Outcast: The Alpha King's Beloved novel Chapter 355

Carl's POV: 

Eager to see Jennifer again, I drank several bottles of wine to give me some liquid courage.

But every time I reached the gate of the palace, my confidence vanished into thin air.I wandered alone outside the palace for a long time, trying to calm down, but in the end, I couldn't pluck up the nerve to find Jennifer.

Maybe it was time for me to accept reality.I had no right to covet her.

After a long time of dilly dallying this way, I returned to the hotel dejectedly, intending to pack my things and return to my pack.I couldn't afford to keep moping around like this anymore.

After all, the werewolves of my pack needed me.

As the Alpha, the responsibility to protect the pack fell on me.

While I was here, the elders of my pack had been sending me messages every day to inform me about the developments of the war.

Ever since King Anthony sent the reinforcements to help us, the situation was much better.

But until the vampires gave up, my pack wouldn't be in the clear yet.

While I was packing up my luggage, I suddenly sensed a figure appear in front of me.

"Who are you?"

I was so startled that I blurted out those words before even looking up.

When I saw the man standing in front of me, I couldn't help but take a step back, as if I was facing a formidable enemy.

How had he appeared out of thin air? Had he been hiding in this room all along? Why hadn't I noticed him before? It was terrifying to think that he could slip past my defenses so easily.

When I took a closer look at him, I realized that he looked a little familiar.

Wasn't he Larry, the wizard who had come to see me once before? His witchcraft was very powerful, since he could appear and disappear out of thin air.

I didn't expect to see him again.What the hell did he want from me? 

"Why are you here again?" I growled, putting up a bold front.

Thinking of what he had said to me before, I was embarrassed to the point of being furious.

How did he know so much about me? Had he been stalking me? Fuming, I added, "Don't you have any regard for privacy?"

"I'm not here to discuss such trivial things with you, Carl," Larry drawled, slowly approaching me.

"Don't you like Jennifer? Don't you want to take her away from the so-called king?"

"How can I like her? She is the queen!" I retorted without thinking.

"You do like her.What's more, you are jealous of Anthony.You are jealous that he has Jennifer and not you," Larry sneered.

This damn wizard! Was he trying to bewitch me with his stinging words? Covering my ears, I shouted, "Stop talking nonsense! I don't like Jennifer in that way! She is our queen! All I have for her is respect and admiration!"

"Stop lying through your teeth, Carl.I can see right through you.You are such a loser that you don't even dare to admit you like someone.You're nothing but a coward,"

Larry continued, provoking me further.

"Enough!" I yelled.

Larry's words managed to touch a sore spot, making me tremble with anger.

"Okay, okay.You're right! I'm a loser.I do like Jennifer.I have loved her for many years.I lost her the first time, and I've been looking for her ever since.I never thought that when I met her again, she would have gotten married to the king."

As I spoke, I threw the clothes in my hands aside and clutched my throbbing head with my hands.I really hoped that Larry wouldn't continue to prod at my wounds.I did like Jennifer, but what did it matter? I could do nothing about it.

"Don't give up so soon!"Larry said.

"I'm here to help you.You still have a chance.You can take Jennifer back.It's not too late, Carl!"

That glimmer of hope made me waver, but I still shook my head fervently.

"No, I don't want to be a third party.Besides, Jennifer doesn't have feelings for me."

As an upright Alpha, I couldn't break up the relationship between Jennifer and Anthony.

But Larry just scoffed at me.

"You are so naive, Carl.You can never win in love unless you fight for it.As long as you cooperate with me, I can bring Jennifer back to you."

What was he talking about? My heart raced wildly at the prospect of actually getting Jennifer, but I quickly shook those thoughts out of my head.

Although I didn't stay in the royal palace, I did hear some rumors that Anthony had arranged to close the garden of the royal palace in order to deal with the grand wizard Larry.

"Don't make me laugh, Larry.You can't even protect yourself, but you claim that you can give me want you want," I said crossly.

"Go back to your place!"

Larry narrowed his eyes and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Only then did I realize that I made a slip of the tongue.I shouldn't have said that.I didn't know what the conflict between Anthony and Larry was, but as the Alpha of a pack, it wasn’t good for me to make trouble for the king.