Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved novel Chapter 262

Anthony's POV: 

The night before Marlon's funeral, I picked up my phone and gave Adonis a call.

"How's everything going, Dr.Adonis? I hope you're prepared for the funeral tomorrow.We're counting on you to tell the truth in front of everyone," I said calmly.

"Hello, Mr.Jones.Don't worry.I've been staying at home and didn't go anywhere.I am fully prepared for what to say tomorrow," Adonis replied in a respectful voice.

"But this morning, I received a message from Grace asking me to put all the blame on Mandy tomorrow at the funeral."

A humorless snort of disdain escaped my lips.

I had already expected that Devin wouldn't give up till the very end.

He was such a vicious man.

If Mandy was accused of murder in front of everyone at the funeral tomorrow, rumors would spread throughout the pack.

Even if she was proven innocent later, her reputation would be too tarnished to repair.

It seemed that Devin was ready to throw anyone to the wolves as long as he could stay in the clear.

"Dr.Adonis, please tell Grace that you'll do as she says.We have to make sure that she and Devin don't suspect a thing."

I instructed Adonis in accordance with the plan that Jennifer and I had made.

"When they ask you to testify, you accusing them instead of Mandy will catch them off guard."

"Good idea, Mr.Jones.I'll do that," Adonis replied.

Now that we had Adonis on our side, we were fully prepared to take Devin down.

Early morning the next day, the church received many visitors who had come to attend Marion's funeral.

Jennifer and I were all dressed in black formal clothes for the solemn event.

More and more visitors poured in; some of them were Alphas and Betas from other packs that had a good relationship with the Black Stone Pack, while some of them were Marlon's friends.

Almost all the werewolves of Black Stone Pack came to the funeral.

The love that they had for their late Alpha was clear to see.

"Thank you, thank you for coming," said Betty, who was standing at the gate to welcome the guests.

Jennifer and I walked towards her hand in hand.

"I'm sorry, Luna Betty," Jennifer said sincerely.

"Don't worry, we won't let the murderer go."

"Thank you, Miss Smith and Mr.Jones."

Betty bowed to us.

With a nod, I took Jennifer's hand and led her into the church, where the two of us found a bench near the front to sit on.

After glancing around for a moment, I found Adonis sitting in the midst of the crowd, while Devin was sitting in the very front row, which was reserved for the family of the deceased.

Devin was looking around the church as if he was trying to find something, but I didn't know what.

The sermon began, and Jennifer and I sat quietly in our seats as we watched the priest pray for Marlon's spirit.

The prayers and the songs were followed by the blessing of the priest, after which the farewell ceremony officially began.

Jennifer and I stood up and personally presented a bunch of white daisies in front of Marlon's coffin.

"May you rest in peace, Alpha Marlon," Jennifer said.

After that, it was supposed to be time for the guests to move around freely.

But both Jennifer and I knew that Devin wouldn't let go of this opportunity.

Sure enough, when Jennifer and I were still standing in front of Marlon's coffin, Devin suddenly stood up.

"Mr.Jones, with all due respect, I request you to tell us how you plan to deal with the real murderer.Personally, I think that anyone who dares to murder the Alpha of a pack should be executed by hanging."

Devin's loud voice immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Devin, as far as I know, the identity of the real murderer hasn't been confirmed yet."

Knowing that Devin would use this chance to push Mandy out as a scapegoat, I deliberately pretended to be confused.

"Ah, that won't be a problem, because I've found out who the real murderer is.There's a witness who can confirm it.He's present at this funeral as well,"

Devin announced confidently.

"Guards, bring the witness here! "He must think really highly of himself.How dare he speak out of turn to the prince?" Jennifer whispered in my ear.

Perhaps in another situation, I would have punished Devin right away, but now, I could afford to let him be arrogant a little longer.I looked at Devin calmly.

Despite his firm orders, no one responded to him.He looked embarrassed, but he soon cleared his throat and walked to the crowd himself.

"It's him.He is the witness."

As expected, Devin pointed to Adonis, who was standing in the crowd.

"Oh.Yes, I...'m the witness.I know who the real murderer is.My name is Adonis.I'm a doctor."