Chapter 1525

He kissed her shoulder, then Sophie's collarbone, and felt them both shiver.

"We dreamed this," Lucy whispered.

Jude nodded. "Every night since the first hum."

"And we kept pretending it wasn't real," Sophie murmured. "We thought it was just desire. Just need."

"But it's more," he said, voice husky.

Lucy turned to him, her fingers catching his jaw. "It's a new language."

Their mouths met in a kiss that didn't feel like beginning or end - only continuation. A deep exhale of something too long held inside. Jude pulled her against him, his hands gripping her hips as Sophie pressed in from behind, her hands on Lucy's waist, her breasts brushing against her back, her voice still humming softly against Jude's skin.