Novels by Bella Ade

Kayla's POV Azel’s jaw dropped to the floor. “Me?” She looked thunderstruck.I nodded, grinning from ear to ear. “I can't think of anyone better for the position”“But my lady, why me? Your kids deserve the best, a wealthy lady who can cater to their needs, not a maid”“Shh, I stopped her. “You're not just a maid to me. You're a friend Azel and it is not a proposition it's an order. You will be my twins’ godmother”Her hands flew up and found mine, “I’m honored my lady” she squealed, elated.I cupped her cheeks, wiping a tear that slipped down her jowls. “I’m sure they can't wait to meet you”“Me too,” she changed her stance, placing her hands in front of her, returning back to her maiden character. “Let's get you ready for the night”***Kayla, please…No.Kayla you have to help me before it's too late, help me Kayla!My eyes snapped open as I jolted awake, my breath ragged and my heart plummeting in my rib cage. I held my hands in my head as I recalled the nightmare vividly.There

Kayla's POV “Good, we should head back, it's getting late,” Raymond noted and I nodded in approval.We were about to leave when a feminine voice stopped us.“Kayla.”My brows knitted it sounded somewhat familiar before I could turn around my brain recognized who it was.Dr. Clara, my obstetrician.“You have been avoiding me,” she said, plainly folding her arms.That wasn't the case but from her perspective it must have looked that way. Azel kept reminding me but for one mental breakdown to another I never acknowledged her letters.Her eyes narrowed slightly as she watched me scramble for words.“You knew I had been asking for an appointment. Yet you never came.”I shifted my weight feeling a tad guilty, it wasn't my intention genuinely.Before I could defend myself, her eyes looked past me, her expression changed immediately.“Beta Raymond,” she greeted politely, her tone changing instantly, almost flirtatious.Couldn't blame her, the man was worth crushing hard on, too bad he was mor

Kayla's POV In my wolf form, I padded closer, the bridge of my nose twitching for a scent. Whoever had done this may still be lurking around.Angling my head I sniffed the air and listened for a sound but there was no other. Expect the slowing heart beat of the victim.I crept a little closer, watching his chest rise and fall in shallow breaths. My heart tightened, torn between fear and compassion. I circled him slowly, scanning again, desperate for any hint of danger. But still, the air carried no one else’s scent. Just him.I lowered my head, inhaling closer. His wounds were fresh, deep gashes that I suspected were inflicted by a wolf.I hesitated for one last second, then made my choice.Carefully, I lowered my body, shifting my weight so I could nudge him up onto my back. My wolf grunted under his weight, my legs trembling as I lifted him. He groaned faintly, but he didn’t wake. Which was a good sign, he was alive and I could still save him.I did my best to run through the wood

Kayla’s POV“What do you want Kayla?” Klaus was the first to speak.I blinked up at him, my heart cold devoid of the warmth the bond left.Couldn't he feel it too?Or did he not care?Maybe replacing me with Lily was enough for him to care about what we shared.For a long, breathless second I couldn’t move, couldn’t think, only feel the hollow emptiness gnawing inside me.“You need to leave.” Klaus' voice snapped me out of my stupor.My lips parted, my throat dry, but I forced the words out. “I need to speak to you. Alone.” My eyes flicked to Lily, who smiled smugly.She had been on Kain’s side once, who's to tell if she wasn't still his puppet.“My belly…” Lily moaned, pressing a hand to her flat stomach, her face contorting as though she were in unbearable pain. “Klaus, it's hurting again. I need to rest.”Klaus immediately turned to her, his expression softening in a way that twisted my gut. “Hold on,” he murmured to Lily, concern flickering across his face. Then his head snapped b

"Kayla?!"The voice sounded distant through the bells in my ears. I slipped in and out of consciousness, my head thudding lightly.“Kayla” I heard the voice say and mentally I could tell I was wrapped in someone's arms.It took a while but soon I blinked until shapes steadied and the dark hue disappeared.The first thing I saw was Raymond’s face hovered way too close above mine. Relief and worry clashed in his eyes.A weak chuckle escaped me. He looked weird spinning in front of me.His brow furrowed deeper as he leaned back. “You think this is funny?” His tone carried more fear than anger.My vision steadied enough to see I wasn't floating, I was on the floor. My body ached, though not sharply. I shifted, groaning as I tried to gather myself. Raymond helped me up and instinctively I rubbed my belly taking deep breaths.“Are you okay?” Raymond questioned, concerned. I nodded in affirmation there was no serious pain and the blood stains on my hand had his hand prints.I should have b

Kayla's POV She was alive. I tried convincing myself as I took the scene in front of me.Subconsciously, my hand unfastened the seat belt, and I was out the door, my pulse thudding in my ears.I had barely taken two steps when a strong hand wrapped around my arm.“Kayla, wait.” Raymond’s voice came through, stopping me in my tracks. I turned, startled, and saw the sharp edge of worry cutting across his face.“There was an attack here, the perpetrators may still be around you can’t walk in there blindly” he warned, his eyes scanning the street as if expecting something to leap out and attack.My pulse kicked up a gear, his words only fueling my worry.We could still be able to stop whoever did this, the seer might be in trouble the moment we were having this conversation.“I’ll be fine” I assured trying to walk past him but he blocked my path.“That’s for me to take care of, stay here” he whispered, turning around to face the building.For a second, I thought he was overreacting. My h

Dear Readers,As I sit down to pen this final note, I am overwhelmed with emotions. The journey we embarked on together, through the pages of "Mated to the Cruel Alpha; His Rejected Omega Mate," has been nothing short of extraordinary. From the depths of despair to the heights of joy, we've traversed a tumultuous path alongside Evelyn, Luther, and Devon.This is my first ever book and I didn’t expect the love and support that you have given me.I want to extend my deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who accompanied me on this adventure. Your support, encouragement, and feedback have been the guiding lights that fueled this story forward. Your passion for storytelling and your dedication to these characters have touched my heart in ways I cannot fully express.My writing is not perfect and I am constantly trying to improve so I’m grateful for everyone that gave this book a chance. I’m thankful for the gems and comments, they mean a lot to me.Through Evelyn's struggles, we'

Evelyn's POV After what felt like years of darkness I fling my eyelids open sharply to meet a blurry white surface. I blinked my lids repeatedly to clear my view when I heard a voice. Or should I say voices?I felt a warm sensation on my forehead, I traced the direction it came to see… Luther? Bloody yes! He was the one. On seeing this, my vision cleared up immediately. “Hey.’’ He called softly. I tried to sit up abruptly, but a striking pain hit my abdomen, earning a whimper from me.‘‘Fuck! Easy, you still need some rest.’’ He grabbed me carefully, helping me sit up. That was when I noticed a shadow on my left side through my peripherals. I almost jumped down from my position when my gaze caught Devon’s. “Hey.’’ His voice was so soft, it sounded weird. “What are you… what happened?’’ I faced Luther and eyed Devon again.“You're recovering,” Luther spoke, and everything came rushing into my memory. The immense coughing, the blood, my screams.“My children! Where are my childr

Evelyn's POV “Then should I get you water, my lady?” Merit came again, she was never going to get tired I guess. I ignored her yet again. She has been convincing me to eat something, but I wouldn't even respond to her.She sighed and finally left. I laid my head on the dining table, looking at nothing in particular. I felt empty. I felt dejected. My life became like a burden to me. I feel so sick and I don't know exactly what is wrong with me. Worse is nobody cares, or Luther doesn't care. He never came to see me, he doesn't ask after me. He hates me now. Even I hate myself. My children were the only pillar I clung onto. Their love was enough to keep me alive and waiting for Luther's forgiveness. I'm sure the pack members hate me now, probably excluding my maids though. I lifted myself wearily, dragging myself to the bed. I reached for my phone and stared at Luther's number, but a knock came on the door. The person came in when I wouldn't respond, and my eyes almost popped out

Alpha Devon's POV A genuine smile lingered uncontrollably on my lips. It was the first time in four years that I felt genuinely happy. The thoughts of having some tiny little feet pattering the floor sent a hearty chuckle off my lips. “We're here, Alpha.’’ My driver announced, turning the engine off. A fresh wind hit my face as I stepped out. I started my way briskly into the building. What could possibly go wrong now? I would be having my children soon! ‘‘Hey.’’ A familiar voice called out. It had better be my ears malfunctioning. “Finally. I've been waiting for you.’’ She came to view from the waiting room, and it wasn't my ears.A deep sigh escaped my lips. Turns out something could actually go wrong. My smiles dissipated.“Why are you here, Kyra?” “Why do you guys always ask me that silly question?’’ She said as she rolled her eyes. “There is no room for you here. You once misused your privilege, you can't have it again.’’ I continued my way inwards. “We both know that b

Evelyn's POV Trailing my eyes on him from his face to his feet, I knew at this moment that I both hated and dreaded this man in front of me. He was my doom! I looked away from him with a silent sigh, trying to gather up my nerves that were depleted first. “Greetings to you too, Devon.’’ I managed to produce a firm tone, even as my insides were crashing down already. Every word that left his lips, there was no way anyone around wouldn't read the meaning of it.‘‘What now? Wonder Woman in action?’’ He jeered. Somehow, I never get to miss his nasty smirks.“Cut to the chase, Devon. Why are you here?’’ I took a sharp breath, blotting up my true feelings behind an unaffected facade. “You know, Evelyn, that's one thing about you. You're so adept at gauging up your emotions. But I suppose Luther has been too foolish to decipher them, too consumed by his selfish desires to recognize your true nature! But well what does it matter now?" His previously furrowed expression transformed into

Evelyn's POV My heavy eyelids paved the way to a rather confined view, despite how much I widened them. It had become a mundanity every morning I awake, after my anticlimactic date with Luther three days ago. I sat up on my bed. Shoving my bedding aside, I went to the bathroom. Did my morning routine and retired back to bed. That is how it has been every morning for the last few days too. Nothing changed. Luther hasn't tried to come to see me, which means he was still really mad at me.I barely left my room, even if it was certain Luther never brought anyone in on the discovery. If my instincts still function correctly, then I guess the incredible knowledge was just limited to myself and the two colluding brothers. I spend the whole of my days in my room. I no longer see the kids often, except for sure they ask after me and are brought to see me. But they haven't since yesterday, and it bothered me.Sabrina isn't an exemption, except that I never approved of her visits. She had

As the celebration continued, I went over to thank Alpha-king Magnus for his help in helping us gather the warriors even though they didn't do as well as expected.Alpha Logan visited us and celebrated with us.“When we told Lucas that you didn't come into our pack, he didn't believe me and asked that I tell the truth or he'll burn my clan down. I told him everything even though he didn't let me say anything more. He only ran away,promising to deal with me.”“I'm grateful for sacrificing the happiness of your clans just because of me.”“I'm happy to help remember you helped me too.”When Laura's parents later arrived during the day, it was another beautiful encounter with them. They were so glad that we were able to stop Lucas especially when they had tried to do that for such a long time.The whole community was still celebrating when Emily came to have a word with me. “You really outdid yourself. Thank you for bringing peace back to this Park.”She was truly grateful to me and prom

We were all in our positions waiting for Lucas’ attempt to attack us. We were all in our hiding place, no one saying a word or talking in whispers. It was finally time for me to see what I did for my community.“Maybe we shouldn't have kept so quiet and hid like this.” Laura asked, she had been waiting beside me at the tower where we were watching for any sound in the Bush outside the community.“You think so?” I asked Laura. “Yes. Maybe he now knows that we know that he was coming for us.” Laura said. I was about to laugh but I remembered that if I did that I would blow our cover. We sat down there and waited some more. “Maybe they're not coming like he said.” I said while resting my back at the tower then I heard a sudden sound of a man crying with a loud voice. “They're here.” Suddenly, there was a loud sound of a trumpet. It was truly Lucas and his men as I viewed from where I was. “What exactly is going on?” I asked, unable to process what was happening. “It's Lucas and his

Thorne was standing right in front of me, then he approached me and then was about to kiss me but then I jumped up from the bed.It was a nightmare that I didn't want to have again. Laura had put me to sleep after I had told her about Thorne. It was early afternoon and I didn't know what exactly to do with the information about him.I had lots of questions in my mind.“Why was he back? What happened to him? Was he sent by Mascot and Lucas?I knew that the only way to get answers to my questions was to actually talk to Thorne and hear from him but I was too upset to do that. I had trusted him so much and he left me without a word. I left my room to go see how Damien and the warriors were working.“Guess what?” Laura was running towards me all excited.“What is it?”“Have you seen Alpha-king Magnus since we came back?”“Not yet. Any problems?”“Not really. Come on.” Laura literally dragged me down the same route with her. We kept running and running till we got downhill to the house she

I and Damien had decided to go back to Shadowcrest before it got too late to do anything. From the message that Alpha Logan sent to me, I believe that Lucas was already so angry since his own was now against him. I know he was trying to plan against my clan so we needed to gather the soilders we have and train them immediately.“I have sent messages to the Alpha's that we met and they already sent out their regards and then their solders to Shadowcrest so they can began to train.” Damiem said.“And what are you two plotting?” Laura asked as she joined us. She had been spending time with her parents and we didn't want to disturb her.“What are you doing here?”“I came to see you both. What are you both plotting?”“Nothing. We are just planning to go back to Shadowcrest.”“Without me?” Laura asked.“You'll be here with your parents. What did your dad say about supporting us in this fight?” I asked her expecting a positive result.“He's scared because of what happened in the past but he'

Lucas was literally after our life. As we ran into the Bush, we still didn't feel secure.“I think we should run for our dear lives now. Let's go back to Shadowcrest, I believe we are done for our quest.”“I think so too.”“No. One more pack and we'll go back to Shadowcrest and prepare for the war we are fighting.”“What do you think? Let's go find our horses where we left them, it'll simply make our journey as fast as it should.” Laura suggested still staring backwards checking for Lucas.We located the horses and rode on them as quickly as possible. It was too good to be true for me because I sat comfortably on the horse. Damien had told me that we were heading to Blissfall Park, the last on our list.“We don't have to bother about them welcoming us. I hear they are kind hearted people including their Alpha too.”We took Damien's words into consideration and rode into Blissful Park expecting great things from this park. We got there on time to meet the Alpha in a meeting with his el

This was my quest, mine alone and the only people allowed to go with me on this quest are people that are willing and not people who are ordered to go with me.I understood the fact that everyone had their life to live to the fullest so I had no fight to take away life from people just because I have the authority or opportunity to do so.I cleared my throat as I was about to speak. “I really appreciate thirsting with you both. It's really nice to know that you have people who really care, not just because they feel indebted but because that's who they are.” I paused, then continued. “When I started this quest, I was angry, upset and afraid. Angry and upset because I kept wondering why it had to be me, why me? Afraid because I didn't know how to face the challenges. I'm saying this because it's only going to make things worse on my side if you have to order or force who doesn't want to on me. That'll be very unfair.”“You don't have to overthink it. That's why they are warriors and wo

WINNIEI was in mid conversation with Lydia when a knock came on the door. Maybe it was more along the lines of an argument. We were arguing about something ridiculous. She was insisting that I spent the whole day shopping and I found the idea very exhausting.I had more designer clothes than I knew what to do with and I haven't even gotten to wear half of them.But she insisted. Said that it was to make me look less suspicious. I wanted to do something less self imposed. Maybe explore the city. I can't remember the last time I was in a coffee shop.I can't even remember the last time I've gone out to get some flowers or some books but I guess that was the idea behind prison. You never got to leave and you have to come to terms with the idea that you're meant to remain behind those prison bars forever.Something that I struggled to accept everyday.“You need to understand what it'll make you look less suspicious, it was all Sofia ever liked to do. Shop for things until the space in he

WINNIEMy heart raced at the thought. The thought of his intense dark eyes prying into my thoughts, monitoring my every activity. Had he heard my conversation with Russo? Does he know? Could he tell what was happening? Did he know that I wasn't Sofia? Or maybe he was just biding his time.Waiting for the perfect time to strike. Maybe he was a ruthless murderer after all.“You look a little pale. Are you alright?” He finally said. His voice brought me out of my reverie and I blinked in mild surprise because that was the last thing that I was expecting him to ask me.I quickly masked my face into a neutral expression and turned away. If I continued this way, I was definitely going to expose myself and get myself killed. Which was the last thing that I wanted to do. “I'm fine,” the tone of my voice sounded extremely calculated and calm.“I'm alright, why wouldn't I be?” I said. He said nothing in response as he came closer to the pool. In the space of a second, he pulled his shirt ov

WINNIEThe water below my feet felt very warm. I was too bored to stay in the room. I was almost convinced that the walls were beginning to close in. I had to get out and what better way to do it than taking a swim. I was clad in a plain white bikini, my hair was packed up in a messy bun and the sun against my skin felt divine.I was almost convinced that there was a slight chance that I could have been dreaming about this moment. I closed my eyes and sighed as my memory traveled back to the days that I would take a swim with my sister.I could remember our laughter and us acting goofy, drenching each other and pushing each other deeper into the pool. My chest clenched at the memory and I felt a sort of heaviness settle over me.I forced my mind to drift away from the memory and bring me back to reality. I was forced to be married to a Mafia boss and a suspected murderer. This was my reality and I had to face it. The fact that I had been planted into this situation without any means

WINNIEMy shoulders sagged in relief as our gaze traveled to Lydia who was standing a few inches away from us.“Are you okay Miss?” Her inquisitive gaze traveled between the both of us. She knew that I wasn't fine. I could only be grateful that she showed up at the right time. Russo was forced to step back and he shot me a pointed look and then forced up a smile.“I hope you continue to enjoy your stay here,” he said.“Of course. I intend to” the goading was subtle but he was quick enough to catch it. I watched as his eyes darkened with rage and yet he was forced to retreat and walk down the hallway.My gaze lingered on his back for a minute longer. I was going to have to be more careful than ever because I realised that Roman wasn't the only threat that i needed be wary of.“You need to be careful around him. I'm not sure I ever really trusted him” she shot me a worried look.“Tell me something I don't know. Apparently he and Sofia used to sleep together. Can you believe that?” I sai

WINNIEI was convinced that I had stopped breathing at that very moment as Uncle Elliot pinned me with an inquisitive gaze. I realized that it might have been a little bit forward on my part to have picked him out of all the people on the table to start a conversation with.I closed my eyes and sighed, I hoped with everything within me that he wouldn't be able to recognize me.The corners of his lips tilted up into a bright smile. If I hadn't known him too well, I would have been fooled by it and I would have thought that it was genuine.I knew that it wasn't but that didn't stop me from returning his fake smile back.“What could you possibly want to know about me Mrs Moretti?” He raised an eyebrow at me in question. There was an undertone in his voice indicating that he was slightly uncomfortable being the subject of interest. It was too subtle and if I didn't know why better, I would have missed it.“Anything you'd like to share” I lifted my shoulder into a casual shrug. How I was a

WINNIEMy blood instantly ran cold as I spotted Uncle Elliot from among the men that were seated around the table, even though I didn't want to give away the fact that I was staring at him a little longer than necessary. I couldn't help the way my blood ran cold at the sight of him. My throat instantly became dry and I suddenly didn't want to be around him.The air suddenly felt too hot, and I felt I was suffocating and running out of breath. My attention snapped over to Roman who frowned as he stared at me. His brows were furrowed with slight worry as he observed me. I could feel Russo's gaze lingering on our joined hands on the table.“You don't look so good. You are pale” Roman said. His voice was cold and yet it was almost as if he was concerned. It was almost difficult to believe that he was capable of kindness. That he was capable of caring about anyone.“I told you, you could stay in the bedroom if you weren't feeling up to it” he squeezed my hand a little tighter than usual.