Outcast: The Alpha King’s Beloved

Anthony’s POV:
Once Jennifer fell asleep, I still couldn’t get over the feeling of uneasiness, so I got up from the bed.
Not wanting to disturb her sleep, I walked out of the bedroom as quietly as I could and went to the monitoring room.
As soon as I entered the room, I saw my attendants watching the surveillance videos as per my instructions.
“Have you found anything?” I asked them.
“Mr.Jones, we’ve been checking the surveillance videos from the time period before and after Mrs.Jones was attacked, but we
haven’t found anything suspicious yet,” the head attendant _ replied respectfully.
I nodded.
“I’ll watch the videos together with you.We’ll get the work done faster.”
“Yes, Mr.Jones.”
The attendant led me to a screen and opened up a surveillance video for me.
“Please watch this one.”
Motioning for the attendant to leave me be, I focused on the video playing in front of me.
The cameras were on 24/7, recording every moment of every day.
Needless to say, it was a monotonously tedious task to watch the surveillance videos, but in order not to miss even the slightest
clue, we had to watch everything from beginning to end without taking our eyes off of it.
As long as we could find a clue to catch Larry, all this effort would be worth it.
Calming myself down, I watched the video, playing it at double the speed since there was nothing of significance happening.
Time passed by.
All of a sudden, something caught my eye.
A strange figure appeared on the screen.

It was a man who kept looking around.
His movements were strange and dodgy.
Judging from his clothes, he wasn’t a palace guard.
And most importantly, his physique looked highly similar to Larry’s.
“Come and take a look at this,” I said to my attendants, pausing the video.
“Do any of you recognize this man? Is he one of the guards?”
“No, Mr.Jones.We’ve never seen him before,” the head attendant replied solemnly.
With a nod, I rewound the video a few seconds and played it, watching that particular section of the mysterious man’s
appearance over and over again.
After a while, I asked, “Can you zoom in and make the video clearer so that we can see his face?”
A technician immediately ran over and bowed.
“Where is Anthony?” I asked the maid.
“Good morning, Miss Smith.Mr.Jones went to have a meeting with the elders.He told us not to wake you up so that you could get
more rest.”
Hearing that, my heart fluttered at how thoughtful Anthony was.I nodded at the maid, deciding to go and talk to Anthony after
breakfast to see if there was any progress in the investigation regarding Larry.
After freshening up, I changed into a simple and elegant dress, and had breakfast.
When I was about to go out, however, the maid suddenly stopped me.
“Miss Smith, this parcel just arrived for you.”
With a smile, the maid brought me a well-sealed cardboard box.I raised my eyebrows in surprise as I eyed the parcel.
What could it be? I hadn’t bought anything recently.

As I thought the possibilities, I smiled.
It was probably a gift from one of my friends.
Maybe they just wanted to give me a surprise.
Was it from Helen or Skylar? I was excited to see what the gift was, as well as who it was from, since there was no name or label
on the box.
I asked the maid to bring me a pair of scissors, which I used to personally unseal the parcel.
This box was more tightly packed than usual, so it took me some time to cut through all the tape.
When I finally opened the cardboard box, I couldn’t help but gasp at the beautiful, delicate gift box sitting inside it.
The smile on my face widened as I lifted the gift box and weighed it in my hands.
Wrapped with an exquisite ribbon, the gift box was somewhat heavy, making it hard for me to guess what was inside.
“What could it be?” I murmured to myself excitedly.
“Maybe it’s chocolate from Skylar.Argh!”
As soon as I opened the gift box, I dropped it back onto the table in fear.
Inside the gift box sat a glass bottle, in which there was the corpse of a fetus.
An involuntary scream tore out of my mouth, and my whole body shook as I stepped back, trying to put as much distance as
possible between myself and that cruel monstrosity.