Chapter 1327

Jude reached for her, and when they touched again, their breath caught at the same time. The pulse passed between them like lightning. She whimpered softly, her thighs trembling.

"It's still hungry," she whispered.

Zoey stepped behind her, kissing her shoulder. "Then let's feed it."

Rose nodded.

"Take us," she said to Jude.

"All of us. One by one."

He pulled Lucy to the moss and sank into her without hesitation, their bodies joining with a cry that echoed through the trees. The island trembled.

The ritual had changed.

Now he was the offering.

And they would take turns devouring him.