Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Jennifer's POV:

After staying in the hospital for a week to recover, I was finally discharged and able to see the sun again.

Breathing the fresh air outside around me, I couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

As soon as I returned to the dormitory, Skylar greeted me with a warm hug.

"Welcome, beautiful Jennifer,"she said, rubbing her cheek against mine.

"I was almost bored to death while you were away.

Thank God you're back! Have you completely recovered now?"

"Almost."I nodded slowly.

A bad feeling arose in the pit of my stomach as I remembered how I had fallen into the trap in the jungle.

"But I suspect that someone set me up.

There were so many of us who participated in the jungle exploration that day, but I was the only one who fell into a trap and almost died.

Isn't that weird? Besides, Marge Island belongs to the royal family.

Hunters aren't allowed there.

So why was there a trap? It doesn't add up.

I have to carefully look into this matter.

Whoever set this trap for me, I won't let them go!"

"Jennifer, you suspect something too?"

Skylar's expression suddenly became serious.

"Actually, there's something that has been bothering me.I wanted to tell you about it when I came to visit you at the hospital, but you were in poor health at that time, so I decided to wait until after you were discharged."

Seeing her beckon me closer, I leaned in and let my ear hover in front of her lips.

After looking around to make sure that no one else was around, Skylar whispered, "That day, I saw a she-wolf in the jungle.She was acting sneaky and vigilant, which I found a bit weird.I saw her wandering around a grassland for a long time.I didn't pay much attention to her at that time.But after your accident, my mind kept going back to that scene over and over again.It couldn't have been a coincidence."

"Who was she?"I asked through gritted teeth.

I couldn't forget the pain of falling into the deep pit and being stabbed all over my body.

"I think it was...Ella."

Skylar's face was scrunched up in concentration as she tried to accurately recall the details of that day.

"I remember what she was wearing.I don't think I'm wrong.Jennifer, you don't look good.Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."I shook my head and sneered inwardly.

So it was Ella.

Her father had already committed unforgivable crimes against my family.

go? But it

had wanted to kill me back then, but

that I was still alive, of course she would try to eliminate me as soon as possible

now, there was a deep chasm between us that we could never

thing was, if Ella made up her mind to kill me, I would always be in

enough to achieve my goal of

I didn't have any evidence that Ella

I myself couldn't be sure that it was Ella just by listening to

what, I would be careful with

out to be the culprit, I wouldn't let her

to set

the chance for that came sooner than

sun shone high in the

took all of us to the seaside to start

most of us were bored and found

scenery that the seaside provided put everyone in

trainees were eager to

on diving glasses, we

warm sand under my feet, I squinted my eyes

Skylar held my arm

is so blue, just like the sky.The breeze is also

brought me back to

who was standing not

wearing a black bikini that showed off

she made eye contact with me

and her smile sent a chill down

to look at her anymore.Instead, I began

get ready to go into the

Carson said loudly.

and waded out into the

swim in the sea, because she was one of the first ones to enter the water, and even urged me when she saw that I was

here.Let's go together,"

first. I'll join you

while, I pressed my lips into a thin line and slowly waded out

deliberately made my movements look clumsy, like this was one of

the trainees swim far away that I gradually began

the swimming training seemed to be as comfortable in the water as mermaids would

everyone else was getting farther and

I was left alone.

looked back at me several times, but I pretended

gradually slowed her pace, causing her to

enough, I decided that it was time to put

my chest with my hand and splashed in the water,

"Help, it hurts..."

but my body

with my injury.Someone help me!

took a big

was spinning because of the

but the rest

was pretending to be injured and drowning in the water for a purpose—to lure the culprit out