Chapter 1380

Her fingers brushed the light - and it pulsed outward.

A wave of energy, slow and deep, washing over them all.

It wasn't pain.

It wasn't pleasure.

It was a memory.

Shared memory.

In a blink, they saw everything.

The spiral's origin.

The first ones who had loved like this, built like this, touched like this.

Not humans.

Something older.

Something sacred.

And now - they were part of it.

When the light faded, they stood in silence.

Changed.

Again.

Lucy turned to Jude, glowing brighter than ever. "We're not just on the island."

Rose kissed his temple. "We are the island now."

And Jude, standing in the center of his spiral of wives, knew it was true.

This wasn't the end.

It was only the beginning.