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.

this as an opportunity to rush to Robin's

hurriedly stepped in between me and Jerome before the latter

looked Robin up

back at him too, not

grew tense

future boyfriend.Who are you?"

turned to look at me incredulously, as though he was waiting for an

second thought, I

the end, I chose not to explain

"What's going on?"

silence, he looked at me with a pained

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

spoken to Jerome

enough, Jerome looked at me gloomily, as though I had just

let me explain.Linda and I never rekindled our relationship.She was lying.She tricked us all.I never had sex with

words

"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

pushed

glaring at me fiercely, as though she wanted to skin me

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

mistress.I've been lying 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 why I went to work at

Robin couldn't

dead, but somehow, Skylar's still alive.It was you who should've died! Why did

bared

bitch!" Linda

dodge, but before she could reach me, Robin stepped in

heard a muffled thump, and the smell of blood

Robin's POV: 

was

mate, whereas Linda was his

been a lot of history among the three of

like Skylar had misunderstood Jerome thanks to Linda's tricks, so she ran

cleared up, I wondered if

saw Linda screech

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

see

closer to Skylar, I was the one who protected her in

Jerome subdued Linda instead.

looked at me with

felt a burning pain

worry." I shook my head with a