Chapter 1232

"I think we will go back to the waterfall," Lucy said calmly.

Grace frowned. "Why?"

"I don't know," Lucy admitted. "But that's where it wants us to go. Something's waiting there."

The group exchanged glances. A small tremor of unease passed through them. The last time they'd been near the waterfall, Rose had nearly drowned. And everything had begun shifting after that. But none of them said it aloud. Not yet.

"Alright," Jude said finally. "Let's go."

They moved in a tight group, quieter than usual, the light breaking through the trees in scattered patterns. The journey felt different than it had before - more aware, more deliberate. As if the island watched their steps and remembered each one. The path to the waterfall opened for them easily, almost too easily, like it had been cleared ahead of time.