The Ultimate Beast World Glow-Up novel Chapter 40

Chapter 40 Bitter Hearts

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The weather felt wrong. Even in the far north, it was impossible for snow to fall in the middle of summer. Could this be the start of a chillwave?

This was the South. Winters here were short. Most beastmen’s homes didn’t store warm clothing or heaters. When winter came, they simply shifted into their beast forms and relied on thick fur to survive.

But if a real chillwave arrived, countless beastmen would freeze to death.

Rosalie’s face went pale at the thought.

Whether the chillwave came or not, she had to prepare for the worst.

She made that decision in her heart.

From a distance, she saw several beastmen standing outside her door.

Rosalie slapped her forehead. She had cleared out a room for Monica, which meant one of her husbands had no place to sleep tonight.

That meant she had to choose one person to stay with her for the night.

She walked over slowly. All five stood in a neat line. Even Declan, whom she hadn’t seen in a long time, was there.

The wound at his waist had already scabbed over, but there was a fresh gash across his strong thigh.

Rosalie pointed at Declan. “You. Come inside with me.”

Ignoring the reactions from those behind her, she walked into the room.

The door closed. Micah

stood tall in the courtyard. His eyes fixed on the window, unblinking.

Inside, Rosalie sat on the bed with her arms crossed. She looked at Declan and sneered, “So you avoided me, huh?” she said. “Why didn’t you just avoid me forever?”

“Matriarch, I didn’t avoid you,” Declan replied.

He lowered his head and refused to meet her gaze.

“Tonight, we’re going to talk,” Rosalie said calmly.

“I’ll give you a chance to come clean. If you speak now, I’ll help you with whatever it is.

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“But if you stay silent and I find out later, I won’t forgive you.”

She was certain that Declan was hiding something. Declan’s lips moved. His thoughts battled fiercely inside him.

In the end, he simply said, “There’s nothing.”

Rosalie didn’t push further. “Fine.”

She stood up, grabbed a large animal hide, and tossed it onto the floor. “You’ll sleep on the ground tonight.”

“Alright,” Declan said.

The candle went out. The room fell silent.

Rosalie lay awake, unable to sleep. She spoke silently to the system.

“System, can you detect what Declan’s beast form is?”

She knew the beast forms of all the others. Only Declan had never shown his true form to her.

“Unable to detect,” the system replied.

Rosalie’s suspicion deepened. She sensed that his secret was tied to his beast form.

Outside, Micah coughed softly as the cold wind brushed past him. He looked fragile, as if the wind might carry him away.

Leon stepped beside him and said coldly, “The matriarch can’t belong to only one husband.”

“I know,” Micah answered hoarsely.

to swallow anyone

In the darkness, Micah’s eyes were deep, like a bottomless whirlpool ready to swallow whole.

Leon felt as bitter as he did. Who would have thought the first to share Rosalie’s bed would be Declan, the one who arrived last?

“Ouch! It hurts!”

Rosalie’s soft cry rang out from inside. Micah staggered. Leon’s eyes turned red.

Cameron crouched in a corner by the wall in beast form. When he heard the sound from the room, his heart was aching. Why could everyone else share her bed except him?

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