Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Caroline's POV: 

As the crowd gathered around, Austin reached for my hand and held it tightly.

Seeing all of these familiar faces, I felt a bit strange, as though I had been cut off from the rest of the world for ages.

The elders who used to smile at me raised their eyebrows and looked at me with disdain.They must've hated me to the core.

"Don't be afraid, okay? Whatever happens, I'm here for you," Austin whispered in my ear as he noticed my discomfort.

Moved, I looked him in the eye and nodded slightly.I would've been lying if I said I wasn't afraid, but...I could totally understand where their anger was coming from.

"Elders, how can I help you?" Anthony asked in a calm manner.

All of a sudden, the crowd burst into an uproar.

"Mr.Jones! Please explain why you've brought those sinners back to the royal palace?" an elder demanded angrily.

The rage in his voice made me tremble slightly.

It was finally happening! Ever since I found out that we were coming back here, I knew that the elders would be furious.

And they had every right.

Austin and I were sinners.

We shouldn't have been brought back here.I didn't know how to face all this, so I just lowered my head and stood beside Austin in silence.

Anthony's voice continued to ring beside me.

"Everyone, please calm down first."

"No! They're sinners!" someone shouted rudely.

"Mr.Jones, why are they here? I hope you can explain!"

"Yeah! Austin murdered our former king, your father.It was already merciful of us to let him live.How could you let him come back from his exile? Isn't it obvious that he'll form a rebellion and try to usurp the throne?"

I clearly felt Austin's grip on my hand tightening.Somehow, I plucked up enough courage to look up.

aristocrats and the elders, there were also guards and

glared at me with hatred in their

of a noblewoman, she immediately

is a heartless bitch.She almost killed Mrs.Jones, the woman who took her in and loved

me spitefully, I felt so

a complete loss and just wanted to find a hole to

I looked at her

by her warmth, I felt a lump form in

gave me courage.I gritted my teeth and cut those

It was all my fault! I deserve to die.I'm sorry.I committed all those crimes because

spoke, I bowed

well.I

Austin echoed my sentiments.

to them and apologized

the point of saying sorry? The previous king is already dead!" An elder pointed

to where

suddenly boomed across the

quarrel like this.And you must know that it was my decision to bring

had a good reason.I hope you can all calm down first so that we can explain things

in, "The reason why we decided to bring Caroline and Austin back was because they saved our lives.Our boat capsized

and Caroline have turned a new leaf and grown to be kind-hearted.Moreover, Alice needs the care of her own mother and

and mother, tears welling up in my eyes.I

able to offset

differ!" an

in mind, you should've held a meeting with the elders to discuss it with us first! You can't just forgive these two evildoers so quickly!" an elder said, his voice filled with emotion.Seeing that everyone was so agitated, I felt

wronged him too many times.Did I really have to make things difficult for

things

expect that the once willful Caroline would

face was pale as a ghost, but her

in my memory.I smiled gently.I was so glad that Caroline had finally

many mistakes, I always saw her as the

didn't have the heart to keep on punishing her, not to mention she had

then get out of here! Don't

Caroline and Austin apologized sincerely, the elders didn't buy it at all.Seeing their hostile faces, I couldn't

to have a physical examination conducted, which was why we brought her back to the royal palace on such short notice.Rest assured, I wasn't planning to hide it from you.In fact,

we did have that meeting, we would never let them come back!" Primo wrinkled his nose