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

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

Elizabeth within three days? If

"No way!" I refuted.

my mother's

this bastard planning? Unexpectedly, as soon as I said that, Jennifer took a step forward and said clearly,

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

had agreed to this mission so recklessly was that she was afraid I would be in

Jennifer just smiled at me as

been worried sick about her.I want to find

go with you,"

felt bad about my mother's

I could still feel her

a kind-hearted and

let my mate face such a thing alone, so I made

Jennifer's POV:

 "Anthony, where

really worried about

kidnapping, I was sure

we found her,

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

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

for a bit, I realized Anthony's theory

stayed in the

hadn't seen

one who had the most motive to kidnap her

we didn't have any proof to back up our

split up.We'll find her sooner

dangerous.I need to protect

obviously opposed to

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

Anthony's hand a reassuring

kiss on my cheek and

stood on tiptoe and kissed him on

Then, we parted ways.

after we split up, I got a tip

royal palace was a

rooms within its depths,

kidnapped Elizabeth, it made sense for him to

the authenticity of

lead,

around aimlessly, which was

in poor

find her as soon as

I snuck inside the royal palace