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."

computer, fed the video into

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

was no doubt that it was none

the surveillance cameras near

the surveillance videos that

screen as Larry wandered around the garden for a while before seemingly disappearing into thin

must have used

the video again and paused it right before the moment Larry

reason, an ominous feeling rose in my

royal palace? If so, he might

was a threat

thinking for a while, I turned to 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 Jennifer and my mother.Arrange the guards to work in two shifts.Don't

head attendant

of the forces in the royal

I

to

trustworthy, I wouldn't be able to

to our bedroom, I found that

she slept, my breathing gradually calmed

dear wife, I

‘'Good night, Jennifer.’' 

next day, I awoke early in the

elders so that I could inform them about the hidden danger in the royal palace, as well as to discuss the arrangement of the coronation

and I didn't want to wake her up,

pregnant, so she needed to rest as much as

Jennifer's POV: 

up to find the

that Anthony

Anthony?" I asked the

to have a meeting with the elders.He told us not to wake you up so that you

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

a

I was about to go out, however, the maid

Smith, this parcel just arrived

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

I hadn't

I thought the possibilities,

was probably a gift from one of

to give me a

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

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

it took me some time to cut

help but gasp at the beautiful, delicate gift box sitting inside

widened as I lifted the gift box and weighed

box was somewhat heavy,

be?" I murmured

chocolate

gift box, I dropped it back onto the table in

bottle, in which

as I stepped