Chapter 1657
One by one, they touched him. A palm to his chest. A hand at his back. A kiss on his lips. His thighs. His spine. Each contact sparked a new glow, a new thread of color spiraling outward into the pool.
Then Lucy stepped behind him, pressing her bare chest to his back, her arms sliding around his waist.
"You’re the heart now," she whispered. "And we’re your pulse."
The others murmured assent, low and reverent.
They moved together.
No command.
No structure.
Just instinct.
Stella sank to her knees first, her hands smoothing over Jude’s thighs as she pressed her mouth to the crease of his hip. Then Zoey joined, licking up his side, her body already humming with energy. Grace and Natalie kissed each other beside him, then reached for his chest together. Susan traced his spine, her breath hot against his skin. Scarlet laughed low and dark, pressing her lips to his stomach. Emma and Sophie kissed across his shoulders. Lucy stayed at his back, grounding him, anchoring him, her body pressed flush to his, hips swaying gently. And Rose watched, eyes aglow with pride, with longing, with love.
Then she stepped forward, knelt before him, and took him into her mouth.
Jude groaned, head falling back.