Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Anthony's POV: 

Once Jennifer fell asleep, I still couldn't get over the feeling of uneasiness, so I got up from the bed.

Not wanting to disturb her sleep, I walked out of the bedroom as quietly as I could and went to the monitoring room.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw my attendants watching the surveillance videos as per my instructions.

"Have you found anything?" I asked them.

"Mr.Jones, we've been checking the surveillance videos from the time period before and after Mrs.Jones was attacked, but we haven't found anything suspicious yet," the head attendant _ replied respectfully.

I nodded.

"I'll watch the videos together with you.We'll get the work done faster."

"Yes, Mr.Jones."

The attendant led me to a screen and opened up a surveillance video for me.

"Please watch this one."

Motioning for the attendant to leave me be, I focused on the video playing in front of me.

The cameras were on 24/7, recording every moment of every day.

Needless to say, it was a monotonously tedious task to watch the surveillance videos, but in order not to miss even the slightest clue, we had to watch everything from beginning to end without taking our eyes off of it.

As long as we could find a clue to catch Larry, all this effort would be worth it.

Calming myself down, I watched the video, playing it at double the speed since there was nothing of significance happening.

Time passed by.

All of a sudden, something caught my eye.

A strange figure appeared on the screen.

It was a man who kept looking around.

His movements were strange and dodgy.

Judging from his clothes, he wasn't a palace guard.

And most importantly, his physique looked highly similar to Larry's.

"Come and take a look at this," I said to my attendants, pausing the video.

"Do any of you recognize this man? Is he one of the guards?"

"No, Mr.Jones.We've never seen him before," the head attendant replied solemnly.

With a nod, I rewound the video a few seconds and played it, watching that particular section of the mysterious man's appearance over and over again.

After a while, I asked, "Can you zoom in and make the video clearer so that we can see his face?"

A technician immediately ran over and bowed.

"Of course, Mr.Jones."

fed the video into a software, and

was displayed clearly on the screen, with every pixel of his face finally

that it was none other

the footage from the surveillance cameras near this one!" I ordered

the surveillance videos

the screen as Larry wandered around the garden for a while

used some

the video again and paused it right

an ominous feeling rose

still hiding inside the royal palace? If so, he

was a threat that we

palace.Strengthen the defense around the perimeters, and also increase the protection around Jennifer and my mother.Arrange the guards to work in two shifts.Don't give the enemy any

Mr.Jones," the head

forces in the royal palace

my heart, I walked out

to go back to Jennifer as

to put my heart to rest

returned to our bedroom, I found that

slept, my breathing gradually calmed

down next to my dear wife,

‘'Good night, Jennifer.’' 

day, I awoke early

the hidden danger in the royal palace, as

wake her up, so I just leaned over and planted a kiss on her

needed to rest as much as

Jennifer's POV: 

woke up to find the other side of

Anthony

is Anthony?" I asked

the elders.He told us not to wake you up so that you could get

heart fluttered at how thoughtful Anthony was.I nodded at the maid, deciding to go and talk to Anthony after breakfast to see if there was any progress in the investigation regarding

up, I changed into a simple and

I was about to go out, however, the maid suddenly

Smith, this parcel just

well-sealed cardboard box.I raised my

be? I hadn't bought

the possibilities,

a gift

to give me a

the gift was, as well as who it was from, since

asked the maid to bring me a pair of scissors, which I used to personally unseal the

usual, so it took me some

I couldn't help but gasp at the beautiful, delicate gift box sitting inside

my face widened as I lifted the gift box and

gift box was somewhat heavy, making it hard for

I murmured to

it's chocolate

box, I dropped it back onto the

glass bottle, in which there

my whole body shook as I stepped back, trying to put as much distance as possible between myself and that cruel