Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Skylar's POV: 

I was asleep in the ward when my phone started ringing. It was Robin.

He told me that Andy was dead.

My eyes went wide with shock.

I just saw Andy yesterday and he was fine.

How could he be dead? Robin explained that the poor child had mistakenly ingested the poison that Linda had left out.

By the time Linda found out, it was already too late.

Despite rushing him to the hospital, the doctors could do nothing to save Andy.

When I got off the phone, I rushed to the emergency room.

There, I found a group of people gathered around the door.

In the distance, I could hear the wailing cries of a miserable woman.

My heart sank.

I waded my way through the crowd but stopped in my tracks when my eyes landed on a familiar figure.

It was Jerome.

Why was he here? I quickly averted my gaze and ducked back into the crowd, hoping he wouldn't see me.

If he did, my efforts to run away from him would all be in vain.

But a few seconds later, I found myself in a warm and tight embrace.

"Skylar, what're you doing here? I've been looking all over for you!"

Jerome held me so tightly in his arms, I almost felt suffocated.

I struggled to break free from his embrace, but he was too strong.

"Jerome, let go. You're hurting me!"

I raised my head and looked at him coldly.

I had been in hiding for so long, but he still found me.

What was I supposed to do? Finally, I managed to push Jerome away.

took this as an opportunity to rush

in between me and Jerome before the latter could

Jerome looked Robin up

him too, not to be

atmosphere grew tense and a bit

future boyfriend.Who are

Jerome turned to look at me incredulously,

on second thought, I realized I needed to stay away from

the end, I chose not to

"What's going on?"

silence, he looked at me with

you can sleep with Linda, can't I find my own love? Besides, Andy, your son, just died.How can you

spoken to Jerome like this

enough, Jerome looked at me gloomily, as though I

had sex with her, even after getting drunk.She was just trying to ruin our relationship.As for Andy, he

Jerome's words

not his child? Linda had set us up? "Skylar, I'm telling the truth.If you don't believe me, ask Linda.I kicked her out of the Rainbow Pack as soon as I found out about her deceit.I have no idea

pushed

was glaring at me fiercely, as though

 "Now that things have come to this, just be honest, Linda," Jerome

to everyone.Are you satisfied, you bitch? Do you know how cruel Jerome has been to me? When the truth came to light, he kicked me and Andy out of the Rainbow Pack.That's how we ended up here as beggars! As fate would have it, you were here too.I decided to take this as an opportunity to kill you that's

Robin

a lunatic, but I've already been punished severely.Andy is dead, but somehow, Skylar's still alive.It was you who should've died! Why did my child have to

Linda bared her claws and ran towards

bitch!" Linda acted

but before she could reach me, Robin stepped

I heard a muffled thump, and

Robin's POV: 

being a mere bystander, I was able to piece together who Jerome

was Skylar's unforgettable mate, whereas Linda was his

of history among

about, it sounded like Skylar had misunderstood Jerome thanks to Linda's tricks, so

if

I suddenly saw

I could even think about it, I stepped forward to protect Skylar, with my back exposed to Linda's

see

I was the one who protected

Jerome subdued Linda instead.

Skylar looked at

a burning pain in

shook my head with a