[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-interstellar-beast-world-all-my-husbands-are-pow":3,"chapter-interstellar-beast-world-all-my-husbands-are-pow-interstellar-beast-world-all-my-husbands-are-pow-chapter-246":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Interstellar Beast World: All My Husbands Are Powerful and Rich!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1305384,1733,"Chapter 246: A promise","interstellar-beast-world-all-my-husbands-are-pow-chapter-246",246,"\u003Cp>Vincent’s low voice carried a husky, seductive rasp. He was just about to lean in and kiss her when his communicator suddenly chimed, shattering the intimate atmosphere at the worst possible moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost simultaneously, Rory’s communicator lit up as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent paused. Beneath the strip of black silk covering his eyes, his brow furrowed ever so slightly—an unmistakable sign of his irritation at the interruption.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory caught his hand and slipped free from his burning embrace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should check it first,\" she said gently. \"What if it’s something important?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she reached up and untied the black silk from over his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she opened her own communicator to read the message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was from Jasper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Rory tapped it open and saw the contents, she abruptly lifted a hand and smacked her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, she had been so wrapped up in bonding with Vincent that she had completely forgotten something this important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent, who had just started reading his own message, immediately grabbed her wrist when he saw her hit herself, alarm flashing across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint red mark had already appeared on her smooth forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart clenched painfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory, how could you hit yourself like that? If you feel like hitting something next time, hit me instead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the reddened spot with deep concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does it hurt?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory shook her head. \"No, it doesn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She hadn’t used any real force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she quickly handed her communicator to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vincent, look at this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s gaze dropped to the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After scanning the message, he said, \"Jasper sent this to me as well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His had come through a group message, while Rory’s had been sent privately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory nodded. \"I actually heard about this from Lola yesterday. I meant to tell you... but because of the bonding ceremony, I forgot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jasper was the leader of the Hunter Alliance. With members from all races, it had become a central hub for information. It wasn’t surprising that he had access to news like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Lola Brandon...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent frowned slightly. \"So the Firebird Clan already knew about this, yet the Empress Matriarch didn’t have anyone inform me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory explained, \"Lola said the Firebird Clan isn’t certain yet either—whether that female from the Golden Roc Clan is truly a human woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the Golden Roc Clan and a few high-ranking officials in the Central District know the truth for now. That’s why they didn’t tell you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most likely, the Empress Matriarch wanted to wait until the news was confirmed before telling you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent reached out, the faint calluses on his fingertips brushing lightly across Rory’s communicator as he tapped the screen dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory... what do you think about this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for whether the female from the Golden Roc Clan was truly human, Vincent couldn’t be certain yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But hedidknow one thing—his mate, his Rory, was undeniably human.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The very first thought that crossed his mind when he saw the message was this: whether the news was true or not, he could never allow Rory’s identity to be exposed like that female’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he didn’t know what Rory was thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was human—different from the beastkin females of this interstellar world. Beastkin naturally felt an instinctive closeness toward their own kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that Rory knew there might be another human female in the empire... would she want to meet her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it’s confirmed that she’s human, like you...\" Vincent’s fiery gaze locked onto hers, emotions churning within—complex, unreadable, and laced with a faint, carefully hidden tension.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you want to meet her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory met his eyes—and slowly shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve never thought about meeting her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment she said it, she noticed the tight line of Vincent’s jaw soften, just slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted her hand and gently cupped his impossibly handsome face, her touch light but steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vincent, I’m not a child,\" she said softly, her tone calm and resolute. \"I understand exactly how dangerous my identity is.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory was clear-headed. Rational.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no way she would expose herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Vincent listened, the last trace of unease in his heart quietly dissolved, replaced by a deep, aching tenderness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Rory... had always been this perceptive. This wise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned his hand to clasp hers, lifting it to his lips and pressing a gentle kiss against her fingers. His voice dropped, low and warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory, I will protect you. I won’t let anyone hurt you. Ever.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A small smile curved at Rory’s lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew—when Vincent said something, he meant it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every one of her partners was someone she could trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at him, eyes bright with quiet amusement. \"But... there is something Iamcurious about.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her gaze drifted, as if reaching past him, toward some distant, unseen place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\" Vincent asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something in her expression made his heart tighten unexpectedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was looking at him... and yet, not at him at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory said softly, \"If that female really is human... then if there’s a chance, I’d like you to quietly investigate something for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused, her voice turning distant, almost wistful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to know... where she came from.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Rory needed to be sure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether that woman had come from the same world as she had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s heart jolted violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he spoke, there was a tension in his voice he couldn’t suppress, no matter how hard he tried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory... do you want to know if that female came from the same place as you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that Rory’s current identity was fabricated—something Jasper had arranged for her afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had never once asked about her past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t because he didn’t want to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because he was afraid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid of touching a wound she didn’t want reopened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid that she might vanish like a fleeting, fragile dream—gone the moment he reached too far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That distant look in her eyes... as though she were gazing at a place impossibly far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far that even he—an existence as powerful as Rank Eleven—could never reach it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory didn’t hide anything from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She nodded, earnest and steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes. I want to know if she came from the same place as me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Home...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The home she longed for... yet could never return to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent pulled her tightly into his arms, his chin resting against the crown of her head. When he spoke, his voice carried the weight of a solemn vow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory, I promise you. I’ll find out the truth for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, just for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, more softly—almost carefully—he added, his tone edged with something close to pleading:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory... no matter where you’re from... please don’t leave us. Alright?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory felt the tension in him, the quiet fear he couldn’t hide. She wrapped her arms around him in return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vincent, don’t be afraid,\" she said gently. \"I promise—I’ll never leave you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she had first arrived in this world, she had thought constantly about finding a way back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had a home here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People she loved. People who loved her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wouldn’t abandon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling how his body was still taut with lingering fear, Rory tilted her head up and lightly nipped at his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, we’ve talked enough serious matters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice softened, tinged with a teasing, seductive warmth. Her breath brushed against his ear, warm and close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now... let me make it up to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she spoke, she lifted a finger and hooked it beneath his chin, tilting his face toward hers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thumb traced slowly along his smooth jaw, the gesture intimate, deliberate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think...\" she murmured, eyes glinting, \"...would be an appropriate way for me to make it up to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s breath hitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Adam’s apple bobbed uncontrollably, his voice turning even rougher than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her name rolled off his tongue again and again, laden with restrained longing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rory’s lips curled into a sly smile—mischievous, almost devilish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingertip traced slowly along his jaw, then slid down to his throat, pressing lightly against his Adam’s apple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled sound escaped him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rory—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His voice came out hoarse, threaded with urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She deliberately dragged out the sound, leaning closer until her warm breath brushed his ear like a feather.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t rush... let me think,\" she whispered, her tone soft and teasing. \"I need to figure out how to make it up to you... properly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her other hand didn’t stay idle. Her fingers drifted lazily across his firm chest, grazing just enough to tease, never quite enough to satisfy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent’s body went taut as a drawn bow. Every muscle burned with the urge to pull her into him completely—yet he held himself back, surrendering control to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Rory always knew exactly how to push him to the edge of losing control... and make him fall willingly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her fingers paused briefly against his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, she reached for the black silk ribbon on the bed and tied it back over his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness fell once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his sight stolen, every other sense sharpened—her soft breathing, the faint sweetness of her scent, the subtle warmth of her presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, her lips brushed against his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does this count... as making it up to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was like something out of the night—soft, alluring, impossible to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kiss was light. Fleeting. Teasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not quite a kiss—more like a deliberate torment, leaving him aching for more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent finally snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out suddenly, trying to catch the back of her head and deepen the kiss, but Rory had already anticipated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She slipped away with effortless grace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hand closed on empty air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the darkness, her laughter rang out—soft, cunning, like a fox playing with its prey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t be impatient,\" she murmured, her fingers returning to caress his cheek.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My compensation... has only just begun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she kissed him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, there was nothing gentle about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She parted his lips, claiming the kiss with a bold, undeniable intensity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in that instant, the final thread of restraint in Vincent’s mind snapped with a silent, shattering force.\u003C\u002Fp>",1694,"2026-06-05T18:17:47.496Z",1,"novelbin.me","913ec139581dc05a4a2cac67a504cbf5f5ad30d0fbec5f5529f859b599b9f905","interstellar-beast-world-all-my-husbands-are-pow-chapter-62","interstellar-beast-world-all-my-husbands-are-pow-chapter-245",315,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Finterstellar-beast-world-all-my-husbands-are-pow-cover.jpg"]