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.

always felt that there was

who else would plan such

back Elizabeth within three days? If she fails, we will punish her

"No way!" I refuted.

regarding my mother's disappearance.How could anyone

said that, Jennifer took a

mission you can't fulfill.I'll do it.They won't dare to hurt

had agreed to this mission so recklessly was that she was

smiled at me as usual and held my

about your mother.I've been worried sick about

I'll go with

could tell she felt bad about my

tell me, I could still feel her

kind-hearted and

thing alone, so I made the decision to

Jennifer's POV:

 "Anthony, where should

really worried about

condition wasn't great, and with the kidnapping, I

found her, the

Jennifer, I think all of this has something to do with Austin.I think he has hidden my mother somewhere we would least expect." Anthony

mother's

bit, I realized Anthony's

in the royal

seen

the most motive to kidnap her was

if Austin was behind this, we didn't have any proof to back up

up.We'll find her sooner that

it's dangerous.I need to protect

opposed to

you should take care of

hand a reassuring squeeze,

gentle kiss on my cheek and

I stood on tiptoe

Then, we parted ways.

I got a tip that Elizabeth had been spotted

palace was a complicated piece of

were many secret rooms within its depths,

had kidnapped Elizabeth, it made sense for him to hide her

I doubted the authenticity of this

my only lead, and consequently, my only chance

better than wandering around aimlessly,

in

had to find her as soon as

inside the royal palace and started to