Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Skylar's POV:

When a waiter served the food on the table, I smiled at Thomas hospitably and pushed the plates of delicious food in front of him.

"Thomas, no need to be so formal, okay? You just saved my life."

As I spoke, I tried my best to smile as naturally as I could while casually pulling my sleeve down to cover the mark on my wrist.

Truth be told, I was extremely nervous to be in the presence of another vampire.

What if Thomas found out my identity? I was just thankful that I was wearing a long-sleeved shirt today.I sighed internally.

If I had worn something else, I would've been doomed.I wanted as much as possible to dissociate myself from vampires.

My intuition told me that Thomas was a good guy.He was willing to help me after all, even going so far as to save me from those bullies.

But all the same, he was still a vampire.

Vampires and werewolves were always at odds since time immemorial.I didn't even want to think about what would happen if he found out my identity.

What if he recognized the hexagram mark on my wrist? Would he force me to come back to the vampires’ territory? Despite my worries, there was also a trace of hope that sparked within my heart.I almost wanted him to see the hexagram mark.

Maybe he knew about my origin.

Growing up an orphan, I had never known who my parents were.I wanted to know who I was and why my parents abandoned me.But I just wanted to know these things to fill up the void in my heart.I wanted nothing to do with vampires, let alone a noble clan.I had Jerome.

He was more than enough for me.

As fear and hope battled within me, I spent most of dinner silent and absent-minded.

"Please excuse me, I'm going to the bathroom,"

Thomas suddenly said, snapping me back to my reality.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, okay.Sure."

As soon as Thomas was out of earshot, Jerome and I looked at each other.

"Skylar, I know that Thomas is a vampire, but the mark on his wrist is different from yours," Jerome said in a low voice.

"His is lightning.You two probably come from different clans.But I don't understand why Thomas approached you.Honey, I suspect that he might have ulterior motives."

I gnawed on my lower lip, at a loss.

he wants, but when I was dealing with the robbers earlier, he saw me using my special power.So

"What?!"

shock.I quickly pulled him back to his seat and took his hand to calm

Jerome.A vampire's sense of smell isn't as sensitive as a werewolf's.He won't be able to pick up on my scent.Even if he knows that I carry a vampire bloodline, he won't know that

"Oh, okay."

Jerome sighed heavily.

still need to be careful, honey.Vampires are extremely cunning

Thomas came back

lowered our heads and continued to eat, pretending as

the surface, the atmosphere over dinner

and laughed like old

the other hand, felt stiff and nervous, not

was over, I felt relieved.I grabbed Jerome's hand and stood up, itching to go home.I didn't want

drove here.Let me drive you home as a thank you

shook my head

offer, but we don't want to

"We live really near,"

echoing my

nothing else to do anyway.Let me

insisted with

and I exchanged

ourselves unable to refuse Thomas, so we ended up climbing into his shiny, red

the

got out of the car, Thomas

staying at No.25 Sunset Avenue now.You should come visit me any time! By the way, can I have

looked at us eagerly, like an

a way to say no, so

good

watching as the red sports car zoomed into

Jerome's POV:

 I was

bedroom, I asked Skylar to get ready for

about what happened to you today.I promise I'll never

Skylar's hand and looked into her

be fine.I can protect myself with my special power," Skylar replied with

I shook my head.

best if you didn’t expose your

you're right." Skylar smiled at

glancing outside the window, I saw that it

want you to tire