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."

leaned over the computer, fed the video into

clearly on the screen, with every

doubt that it was none other

footage from the surveillance cameras

the surveillance videos that

carefully watched the screen as Larry wandered around the

have used some magic

rewound the video again and paused it right before the

reason, an ominous

inside the royal palace? If so, he might secretly attack us

a threat

guards to guard the 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 chance to

head

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

my heart, I walked

back to Jennifer as soon as

were dutiful and trustworthy, I wouldn't be able to put my heart to rest until I could assure Jennifer's safety

I returned to our bedroom, I

her peaceful face as she slept, my breathing gradually

dear wife, I closed

‘'Good night, Jennifer.’' 

I awoke early

to hold a meeting with the elders so that I could inform them about the hidden

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

she needed

Jennifer's POV: 

to find the other side of the

seemed that Anthony

is Anthony?" I asked the

Smith.Mr.Jones went to have a meeting with the elders.He told

that, my heart fluttered at how thoughtful Anthony was.I nodded at the maid, deciding to go and talk

I changed into a simple

go out, however,

this parcel just arrived

a smile, the maid brought me a well-sealed cardboard box.I raised my eyebrows

I

the possibilities,

a gift from one of my

to give me

Helen or Skylar? I was excited to see what the gift was, as well as who it was from, since

to bring me a pair of

than usual, so it took me some time to cut through all

but gasp at the

on my face widened as I lifted the gift box and weighed it in

an exquisite ribbon, the gift box was somewhat heavy, making it hard for me to guess what

it be?" I

chocolate

I dropped

in which there was the

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