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.

felt that there was more to my

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

Jennifer to bring back Elizabeth within three days? If she fails, we will

"No way!" I refuted.

have a single clue regarding my mother's disappearance.How could anyone

soon as I said that, Jennifer took a step forward and said

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

reason why she had agreed to this mission so recklessly was that she was afraid I would

just smiled at me as

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

with you,"

tell she felt bad about my

tell me, I could still feel

a kind-hearted

face such a thing alone, so I made the decision to

Jennifer's POV:

where should we

was really worried

with the kidnapping, I

we found

has something to do with Austin.I

mother's safety is

pondering this for a bit, I realized

usually stayed in the royal

seen

who had the most motive to kidnap her

we didn't

up.We'll find her

it's dangerous.I need

opposed to

care of myself, and you should take care of yourself too.What's important now is finding your

reassuring squeeze, and he finally

kiss on my

on tiptoe and kissed him on the

Then, we parted ways.

split up, I got a tip that Elizabeth had been spotted deep within the

a complicated piece

secret rooms within its depths, which were indeed suitable for hiding

Austin who had kidnapped Elizabeth, it made sense for him

doubted the

lead, and consequently, my only chance at

than wandering around aimlessly, which was

in poor

her

inside the royal palace and