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

displayed clearly on

was no doubt that it was none

the surveillance cameras near this one!"

they found the surveillance videos

screen as Larry wandered around the

used

video again and paused it right before

ominous

palace? If so, he

threat that

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

head attendant replied

deployment of the forces in the royal palace

in my heart, I walked out

to go back to Jennifer as

that the guards were dutiful and trustworthy, I wouldn't be able to put my heart to rest

to our bedroom, I found that

as she slept, my breathing gradually calmed down, and I

my dear

‘'Good night, Jennifer.’' 

day, I awoke

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

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

she needed to rest

Jennifer's POV: 

the other side of the bed

Anthony had

I asked

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

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

changed into a simple

go out, however,

this parcel just arrived for

box.I

it be? I hadn't bought

the possibilities, I

gift from one of my

just wanted to give me a

was, as well as who it

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

so it took me some time to cut through

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

widened as I lifted the gift box and

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

could it be?" I murmured to

chocolate

box, I dropped it back onto the table

gift box sat a glass bottle, 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