Raising Beast Cubs to Find a Husband novel Chapter 114

Chapter 114: The Heart of the Tide

One Hour Later in the Elder’s Pagoda.

Primrose woke up to the smell of incense and the sound of hushed, reverent whispers.

She was lying on a pile of silk cushions—way more cushions than before. She was covered in a blanket made of what felt like spun gold.

She sat up, groaning. Her head throbbed.

"The Divine One awakens!" Elder Renard announced, bowing so low his nose touched the floor.

Primrose looked around.

The Warlords and Caspian were sitting in a semi-circle around her bed. They looked... unsettled.

Caspian looked healthy for the first time in months. His skin was glowing, the black veins gone. But he was staring at Primrose with a strange mix of relief and shared secrecy.

Rajah was polishing his sword nervously.

Cassian was scribbling furiously in a notebook.

Rurik was just staring at her ears, as if expecting them to burst into flames.

Lucien was in the corner, his eyes narrowed in calculation.

"Please stop calling me that," Primrose begged, rubbing her temples. "I’m just Primrose. I make soup. I run a daycare."

"You are Ophelia," Renard insisted, his nine tails trembling. "The First Mother. The Saviour of the Dawn."

"Explain," Archduke Cassian demanded, snapping his notebook shut. "Scientifically."

Renard sighed, settling onto his haunches.

"Long ago," the Elder began, his voice taking on a storytelling cadence, "before the Empire was united, the Void threatened to consume the world. It corrupted the Ley Lines. It turned brother against brother."

He looked at Primrose.

"Ophelia was the only one who could stop it. She possessed Divine Magic—a power not of this world. She was close to the Architects, the ancient beings who wrote the first Runes. The very runes your Snake Clan uses today, Archduke." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Cassian’s eyes widened. "The Imugi Runes... they are her work?"

"Indeed," Renard nodded. "But to seal the Void, Ophelia needed a power source greater than herself. She took the Heart of the Tide."

Caspian leaned forward. The name seemed to resonate with him, unlocking a memory deeper than his own life.

"She stole it," Renard whispered. "It was the anchor that kept the Beast Clans connected to the magic of the world. The Lion King of that era accused her of betrayal. He called her a thief. A traitor."

Primrose felt a strange pang in her chest. Betrayal. Loss. But also... Love. She looked at Caspian. He was looking back at her. They both knew the truth. Ophelia wasn’t a traitor. She was a sacrifice.

"She didn’t steal it to keep it," Renard continued softly. "She used it. She sacrificed the Heart—and herself—to create the Seal that locked the Void away. Her physical form was shattered. Her soul... disappeared."

"We thought she was gone forever," Renard looked at Primrose with teary eyes. "But it seems her soul was sent away. To a place without magic. To heal."

"Earth," Primrose whispered, almost inaudibly.

"Seoul," Caspian breathed, mirroring her.

The room went quiet.

Archduke Cassian looked up sharply. "Pardon? What is Seoul? Is that a celestial plane?"

"It’s... just a place," Primrose said quickly, exchanging a panicked glance with Caspian. "A very far away place."

The Warlords narrowed their eyes. They sensed a secret. A secret that only the King and the Nanny shared.

"And now," Renard continued, oblivious to the tension, "the Void has returned. And so, the world has pulled her back."

"Wait," Primrose interrupted, her mind racing. "The Void isn’t just back. It’s being... cultivated."

The room went deadly silent.

"Impossible," Renard gasped. "The Void is chaos. It cannot be farmed."

"It is," Primrose insisted. "When I was in the water... I felt it. It wasn’t just mindless hunger. It had a purpose. It felt... directed."

She looked at Caspian.

"Unless..." Renard’s face went pale. "Unless the Void has taken a vessel. A being."

Primrose froze. A face flashed in her mind. A man in a dark cloak. The man who had orchestrated the kidnapping of Clover. The man who had taken Finn.

The Boss, Primrose whispered.

"Who?" Renard asked.

"The villain who kidnapped Jax’s brother," Primrose said, looking at the Elder. "Wait... I just realized something... you knew Jax. Did you know Finn?"

Renard frowned. "Finn?"

"Yeah, Jax little brother."

"Jax has no brother named Finn. He is an only child."

Primrose felt a chill run down her spine. "No. Finn is a Fox. He has one tail. He was with Jax."

Renard shook his head slowly. "There is no Finn in our records. If Jax is with a fox named Finn... then Finn does not exist."

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