Chapter 1336

It didn't blind them.

It bathed them.

It coated their skin in soft silver and gold, a final blessing, a kiss from the island itself.

Rose collapsed beside him, gasping.

All of them lay in the sand, naked and warm and dazed, their limbs tangled, their hearts beating in time. The island hummed around them - pleased, sated, alive.

For the first time since arriving, Jude didn't wonder what came next.

He didn't have to.

They were home.

And the island was theirs.