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."

over the computer, fed the video into a software,

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

that it was none other

from the surveillance cameras near this

found the surveillance videos

screen as Larry wandered around the garden for

have used

paused it right

some reason, an ominous feeling rose

palace? If so, he might

was a threat that we couldn't

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

the head attendant replied

was only after the deployment of the forces in the royal palace that I was

heart, I walked out of the

go back to Jennifer as soon

I knew that the guards were dutiful and trustworthy, I wouldn't be able to

returned to our bedroom, I

gradually calmed down, and

next to my dear wife,

‘'Good night, Jennifer.’' 

day, I awoke early in the

with the elders so that I could inform them about the hidden danger in the royal

still sleeping, and I didn't want to wake her up, so I just leaned over and planted a kiss

needed to rest as

Jennifer's POV: 

find the other

Anthony

I asked the

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

at how thoughtful Anthony was.I nodded at the maid, deciding to go and talk to Anthony after breakfast to see

a simple and elegant dress, and had

was about to go out, however, the

parcel just arrived

the maid brought me a well-sealed cardboard box.I raised my eyebrows in surprise as I eyed the

could it be? I hadn't bought

thought the possibilities,

probably a gift from one of my

to give me

was excited to see what the gift was, as well as who it was from, since there was no name or label

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

usual, so it took me some time to

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

widened as I lifted the

box was somewhat heavy, making

it be?" I murmured to

chocolate

as I opened the gift box, I dropped it back

the gift box sat a glass bottle, in

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