Novels by Sly Angel

KamaraA Year LaterTime has a strange way of reshaping our lives when we aren't looking. For an entire year, I had completely buried myself in my studies, trading the dangerous chaos of my family’s world for the quiet, predictable rhythm of university lecture halls. The past year had changed everything.My phone buzzed in my hand, the screen lighting up with a name I had spent the last twelve months trying to lock away.Brian. He had reached out a dozen times over the past few months, begging for a chance to explain, to mend the wreckage he’d contributed to. And while he seemed to be doing well for himself now that his father was locked securely behind bars, forgiveness wasn't something I could just hand over. I didn't trust him. I didn't know if I ever would.With a definitive swipe, I declined the call, pushing the thought aside as the car came to a stop in front of the estate. I hadn’t been back properly in almost a year. But now I was finally here.And tomorrow…I was turning

KamaraI couldn't register the information at once.I looked at Dr. Laurence, but her face was beginning to blur into a smear of clinical white and sterile grey. “That can’t be true, right?” I looked at Elijah, desperate for him to tell me this was just another mind game, another lie to keep me off balance. “Right?”Elijah didn't look at me. He was staring at the floor, his hands shoved so deep into his pockets his knuckles were likely white. The doctor hesitated, then she slowly shook her head.“At the moment, I know it’s a lot to process. But it’s too early to say 'permanent,'" she clarified. "With intensive physical therapy and time, the nerves may recover. But for the foreseeable future, he’s going to be in a wheelchair.”May. Not would.I leaned against the wall, my heart fracturing. All I could feel was a violent, erratic thumping in my chest. He saved me, and this was the cost. "Does he know?"“I haven’t said it directly yet. But judging from his reactions…” She sighed softly,

KAMARA“I still think this whole thing is unnecessary.”A soft laugh left my lips as I adjusted the shopping bag sitting beside me in the backseat.“You’ve said that three times already,” I muttered into the phone.“And I’ll say it again,” Father replied smoothly. “We can have dinner without turning it into a royal ceremony.”“It’s not a ceremony,” I argued, smiling despite myself. “It’s literally just dinner.”“With enough food to feed an army.”“That’s because Kaela barely eats.”“And?”“And you eat…well…”A low chuckle rumbled through the speaker. It was strange.Weeks ago, speaking to my father felt impossible. Now we could somehow sit on a call arguing about dinner plans and food portions like normal people.Normal.I never thought we would get here.“You’re smiling,” he suddenly said.I blinked. “What?”“You always go quiet when you smile.”Something softened painfully in my chest.Maybe he was learning me too.I looked out the car window, watching the streets blur past. “Maybe

KamaraFor the next few days, Jace hadn’t woken up.The doctors kept saying he was recovering, though very slowly. There were too many internal injuries, too much damage his body had sustained, and every step of his treatment had to be handled carefully.It hurt hearing it every single time, but at least he was alive. That was the only thing keeping me together.Life outside the hospital had somehow continued moving, even after everything that happened.Matthias had finally been arrested.The authorities found enough evidence in the files we recovered to bury him for good, and whatever they discovered inside his house only made things worse for him. For once, justice was actually happening.And Elijah…I had seen him a few times over the past week whenever he came around to help with bills or check in on things. He looked different now. Lighter somehow. Like he was finally trying to rebuild himself after everything.I liked that for him.Honestly, I liked that for all of us. Maybe thi

Kamarawas it. My life up until this moment.They said minutes before you die, the best moments of your life flash before your eyes. But right now, all I could see was fear. The cold barrel of the pistol was a focal point of terror against my skin. I could smell the gunpowder and the sweat on Ricko’s palm as he hauled me up. My feet barely touched the floor."Mom, please..." My voice was thin and shaky."I'm scared. I don't want to die. Mom, do something!""Keep your mouth shut, girl!" Ricko snarled, his grip on my throat tightening until I felt the pressure in my eyes. He looked at my mother with an ugly grin. "You see her, Vivian? This is your handiwork. Every tear she sheds, every bruise on that boy on the floor, it’s all because of you. You ruined their lives before they even started living it."My mother was shaking so hard the gun in her hand was a blur. "No... I tried to protect them. I did it for my family… all I do is for my family.”"Look where that landed you!" He barked.

KAMARALogic was gone.All I could think about was doing something.I launched myself at Ricko’s back, a scream tearing from my throat that sounded nothing like my own voice.I collided with him just as he was about to swing toward Jace’s temple. It was like hitting a wall of solid iron. Ricko merely shifted his weight, and with a casual backhanded motion, he sent me sprawling across the marble.I hit the floor hard, the air driven out of my lungs in a sharp, painful wheeze. The gun skidded away, disappearing under a shattered glass table.“Kamara… get out of here…”The voice was a wet, broken rasp. I looked up through a blur of tears. Jace was on one knee, his head hanging low. One eye was swollen shut, and blood painted a gruesome mask down the side of his face.“Look at this,” Ricko said, his voice terrifyingly steady. He sounded disappointed. He reached down, grabbing a handful of Jace’s hair and wrenching his head back so he had to look at me. “You see what you’ve done, boy? You’

Lacy’s POVLucas was outside mum’s hospital room and he got up as soon as he saw me.“I am not here to fight, I just want to see how she is doing,” I said with my hands in the air, a sign of complete surrender. He stared at me and then he sighed, “Good, she has been asking about you… and the kids.”“I haven’t even told them about what happened to their granny yet, can’t bring myself to,” I admitted out loud.Lucas nodded, “That’s probably for the best. She would be out of here in a few days, no need to worry them.”I smiled at him, “Were you just being considerate to your nephews and niece?”He scoffed, “Whatever, come on in.”I followed behind him, the smile on my face getting bigger, “They are adorable, aren’t they? Even you can’t deny that.”He scoffed louder but there was mirth in his voice now, “Don’t you have any shame?”“Not at all,” I giggled.Lucas chuckled.My smile widened.I got a chuckle out of him, maybe things were not so hopeless.Mum was sitting up in bed getting che

Rosa’s POV“Mum, I am telling you. He was as crazy as a bat out of hell!”I was pacing back and forth in my mother’s chamber in the North Wing.“I think he know, Ma, I think he does! I have never seen him this angry.”My entire body shuddered as I recalled what happened.The alpha had never stared at me like that before, not with such a murderous gaze, a gaze that paralyzed me and made me almost piss myself.“Mum! You are not saying anything!” I began to panic.“Would you just shut it for a minute and let me think?” She snapped.My mother was seating in an arm chair with her right hand tucked under her jaw, “What else did he say?”“Nothing, he stormed off after telling me to stay away from that bitch.” I was breathing heavily as I tried to calm myself down.“He smashed my favorite mirror, mum. He did! We are screwed.”“Could you shut it and let me think?” She snapped again.I stared at her and smirked, “This is all your fault, you are the one that told me to go after Lacy. You caused

Rafael’s POV“How much is it going to cost?” I asked.Alpha Johnson’s voice sounded gruff through the phone, “Sixteen million, give or take.”I frowned, “The asking price is 10, what is the other 6 supposed to be for?”I heard him chuckle on the other end of the line, “Alright, make it twelve and let’s call it a day.”“Johnson, all you are getting out of me is 11 and it will be wired to your corporate account within the hour.”“Always as frugal as ever,” he commented, “Fine, eleven it is but don’t transfer it yet. Let the paperwork be finalized with Baron Steel first. I don’t want such huge sum accumulating dust and getting taxed.”“Let me know when. And Johnson… Don’t forget your own end of the deal,” I reminded him.“It is not me you should be worrying about. My vote alone will not get you the result you need. Who else have you managed to convince?”“You let me worry about the other votes, just do your part.”I hung up and frowned.Alpha Johnson was not wrong, I needed at least one

Blaine’s POV“What is this?” Lacy asked as she reached into the envelope and pulled out its contents.I leaned back and watched her expression as she went through them.She was shaking her head, a look of confusion on her face, “What are these? What am I looking at here?”She dropped the pictures that were in the envelope on the table and looked at me with a questioning look.“Blaine, what does this have to do with stopping the merger?”I smiled, “I take it you don’t know who any of the people in the pictures are.”“Am I supposed to know them?” she looked slightly irritated. “This is your smoking gun?”I decided to explain, “The man in the picture – that is alpha Johnson of Johnson Corp and the woman that he is fooling around with is the wife of the CEO of Baron Steels. The company Johnson Corp wants to merge with.”Lacy gasped, “What? Alpha Johnson is having an affair with the wife of the man he wants to do a merger with?”“Exactly.”She shook her head in disapproval, “But how exactl

Lacy’s POVMy emotions were all over the place when I left the alpha’s mansion.I had walked in there angry, bent on confronting Rosa because of what she did. I didn’t expect to run into the alpha there or to cry my eyes out in his embrace.Surely this could not be the same guy that accused me of being a whore and wanted nothing to do with me a day ago.I didn’t know how to feel about it, trying to wrap my head around the whole thing was giving me a headache.“Lacy, wait up!”I paused and turned around, it was beta Ted.At first, my heart skipped a beat and then I remembered that Blaine said that he lost his memory.Still, I felt uncomfortable being close to him, after all, I was right there when his face got smashed into the pillar.“Traitor!” I could still hear the bitter hatred in his voice when he caught us then. A shiver went through my spine.Beta Ted walked up to me with short unhurried steps, “We need to talk,” he said pointedly.My breath caught in my throat. Could his memor

Third Person POVThe situation inside the vacant hall was causing a lot of tension outside.Ted knew from the moment that Luna Rosa walked in, it was going to be a shitstorm and he braced for it.Not too long ago, the alpha had told him to look into the luna, a request that seemed strange and carried some unspoken implications.Ted was no fool, he could tell that this had something to do with the meeting with Alpha Blaine and also Lacy. Everything seemed to revolve around Lacy.Even as he was thinking this, the door opened, Lacy came out and banged it behind her.She looked flustered and angry, Ted observed from the end of the corridor.She turned left and then right, seemingly confused and that was when the twins came at her.Tina came from the left and Tia came from the right and they accosted her. “Trash like you don’t know when to call it quits, do you?” they chorused.Lacy stared at both sisters with anger burning in her eyes, “You are all going to get what is coming to you,” she