Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Chapter 313: Skylar's Origin

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 toldthat Thomas was a good guy.He was willing to helpafter all, even going so far as to savefrom those bullies.

But all the same, he was still a vampire.

Vampires and werewolves were always at odds since timmemorial.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 forceto cback 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, snappingback to my reality.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, okay.Sure."

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

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

"His is lightning.You two probably cfrom 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.

"I don't know what he wants, but when I was dealing with the robbers earlier, he sawusing my special power.So he probably thinks I'm a vampire."

"What?!"

Jerpractically jumped to his feet in shock.I quickly pulled him back to his seat and took his hand to calm him down.

"Don't worry, 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 I'm a werewolf-vampire hybrid."

"Oh, okay."

Jersighed heavily.

"But you still need to be careful, honey.Vampires are extremely cunning creatures." I nodded.

Just then, Thomas cback from the bathroom.

Jerand I lowered our heads and continued to eat, pretending as though nothing had happened.

On the surface, the atmosphere over dinner seemed light and merry.

Jerand Thomas talked and laughed like old friends.

I, on the other hand, felt stiff and nervous, not daring to relax.

Finally, when dinner was over, I felt relieved.I grabbed Jerome's hand and stood up, itching to go home.I didn't want to stay here a second longer.

To my surprise, Thomas asked, "Where do you guys live? I drove here.Letdrive you has a thank you for dinner."

I shook my head vehemently.

"Thanks for the offer, but we don't want to inconvenience you."

"We live really near,"

Jeradded, echoing my sentiments.

"It doesn't matter.I have nothing else to do anyway.Letdrive you back!"

Thomas insisted with a big smile.

Jerand I exchanged wary glances.

We found ourselves unable to refuse Thomas, so we ended up climbing into his shiny, red sports car.

Thomas drove us all the way back to our villa.

When we got out of the car, Thomas waved at us.

"Hey, I'm staying at No.25 Sunset Avenue now.You should cvisitany time! By the way, can I have your phone numbers?"

Thomas looked at us eagerly, like an excitable child.

Jerand I still couldn't find a way to say no, so Jerexchanged phone numbers with him.

"Have a good night! Bye!"

I waved at Thomas, watching as the red sports car zoomed into the distance.

Jerome's POV:

I was worried about Skylar.

When we retired to our bedroom, I asked Skylar to get ready for bed so that she could rest.

"Honey, I still feel anxious about what happened to you today.I promise I'll never leave you alone ever again."

I took Skylar's hand and looked into her eyes seriously.

"Don't worry.I'll be fine.I can protect myself with my special power," Skylar replied with a shrug.

I shook my head.

"Although Rube Island isn't werewolves’ territory, it'd be best if you didn’t expose your special power.We don't want to attract unwanted attention, Skylar."

"Okay, you're right." Skylar smiled atsheepishly.

Upon glancing outside the window, I saw that it was getting dark.

"Honey, it's getting late.Go to bed early.I don't want you to tire yourself out, especially after everything that happened today."

I sat down on the edge of the bed, reaching out to touch Skylar’s round belly gently.

Skylar stuck out her tongue like a spoiled child.

"Fine.But I need to call Jennifer first to tell her that I met a vampire."

As Skylar spoke, she was already pulling out her phone and dialing Jennifer's number.

When the call connected, she relayed everything about Thomas to Jennifer.

"What should I do, Jennifer?" Skylar asked with a frown.

She put the call on speaker forto listen.

"Jerome's sitting next to me."

"If he hasn't shown any hostility, just keep a distance from him for the tbeing."

Apparently, Jennifer shared the ssentiment as me.

"L agree, but Jennifer...I still want to know about where I cfrom.I want to know why my parents abandoned me."

Skylar's voice was barely above a whisper.

Jennifer kept silent for a long tbefore saying, "Don't worry, Skylar.Anthony and Daniel recognized the mark on your wrist as that of the Dracula Clan.I'll ask Anthony to investigate their clan and see if he can find answers about your origin."

I didn't know that Skylar wanted to know about her origin, but on second thought, I realized I was the one who had been so blind.

Skylar was a sentimental girl.

Of course she wanted to know about her real identity.

She might've said otherwise, but I should've known that she just didn't wantto worry about her.I couldn't help but regret not having realized this sooner.

When they ended the call, I wrapped my arms around Skylar and pulled her close.

"I'm sorry, Skylar.I wasn't considerate of your feelings.You must have been confused about where you cfrom, right? You have given up so much just to be with me."

"Don't say sorry, Jerome." Skylar shifted in my arms to gaze into my eyes.

"Actually, I don't care if I'm a vampire or not.I just want to know who my parents are and why they abandoned me."

Skylar's fragile words made my heart ache.I hurried to comfort her.

"Don't talk like that.Honey, maybe there's more to the story.Maybe they didn't want to abandon you.After all, who would be willing to part with an angel like you?"

"Thank you, honey." Skylar huggedand sighed.

"I'm so glad I met you.Without you, I would've becthe loneliest girl in the entire world."

Skylar's words moved me, makingfeel nice and warm all over.I kissed her forehead and swore to myself that I would protect my angel for the rest of my life.