Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved

Anthony's POV: 

After doing everything we could at the store, Jennifer and I headed back to the royal palace.

The elders already knew about my mother's disappearance.

They asked me to bring Jennifer back.

It seemed they wanted to make a fuss of things.

The truth was, Jennifer didn't have to come.

But thinking about how she was to be my wife, I figured it'd be good for her to face the elders better sooner than later.

Thus, I followed the request of the elders and brought her with me.

To my surprise, the elders seemed to be gearing up towards putting all the blame on Jennifer.

They insisted she was to blame for my mother's disappearance.

"It's Jennifer's duty to protect Mrs.Jones, but she disappeared right under her nose.She should take responsibility."

"Yes.Jennifer needs to be punished!" These elders were adamant.

"Jennifer didn't do anything wrong. She didn't know any of this was going to happen!" I defended Jennifer.

"Mr.Jones, there is a rumor that you are obsessed with Jennifer.Seeing you defend her like this, I think they're not just rumors.You still haven't found out what happened back then.Is this woman more important than your mother? You're slowly losing yourself!"

One of the elders spoke sadly.

This elder was one of my trusted confidants.

He had been supporting my fight against Austin.

We hadn't found out who had killed my father, and the elders had been asking me to investigate.

Even so, I didn't expect them to argue with me about this.

Since the topic was brought up, the other elders chimed in.

"Yes.There was a rumor that Mr.Jones has become indolent because of a she-wolf."

"I wonder what else Mr.Jones will do for this she- wolf?"

"So, do you really want to blame Jennifer for my mother’s disappearance?" I asked coldly.

I really couldn't stand it anymore.

Those old guys were so preoccupied with putting Jennifer down that they weren't even looking for my mother.

I narrowed my eyes in suspicion.

there was more to my

and who else would plan such a thing other than Austin? Speaking of the devil, Austin cleared

don't we ask Jennifer to bring back Elizabeth within three days? If she

"No way!" I refuted.

regarding my mother's disappearance.How could anyone

on earth was this bastard planning? Unexpectedly, as soon as I said that, Jennifer took

do it.They won't dare

had agreed to this mission so recklessly was that she was afraid

at me as usual and held my hand

deeply about your mother.I've been worried sick about her.I want to

with you,"

felt bad about my mother's

tell me, I

was a kind-hearted and

couldn't let my mate face such a thing alone, so I made the decision to accompany

Jennifer's POV:

 "Anthony, where should we

really worried about

and with the kidnapping, I was sure she

sooner we found

all of this has something to do with Austin.I think he has hidden

if he really is behind this, then my mother's safety is guaranteed.He must've done this

a bit, I realized Anthony's theory made

usually stayed in

hadn't seen many werewolves

most

didn't have any proof to back up our

let's split up.We'll find her

dangerous.I need to

obviously opposed to my

take care of

hand a reassuring squeeze, and

gentle kiss on my cheek and

I stood on tiptoe and kissed him on

Then, we parted ways.

got a tip that Elizabeth

royal palace was a complicated piece of

many secret rooms within its depths,

Austin who had kidnapped Elizabeth, it made sense for

doubted the authenticity

I realized it was my only lead, and consequently, my only chance at finding Elizabeth at this

around aimlessly, which was what we

was in poor

had to find her as

snuck inside the royal palace and started