Chapter 1401
He moved from one to the next, taking his time, loving each of them deeply - inside and out. Natalie wrapped her legs around his waist and whispered that she loved him over and over again. Stella clawed at his back, biting his neck as she rode him hard, wild, desperate. Grace cried when he entered her, overwhelmed by the emotion of it, of feeling him inside her again while surrounded by her sisters.
They made love for hours, limbs tangled, sweat dripping, breath stolen. The treehouse rocked beneath them, but never groaned. The island held them. Welcomed them.
They collapsed in a heap, panting, glowing, trembling.
Jude lay in the center of them, covered in kisses, scratches, whispers of love and pleasure.
"I could stay here forever," Emma murmured, nuzzled into his side.
"You will," Rose said. "We all will."
Jude closed his eyes.
And for the first time since arriving on the island -
He truly felt home.
Sometime before dawn, when the world was hushed in velvet shadow and the others had drifted into soft, exhausted sleep, Jude found himself lying awake. The warmth of twelve bodies wrapped around him like a living blanket - limbs draped over limbs, breasts pressed to backs, legs tangled in a slow, perfect chaos. Their breath rose and fell in synchrony, a lullaby of contentment.
But his mind refused to rest.