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."

the video into a software, and worked

man's face was displayed clearly on the screen, with every pixel of his

was no doubt that it was

from the surveillance cameras near

found the surveillance videos that I asked

around the garden for a while before seemingly disappearing

used some magic

the video again and paused

an ominous feeling rose

if Larry was still hiding inside the royal palace? If so, he

was a threat that we

the attendants and ordered, "Dispatch a few of the royal guards to guard the palace.Strengthen the defense around the perimeters, and also increase the protection around

the head

forces in the royal palace that I was able to breathe a sigh

uneasiness in my heart, I walked out of the

wanted to go back to Jennifer as soon

I wouldn't be able to put my heart to rest until I could assure

bedroom, I found that she was still

her peaceful face as she slept, my breathing gradually

next to my dear wife, I

‘'Good night, Jennifer.’' 

day, I awoke early in the

inform them about the hidden danger in the royal palace, as well as to discuss the arrangement

didn't want to wake her up, so I just

so she needed to rest as much

Jennifer's POV: 

woke up to find the other side of the bed

Anthony had already

is Anthony?" I asked the

Smith.Mr.Jones went to have a meeting with the elders.He told us not to wake you

and talk to Anthony after breakfast to

freshening up, I changed into a simple and elegant dress, and

to go out, however,

parcel just

cardboard box.I raised my eyebrows in surprise

could it be? I

I thought the possibilities,

probably a gift from one

to give me a

from Helen or Skylar? I was excited to see what the gift was, as well as who it was from, since there was no

maid to bring me a pair of scissors, which I

box was more tightly packed than usual, so it took me some time to cut through

but gasp at the beautiful, delicate gift box sitting inside

my face widened as I lifted the gift box

somewhat heavy, making it hard for me to

I

it's chocolate from

I opened the gift box, I dropped it back onto

a glass bottle, in which there

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