Chapter 1421

Rose rested her head on his shoulder, her lips brushing his collarbone. "It's only starting, Jude. We've unlocked something… more."

Sophie lifted her head, her eyes wide. "I felt it too. Like something else is waking up."

"The heart of the island," Emma whispered. "It's been waiting for this. For us."

Jude turned his face up to the canopy, the stars glittering through the massive tree's limbs. He didn't know what came next. But he knew this - he was no longer a man stranded with twelve wives.

He was their center. Their sun.

And the island was listening.