Chapter 1283

Across the pool, Sophie and Stella were locked in a slow, sensual kiss, limbs tangled together, breasts pressed tight, their moans lost in each other's mouths. Zoey lay sprawled on her stomach, chin resting on her folded arms, watching with a lazy smirk as Natalie kissed down Grace's spine, whispering things that made her tremble.

Susan and Layla knelt at the water's edge, their hands intertwined, and Rose stood waist-deep in the pool, watching all of them with quiet satisfaction. Her body glistened, her eyes glowing like twin suns beneath the canopy of roots, and when she turned toward Jude and Lucy, she smiled softly.

"She's awake," Rose whispered.

Lucy's hips slowed, her breath catching as she looked toward Rose, then down at Jude. "I feel her inside me."

"She doesn't want to take you," Rose said, stepping toward them. "She wants to become you."

Jude gasped as Lucy clenched around him again, her lips brushing his ear. "Then let her."