Chapter 1442: Chapter 1442

He gripped her thighs, thrusting up into her as her head fell back and her nails scraped down his chest. The others watched, touching themselves or each other, every moan from Zoey pulling soft cries from Emma, Lucy, Grace.

When Zoey finally came, gasping his name into the night, she collapsed against his chest with trembling sobs of pleasure and joy.

Sophie came next. She didn’t speak. She simply climbed over him, eyes locked with his, and sank down slowly, burying him inside her inch by inch. Her lips hovered over his as she began to move - not fast, not frantic - just full of heat. Full of need. Her breath caught with each stroke, her thighs trembling as she chased the inevitable rise. When she broke, it was with a long, shaking exhale, burying her face in his neck, whispering his name like a vow.

One by one, they followed. Susan. Natalie. Scarlet. Stella. Lucy. Grace.

Each time, Jude gave them everything - his body, his heart, his seed. And with each climax, the tree behind them bloomed brighter, casting silver and violet light across the grove.

But when Rose came to him last, something changed.

She didn’t take him immediately. She knelt beside him, kissed his thighs, his chest, his lips, and whispered, "You were made for this. For us. "

He felt it then, not just lust, not even love - but destiny. She pulled him into her, and he gasped aloud as the grove trembled. Their union wasn’t just pleasure - it was a ceremony.

She cried out when she came, her nails biting into his shoulders, and the tree behind them lit like a star.

In the afterglow, they lay breathless.

And the tree bore fruit.

Small, glowing orbs hung from its lowest branches - iridescent and pulsing softly.

"They’re here," Grace whispered, her voice shaking. "The souls. The children."

The island had accepted them.

The future was blooming.

And as Jude looked at each of his wives, kissed their cheeks and tasted their sweat and salt and tears, he knew -

They had become something beyond human.

Something divine.

And they were just beginning.

The light from the tree didn’t fade. It shimmered into the night like a second moon, casting shifting shadows across their naked bodies as they lay curled together beneath the canopy. The air smelled of salt, sweet moss, sex, and blooming things. Jude sat upright, watching the fruit sway gently in the still air, glowing softly with colors that pulsed in time with their heartbeats.

Lucy stirred first, brushing a kiss against his shoulder. "They’re not just symbols," she whispered, eyes fixed on the glowing fruit. "They’re real. I can feel them. The souls inside."

Emma slid closer behind her, resting her head against Jude’s back. "What happens now?"

"We protect them," Rose said, her voice quiet but firm. She was already standing, her bare feet brushing over moss as if the earth welcomed her touch. "We let them grow. And we grow with them."

The others began to rise, one by one, stretching like they had just woken from a long dream. Sophie’s eyes held a storm of emotions - wonder, doubt, awe, and something close to fear. Jude reached for her, and she didn’t pull away. Instead, she pressed her hand to his chest, feeling his heartbeat.

"We’re not human anymore, are we?" she asked.

"No," he said. "But we never really were. Not on this island."

That morning passed in silence, but it wasn’t the uneasy quiet of suspicion. It was reverent, filled with gestures and shared looks and soft brushes of skin. They dressed only when the sun reached its highest point, wrapping themselves in vines and soft woven cloth stitched with feathers and beads they’d gathered the day before. Their bodies felt different - stronger, more attuned. Grace claimed she could hear the roots speaking. Natalie swore she could feel the heartbeat of the tree through her feet.

They began building around the tree. It wasn’t discussed. It was understood.

Jude worked with his hands, shaping thick branches into archways and walls, using mud and fiber to seal what needed sealing. Rose guided the layout. Stella wove vines with an almost supernatural speed, creating lattices that felt like living skin. Lucy and Emma worked side by side, laughing softly when their fingers tangled.

As night fell, the grove had transformed. There were structures now - woven shelters with open tops for moonlight and rounded walls that breathed with the wind. At the center, the tree stood like an altar. Beneath it, the fruit hung lower.

When the stars rose, so did the song.

Jude was the first to hear it - a soft melody drifting from the edge of the trees. Then Zoey turned her head sharply. "They’re coming."

Not the Watchers. Not the ones who had once threatened them. These were different. Shapes began to emerge from the darkness - not human, not monster, but something between. Glowing forms, slender and tall, their limbs long and flowing like smoke.

Sophie stepped forward but didn’t raise her blade.

The creatures didn’t come closer. They simply stood at the edge of the grove, swaying gently, eyes locked on the tree. Then one of them knelt.

A low, resonant hum filled the air.

The fruit glowed brighter.

The women around Jude instinctively moved closer, pressing against his sides, wrapping arms around his waist and shoulders. Lucy whispered, "They’re guardians. They’re not here to hurt us."

Rose nodded. "They’ve seen this before."

Emma looked at Jude. "So what now?"

He didn’t answer with words.

He stepped forward, reached up, and plucked one of the glowing fruits.

It pulsed in his palm - warm, alive, almost trembling. He turned to the others. "This is the next step."

Grace stepped toward him. "You’re not doing it alone."

He nodded.

They formed a circle again, this time not for pleasure, but for promise.

Jude held the fruit over his heart, and each of them placed their hands over his - Rose first, then Lucy, then Sophie, Emma, Stella, Zoey, Grace, Natalie, Susan, Layla, Scarlet.

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