

Amanda's POV I walked toward Duncan’s door, determined to meet him. There were so many things I needed to discuss, countless questions I had and I couldn’t simply stay back in my room and listen anymore. I was not going to allow him to get away with this without an actual explanation.“I'm sorry, but the alpha is with an important guest. You’ll have to return later if you want to meet him,” one of the guards said as he stepped in my path, stopping me.I said nothing, standing there, watching, my chest tight, tears threatening to spill from the corners of my eyes. Memories of the countless times I had been stopped from meeting Duncan flashed through me. All those moments I had been pushed aside with the excuse of an important guest.Thinking about it now, I knew he was with Kattie each time. He hadn’t wanted to be disturbed.“He…” the guard began again, but I silenced him with a flick of my fingers, the anger coiling through me like fire.“Luna or not, I am still his fated mate. The M

Amanda's POV My mate was being coronated as the alpha of the pack today, and for reasons I couldn’t fully name, a cold unease gnawed at me. This should have been a day of pride and triumph. Duncan had worked for this, and I had stood by him, sacrificed and bled alongside him, to make him worthy of the throne. Every late night and whispered words of encouragement I had given him had been for this. And yet, standing here, watching him on the podium, my chest tightened, a weight pressing down that I couldn’t shake.“All bow to the new Alpha as he gets ready to mark the new Luna of the pack,” the high priest’s voice boomed across the mating grounds, making every pack member kneel in unison. My heart leapt as I anticipated my name being called, my pulse thundering with the hope and fear that had kept me awake for nights on end.Duncan and I had been together for three years. I was an omega, a lowly one at that, but he had accepted me despite my status. Three years ago, when I had discov