Chapter 939

"You saw me?" he asked.

She nodded. "Years ago. In a dream the island sent me. A man with the fire of a god inside him, surrounded by stars shaped like women. They told me to wait."

The wives stood in stunned silence. Jude stepped forward. "What's your name?"

The woman looked at the white smoke behind her. "The name I used before is gone. I burned it. But you can call me Ashra."

Scarlet crossed her arms. "If you were part of the spirits, why help us now?"

Ashra walked toward the will pillar and placed her hand on it. It pulsed gently under her touch.

"Because you built something here that the island didn't expect," she said. "A circle of intent, rooted in balance. You didn't come to conquer. You came to become."