Chapter 1706

The glow rose between them first. Not a command. Not a sign. Just a slow golden pulse that emerged from the moss beneath their feet and climbed their legs like warmth, licking their skin, heating them from the inside out. Jude kissed Lucy, soft and slow, while Sophie's hand slid down his stomach, her palm flat, grounding him. Zoey pressed her body against his side, her lips at his neck, her breath warm and uneven. Around them, the others touched and teased, sighing softly, coaxing one another into the sweet spiral they now lived within.