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.

was

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

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

"No way!" I refuted.

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

earth was this bastard planning? Unexpectedly, as soon as I said that, Jennifer took a step forward and said clearly, "So be

don't take on a mission you can't fulfill.I'll do it.They won't dare to hurt you as long as I'm

had agreed to this mission

me as usual and held my

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

with you," I said

she felt bad about

me, I could still

kind-hearted and

thing alone, so I

Jennifer's POV:

where should we

really worried

wasn't great, and with the kidnapping,

we found her, the

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

then my mother's safety is guaranteed.He must've done this just to threaten

a bit, I realized

usually stayed in the

hadn't seen many

the most motive to kidnap her

if Austin was behind this, we didn't have any

let's split up.We'll find her

need

obviously opposed

should take care of yourself too.What's important now is

gave Anthony's hand a reassuring squeeze, and he

gentle kiss on my

tiptoe and kissed him on the

Then, we parted ways.

split up, I got a tip that Elizabeth had been

royal palace was a complicated piece

were many secret rooms within its depths, which were

really was Austin who had kidnapped Elizabeth, it made sense for him to hide her

the

realized it was my only lead, and

around aimlessly,

in

to find her as soon

inside the royal palace and