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."

video into

the mysterious man's face was displayed clearly

that it was none

footage from the surveillance cameras near this one!" I

surveillance videos that I asked

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

used some magic

and paused it right before the moment Larry

some reason, an ominous feeling rose

inside the royal palace? If

was a threat that we

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

the head attendant

the deployment of the forces in the royal palace

uneasiness in my heart, I walked out of the

back to Jennifer as

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

I returned to our bedroom, I found that she

my breathing gradually calmed down, and I

my dear wife, I closed my

‘'Good night, Jennifer.’' 

I awoke

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

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

so she needed to rest

Jennifer's POV: 

to find the

Anthony had

is Anthony?" I asked the

morning, Miss Smith.Mr.Jones went to have a meeting with the elders.He told us not to wake you up so that

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

into a simple and elegant dress, and

was about to go out, however, the maid

this parcel just

a well-sealed cardboard box.I raised my eyebrows in surprise as I eyed

could it be? I

the possibilities,

probably a gift from one of my

just wanted to give me a

was, as well as who it

to bring me a pair of scissors,

was more tightly packed than usual, so it took me

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

as I lifted

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

I

it's chocolate

I dropped

sat a glass bottle, in which there was the corpse

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