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Chapter 241
Passion's Path
Early The Next Morning
Haven moved, the man stretching his taunt form, staring around the bed.
He smiled, rising from his slumber, looking towards the window, the dawn's early light just beginning to rise from the darkness.
He climbed out of bed, walking up to the window, stretching his naked body, the wings behind him stretched to their full width.
He smiled, feeling a soft heat surrounding him, two hands attaching to his naked ass and chest.
"Come back to our love, my angel." Hudson softly said, kissing the man's lips as his head turned, Haven feeling his soulmate's love.
He also felt two lips on his neck on his other side, a tongue licking the moisture from his skin, a hand rubbing his right nipple.
He smiled, Hudson breaking their kiss, Haven's head turning, two new lips meeting his.
They broke their kiss, Haven staring into two blue pools of sparkling love.
"How do you find our new love this morning, my love?" he said, Anderson Cooper smiling, his eyes meeting Hudson's gray pools as well..
"Your new love is in heaven." he said, Haven smiling more as Anderson's blue pools scanned his and Hudson's naked beauty.
"Our young beauty captured both of our souls last night." Haven said, Hudson smiling, scanning both their mature selves.
"I've always had a hunger for older men. You both fill my soul with desire. An angel and a man to ignite my love." he said, Anderson smiling, seeing the young man's shaft rising to full mast.
His hand reached out, stroking the steel-like manhood, Hudson softly moaning, Haven kissing his chest.
"Let's return to our bed of love. This angel needs both of you." Haven said, pulling the young man towards the bed, falling backwards, Hudson now on top of Haven, their lips meeting.
Hudson felt another body move against him, two lips tonguing his ass, the young man moaning, Haven breaking their kiss, their eyes meeting, Hudson gasping.
"Oh God, Anderson! Reap the love leaking out of me! Angel cream is all-consuming." he gasped, Haven laughing, the man feeling a tongue licking his balls now.
"I think he's going to the source." he smiled, softly moaning, Anderson's skilled tongue making him tremble.
Haven's shaft hardened, the angel feeling a hand guiding it towards a heated warmth, Anderson's tongue bathing it and the hole seeking its love.
Hudson gasped, feeling the angels' large shaft guiding itself into him.
"Oh God, yes! I am yours, my angel of love!" Hudson moaned, Anderson moving from behind the young man, Hudson's eyes opening seeing a large shaft in front of him, Haven bathing that shaft with his tongue, Hudson moving forward and engulfing its leaking end.
Anderson gasped, feeling his shaft devoured by Hudson, Haven sucking on his balls.
The reporter trembled, feeling his orgasm cresting.
"I'm. ..oh. . .oh. . .oh my loves!" he gasped, three souls igniting their desires at the same instant.
Haven filled Hudson's ass, Hudson's juices flowing over Haven's chest, Hudson drinking in all of Anderson's offered love.
The three collapsed together, Haven pulling out of Hudson, the young man nestling against his left side, Anderson laying on his right, the three kissing tenderly, their afterglow bathing all three.
Anderson's blue pools met Hudson's gray, the young man smiling at him with love.
"I can't believe this has happened. That I found so much love among the magic." he said, tears showing in his blue pools, Haven and Hudson both kissing his lips, the man feeling their love.
"I believe in my heart this was Lucas' doing. Even now his love is guiding others'." Hudson said, Haven nodding his head, feeling the warmth of the two men surrounding him.
"He's given me so much love. So much unbelievable love." he said, Anderson smiling at the angel, his fingers stroking the soft white wings surrounding him and Hudson.
"He's given us an angel of total love." he smiled, kissing Haven's soft lips.
The two parted, Anderson's eyes scanning the hairy muscular chest of Hudson's physique.
"And a young stallion of unbelievable love and beauty." he said, Hudson smiled, scanning his lovers' mature forms.
"You ain't so bad yourself, stud." he smiled, Anderson laughing.
"Thanks, cutie. But our angel has us both beat." he said, his hands moving over Haven's muscled form, wrapping around his soft long shaft, Hudson's hands moving as well.
Haven sighed, the three kissing softly, snuggling into each other more.
"Everyone's going to be so surprised." Anderson said, Hudson leaning over and kissing his lips.
"Our love is ours. United by our ever-giving Lucas. They'll welcome it as they've welcomed all his love." he said, Anderson's eyes meeting Haven's green pools.
"His love is new to you, our Andy. Love all of him." he said, Anderson smiled, moving over Haven, Hudson's arms and legs wrapping around Anderson's smooth body.
"Love me, my Andy." he said, Anderson's shaft entering the young man, the two lost in their passion.
Haven smiled beside the two, his own shaft beginning to rise again, watching the two.
His hands moved over both of them, the two drawing him into their love.*
Lance opened his green pools, hearing a soft gurgling sound.
He rose upwards, looking towards the crib by the balcony doors, a small form standing behind its railings.
"Ups, Poppa." Little Justy said, Lance smiled at his son, rising from the bed, walking to the crib and picking up the infant.
He looked down into the crib seeing little Joshy sound asleep, his arms wrapped around a soft brown teddy bear.
"You're up before your brother, Justy." he smiled, kissing the infant's cheek, the boy snuggling against his naked chest.
"Joshy in dreams with Daddy. Me comes back to yous." he softly said, Lance tearing up.
He looked towards the bed seeing Josh asleep, Justin's arms wrapped around him, he was sleeping as well.
"Together in love, my soulmate's love surrounds him."
"Papa be's okay, Poppa. Daddy backs soon." The little boy said, Lance quietly staring at him, walking over to the rocker by the door, sitting down and gently rocking the infant.
Lance looked out the balcony door seeing the sun's shadow beginning to rise in the darkness.
He looked at the clock radio on the nightstand, the hour reading six fifteen.
"Well, early's good. Time to love you more, my son." he smiled, the little boy smiling up at him, Lance staring into his blue and violet eyes.
"Lots of time, Poppa. Daddy's just lost." he giggled, Lance thoughtfully looking at the boy.
His green pools moved to the nightstand again, seeing Lucas' golden pocketwatch laying there where Lance had placed it.
"He always said we had time for anything. Oh how I miss you, Lucas." Lance said, his eyes misting over.
"No cries, Poppa. We goes to island and finds Daddy." The little boy said, smiling up at him, then softly yawning.
Lance rocked him slowly, the boy closing his eyes.
Lance thought back on last night's ending.
How they'd figured out that somehow, in some way, Lucas may be on Embrace Island.
Lance thought on the last few weeks, thinking on all that Lucas had said, on all he'd shown all of them.
And on the truths they'd learned yesterday upon their return from the Plains of Life.
That Lucas might not have been his real self, a creation of God's driving resolve.
"He was and is real to us." Lance said, staring out into the dawning sky.
After that revelation the women had taken charge, ushering together a late meal, everyone talking over everything that had happened.
Anderson had been on his cell phone on and off, relating to everyone the changing world outside.
How goodness had eradicated all the evil from the earth, despots and tyrants turned to ash.
Countries were finding freedom from tyranny, others finding salvation in God's now showing love.
Yes, Lucas had indeed changed the world for the better.
Lance looked down, the infant asleep in his lap, Lance smiling, rising from the rocker and guiding the child back into the crib with Joshy, staring down at his twin sons.
"They have all our love, they'll have yours again too, Lucky."
"We'll all have it, my love."
Lance felt two arms wrap around him, Justin's warmth wrapping around him.
Their lips met, Justin breaking the kiss, smiling at him.
"You're up early, babe." he said, Lance's head going against Justin's naked chest.
"Justy woke me up, the boy needed some love." he said, Justin nodding, looking down at his sleeping sons.
"As do I, my love." he said, Lance smiling, their lips meeting again.
They broke their kiss, Justin's hands resting on Lance's naked backside.
His eyes looked towards the bed, Josh asleep in the middle of it.
"I think he'll sleep for a while, he was exhausted. He murmured for quite a while in his sleep last night." he said, Lance nodding.
"We'll be here for him when he wakes, until we all unite again under Lucas' love." he said, Justin's blue pools meeting his green.
"I so want to believe that, Lance. That he's still out there somewhere."
"I believe it, Jus. Even our sons believe it, and that means the most to me. They have his magic, they feel his love. They and we won't ever give up on that love."
Justin teared up, their lips meeting again.
"I need your love, my love. You're so like Lucky in your passion and giving love. I love you so much." he said, Lance smiling.
"Let's hit the shower, my angel. Your soulmate needs your love just as much."
Justin smiled, checking on the infants again, Lance's hand now on Justin's naked backside, the man smiling, feeling his soulmate's probing love.
The two checked on Josh again, then quietly walked into the bathroom, closing the door, but leaving it ajar in case the kids awoke.
Justin and Lance both walked into the large shower stall, Justin turning on the taps, hitting the shower button, water cascading over his back, two lips meeting his.
He was pushed up against the wall, the man feeling the consuming love coming from his soulmate.
"Love me, Lance. I need your love in my soul." he said, Lance's hands moving over his body, smiling at him.
"It's already there, my love." he said, his lips latching onto Justin's right nipple, the man moaning, feeling the man begin to own him.
The water fell into his eyes, the man closing them for a moment, then opening them.
For a moment he thought he saw a soft shadow at the end of the shower stall, the water hitting his eyes again, closing them again.
He opened them, seeing only the shower walls before him.
You're out there, our Lucky; you're just on the edge of our love.
Justin felt his husband engulf his shaft, taking it to the root, the man lost in his soulmate's passion.
For over an hour the two made love, joining with each other, making each feel the other's love.
They both dried each other off, trading soft kisses, walking back out into the bedroom, seeing Josh sitting up in the middle of the bed, the two joining him, wrapping their arms around him.
"Good morning, our love. How are you doing?" Lance said, Josh softly smiling at him.
"I'm okay, Lance. I awoke to an empty bed but heard your soft moans. I felt the
love flowing."
Justin smiled, his lips meeting Josh's, the two feeling their sharing love.
"My husband needed my love as much as I needed his." he said, breaking the kiss, Lance kissing Josh next, Justin smiling at the two showing their love.
"I'm sure it was as beautiful as always. Just like my Lucky's." he said, Lance smiling at him, hugging him close.
"Justin said the same thing before we went into our love. Luke and I always had the same passion. We'll all feel that again soon." he said, Josh nodding.
"I know we shall. I feel his love and true self out there. He was correct. He was always real to us. He'll be real to us again soon." Josh said, the two men smiling at him.
"Wakes, Papa! We's need wawa!" A voice said clearly from the crib, the three men turning towards it, both Justy and Joshy standing up at its railing.
The three men smiled, climbing out of the bed, Josh and Justin both picking up their sons, little Joshy snuggling against Josh's naked chest.
"For our sons, everything. Come on my boy, Papa will get you wet." Josh smiled, Lance and Justin smiling, Lance kissing both men, smiling at Justin.
"You and Josh get them clean, I'll set out your clothes, and then I'll head down to the kitchen and start breakfast for everyone. I'm standing in for Lucky in all ways."
The two men smiled, their sons clapping their hands together.
"Me wants panskakes, Poppa!" Justy grinned, Joshy giggling.
"Lots!" he shouted, the three men laughing.
"Come on, fishies. Let's get wet." Justin smiled, his arm going around Josh, the two heading for the bathroom, Lance smiling, heading for the closet.
Josh and Justin were smiling at their sons, the two in highchairs at the dining room table, their hands clasped around pancakes, chewing on their doughy goodness.
Lance walked out of the kitchen, pulling the pocketwatch from his jeans pocket, checking the time reading eight.
"People should be coming down soon. The kitchen's filled with warming goodness. The Mavis' beat me to it." Lance smiled, Justin wrapping his arm around Lance, the man smiling at him and Josh.
"You cook in other rooms, babe." he smiled, kissing his lips, Josh smiling at the two.
"Tone it down, you two. The others will be jealous." he said, a new voice entering the room.
"What's to be jealous about? Ferret bumping?" Finn said, walking into the room, carrying his son, Skyler at his side, Diana in her arms.
Justin raised a finger, Josh chuckling, Finn guiding Julian into his mother's arms, his strong arms wrapping around Josh's chest.
"How'd you sleep, Josh? It's nice to see a smile on your face." Finn said, Josh seeing the soft tears in the Welshman's blue eyes.
"Keep that up and I'll make you smile, stud." he said, Finn tearing up.
"I miss his taunts, Josh. God, I miss him!" he said, Josh patting his back.
"We all do, Finny. And mark my words, he'll be all over your fine ass soon enough." Josh said, rubbing Finn's backside with one hand.
Skyler smirked, Finn backing up.
"Keep the hands above the waist, Chasez. You want me as bad as Luke did." he said, Josh laughing, Finn smiling at him, patting his shoulder.
"We'll both be all over him soon enough." he said, Josh nodding.
Others began to walk into the room, Josh smiling at everyone, everyone taking turns hugging him and asking after him, Josh taking in the giving love with quiet grace.
Tristan hugged him tightly after Savannah, Josh smiling at his father-in-law.
"We'll find him, Josh. I'll search the world for his love." he said, Josh seeing the genuine tears in his green pools.
"We all will, Dad. How do you find your soul this morning?" he asked, Tristan looking towards his father.
"Unchanged, Josh. Still filled with so much love. Father And I feel no change in the path for us."
"The thirteenth is only a week away, Dad. Trust in Lucas to find the answer to your freedom from that last evil." Josh said, Colton's arms going around Josh, the young man and his soulmates having just walked into the room, Josh hugging his adopted son tightly.
"Dad guaranteed that, Papa. I always believe in his truths." The young man said, Josh smiling as he kissed his lips, Josh seeing the stone hanging from Colton's neck, its violet hue unchanged.
"The stone is back with us, its final path begins. I always trust Lucas' love and magic. Let's eat everyone, just a couple of stragglers left to join us." Josh said, Jake and Natalie walking into the room, everyone greeting them, everyone sitting down at the extended table.
"Only three left. Where's Anderson, Jake?" Chris said, Piney at his side, the two seated across from the reporter and his fiancee.
"He wasn't in his room. Maybe he's down at the gate checking on the outside world." Jake said, a new voice entering the large room.
"He's on the true path of love."
Everyone turned, staring at Haven, Hudson and Anderson walking into the room, the three joined in clasped hands.
Everyone's eyes widened, Colton smiling at the three, rising from his seat, walking around the table, the three staring at him.
"I see Dad's magic moves as always. I felt the joining of your new trio last night. His love's still flowing, as he told me it must." he smiled, Anderson beginning to tear up.
"He knew I'd find the heart of my soul in these two?" he said, Haven's hand rubbing his back, Hudson's squeezing his own.
"Yes, Anderson. Yesterday morning after breakfast he told me that the final path of his joining love would create a new trio of love. That two of one heart couldn't become whole without the third of their triad of love. Anderson, Hudson and Haven. He found that truth in Kurucu's Pool when he and you bathed there, Hudson. The love wasn't complete but it would join soon." The young man smiled, Hudson shaking his head in awe.
"God, that man was total love!" he said, Colton smiling.
"Yes, in every way." he smiled, walking back to the table, joining his soulmates, the five kissing.
Anderson smiled around at everyone, everyone seeing the love shining in his smile.
"Hudson, Haven and I talked last night for hours, the three of us realizing that perhaps what we were seeking in our hearts might be right in front of us. I'm lost now in what I see in these two. What we all see in each other. We're now a trio. A trio I sense Lucas did indeed create." The reporter said, Haven smiling and kissing his cheek, Hudson doing the same.
"Our love is ours. We all love each other." Haven smiled, his father smiling at the wide smile on his adopted son's face.
"Welcome to Lucas' family of love, you three." Emerson smiled, hugging his angelic son, Hudson and Anderson hugged by Tristan and Francesca.
Everyone returned to the table, all sitting down, Aunt Mavis, Mavis and Horace bringing out platters of food, Abraham and Miles carrying baskets of fresh toast and rolls.
Mavis smiled, setting a large platter down in front of Josh, the man smiling up at Lucas' great aunt.
"You get the bigger pieces in his stead, Joshua. Your love is his." she smiled, Josh's eyes widening at the mountain of food on the revealed platter.
Cardinal Fredrick rose from his seat, Lewis rising as well beside him.
"We'd both like to say grace, united under Lucas' and God's love." Lewis said, everyone nodding, lowering their heads, little Joshy and Justy staring at the two men of faith.
"Dear Lord, today we find ourselves gathered together under your love." Lewis said, Frederick taking up the next sentence.
"Under the love of your gathering goodness, now creating a world of unbelievable faith and goodness." he said, Lewis continuing.
"One of your great loves is missing from our gathered family. His love still remains in all our hearts, his own self lost to us on this day." Lewis said, tears softly showing in his blue pools.
"But we of your faith believe in his love, in his magic and giving heart. Today we embark on a path to perhaps find our missing love. On an island of love and magic, we hope to find what's missing in our hearts. His unending, forever giving love." Frederick said, tears flowing around the room.
"Bless us this day on the sustenance given with love from the mothers of our hearts. Let us dine in gathered love. Let's walk the path forward with God's love and Lucas' within our hearts. Amen." Lewis said, everyone raising their heads, the two men of faith sitting down again, Jacques' arm going around his husband, kissing his cheek.
"Let's eat up, everyone. We'll need energy to find his love." Josh said, everyone smiling at him with teary eyes.
Justin filled Josh's plate with the larger pieces off the platter, their sons smiling at the three fathers.
"Wots of food, Dada! Me needs lots of energy to run!" Justy said, others laughing, the three men smiling at their sons.
"Eat until you burst, Justy." Lance smiled, filling his sons' plates.
Everyone smiled, diving into the warm, loving food.
Lance sat on a soft comfortable couch, looking around the sleek jet.
They'd left Kurucu's Haven about two hours after breakfast, the group leaving in vans from the estate, surrounded by reporters and cameras once they crossed the entrance through the bear and eagle.
They'd remained quiet, the world searching for news from the group, none given.
Screaming reporters shouted at them, the security guards keeping them back, their vehicles speeding up, leaving them eventually behind.
They'd climbed into two sleek Belmont jets at the airport, streaming into the day's warm sunshine, Embrace Island bound.
Lance smiled around at everyone; Josh, Justin, Andrew, Adam and Finn sat on the plane's carpeted floor, their kids in front of them, the seven giggling up at them.
Joshy and Justy were on their backsides, kissing the other five, the fathers smiling at the two playing with them.
"Where's Sarah, Dada?" Joshy said, Justin smiling down at his son.
"She's on the other plane following us, Joshy. You'll see her on the island."
"I love her. Me's going to marries her one day. Daddy's going to marries us." The boy smiled, the other fathers looking at Justin.
"You seem determined on that, little man." Justin smiled, the boy rising to his feet, walking up to his father.
"Me sees it, Dada. Me sees futures of all us." The
boy smiled, Justy giggling behind him.
"Joshy got's Daddy's magic eyes. Me gots his soul's magic." The boy said, the three
fathers looking at each other, Adam staring at the two boys.
"They have their father's magic, guys."
"Bros!" Little Noah said, the little boy smiling up at the two boys.
"Oh my God! Did you hear that, my loves?!" Adam shouted, Pierce and Usher joining him on the floor, staring at their son.
"Yes, he said a word!" Usher said in awed wonder, Pierce smiling at his son.
"He has a soft amount of Lucas' magic within him, as Lucas told us. That magic will grow as he grows. As Justy and Joshy grow." Pierce smiled, leaning down and kissing his son's cheek, the baby giggling.
"Me loves Noah! Me's marry him too." Little Justy said, snuggling against the baby, the baby smiling at him.
`Wuvs!" he said, Justy kissing his cheek.
Everyone stared with surprise at the boys, Joshy giggling.
"Wots of wuv coming. Me feels it." he said, moving again, snuggling on Noah's other side, the seven infants giggling.
Everyone quietly stared at the seven, Lance seated behind them.
He turned, staring out the window, his thoughts on his missing soulmate.
Justin rose from the floor, sitting down beside his husband, Lance's arm going around him.
"They're filled with Lucas' magic. They're all going to amaze all of us." Lance smiled, the others smiling up at him, Justin kissing his cheek.
"Lucas' love surrounds us. What time is it, my love?" Justin asked Lance, looking at the pocketwatch he pulled out of his jean pocket, the chain attached to his belt loop, opening its golden case.
"Twelve ten, Jus." he smiled, Justin kissing his cheek, Finn looking at his own watch.
"It's actually twelve oh eight, Lance. You need to wind Lucas' watch." Finn smiled, Lance smiling back at him, his fingers going to the watch's stem, pulling it out and moving the clock's hands back two minutes.
"They're filled with Lucas' magic. They're going to amaze all of us." Lance said, his eyes widening a bit, looking at Justin.
"Lucas' love surrounds us. What time is it, my love?" Justin asked, staring at his husband, Lance staring at him in silence.
"You okay, my love?"
"Yes. . .yes, Jus. It's twelve oh eight." Lance said, staring at the watch in his hand,
Justin snuggling against him.
"We have about two more hours to go. Let's snuggle, my love." Justin said, Lance nodding, closing the watch, the man feeling a hand on his knee, looking down.
Little Justy stood in front of him, the boy smiling up at him.
"Always time for love, Poppa." he smiled, walking back to his brother and Noah, snuggling against the two boys, their eyes closing together, the other four around them closing their eyes as well.
Their parents looked at each other, everyone around them having taken in the children's words and giggling love.
The plane was silent, everyone quietly thinking about what they'd just seen.
Lance stared down at the watch in his hand, his own mind filled with confused wonder.
Embrace Island
Gio tied up the first pontoon boat, leaping out of it, helping Baja tighten its ropes.
Pierce and Alain were tying up the second, everyone beginning to climb out of the two boats, smiling at the warmth surrounding them.
Anderson, Haven and Hudson set down on the wooden dock, Jake and Natalie right behind them.
"My God, it's a tropical paradise." Anderson said, Justin smiling at him.
"It's my island of love, my family's joining happiness. Where many of us married." he said, Lance's arm around him, Joshy in his arm.
Josh smiled, little Justy in his, everyone smiling at Justin.
"I remember its passion and beauty." Finn said, Alain smiling at him.
"I haven't taken my shirt off, beautiful." he smiled, Finn rolling his eyes, Skyler laughing.
Harry laughed, kissing his soulmate.
"Later beautiful. We'll both get you going." he said, Finn laughing.
"Who wants to be bottom?." he said, Josh smiling at him.
"The water can still be cold, Finny. Tread lightly." he said, Finn smiling, folding his arms.
"Lukey's not here to toss me in. I'd give anything for that." he said, the man feeling a foot on his backside, the man screaming, falling off the dock into the water.
"Too easy, Finny." Justin smiled, he had used his foot to push the man forward.
Everyone laughed, Finn rising in the water, it only to his nipples.
"Your ass is going to feel my foot, Timberlake!" he said, Justin laughing, everyone walking forward on the dock, Justin smiling back at Finn's wading form.
"Promises, promises. Lucky said it was only half a foot." he grinned, Lance laughing beside him, everyone heading towards the community of love.
Finn reached the shore, Skyler smiling at him, kissing his lips.
"Don't taunt them, babe. Let's get you dry." she smiled, Finn smiling, she handed him their son, after Finn removed his shirt, the two walking after everyone.
The group stopped when they walked out of the forest, everyone smiling.
"It hasn't changed. As beautiful as the day of our marriage." Adam said, Usher kissing his lips.
"Let's all go to our cottages. We'll meet at your cottage for supper, Justin." Pierce said, Justin smiling at him.
"Six is supper time guys. Enjoy Lucas' gift to all of us. Haven you can take the vacant cottage beside Finn's at the end." he said, he and his soulmates were smiling.
Everyone moved, returning to their same cabins from last time.
Lewis and Jacques guided Frederick towards theirs, the man smiling at their friendship.
Harry and Alain invited Felix and Sheila to stay with them, the two accepting happily.
Justin, Josh and Lance walked up onto their veranda, setting their sons down, the two boys making a beeline for the front door, Justin smiling and following, Josh feeling Lance's arm wrap around him.
"Our boys need to have their fun, Joshy. Let's sit on the settee and wait for them to return."
Josh smiled, the two men sitting down on the couch, looking out at the blue water in front of their cabin.
"It hasn't changed, Lance. I still feel Lucas' love here. I wonder if the pool has returned?" he said, looking towards the far beach, Lance kissing his cheek.
"We'll take a trip up there in the morning. It's almost three now, too late for that trek today." he said, Josh nodding, looking around the island.
"We united our love here, Lancy. Our Lucas joined us all in his magic and his love." he said, Lance nodding, removing his arm from around Josh's waist.
"There's something going on, Josh." Lance said, Josh staring at him.
"What is it, Lance? If you know anything about what's happening here please tell me." he said, Lance kissing his cheek again, the man pulling out the pocketwatch from his pocket, Josh staring at it.
Justin came out of the cabin, smiling at his soulmates.
"The two are down for the count. Went to sleep as soon as they climbed on our bed. We'll have to make a makeshift crib for them or let them sleep with us." he smiled, sitting down beside Josh on his other side.
Justin stared at the watch in Lance's hand, his green pools meeting his.
"I was just telling Josh that something's going on, my love. I think it's centered around this watch." he said, Josh's hand going forward, taking the watch from Lance's hand, Lance releasing the chain from his belt loop.
"What do you mean, Lance? This is the watch I gave Lucas on our anniversary." he said, Lance nodding.
"I know that, my love. And I think Lucas gave it to me for a reason. I've thought long and hard on what he'd been saying the last few weeks. Something keeps coming to the forefront of my mind. Even little Joshy and Justy have been saying it."
"What's that, my love?" Justin said, watching Josh open the watch, both staring at the French designed dial face.
"It's one word said in many sentences, by Lucas and by our sons."
The two men looked at Lance, his eyes moving to the ocean before them.
"The word is time. Lucas had often spoken of time in different ways. To many people, myself included. And he said I'd know when to do what must be done. I think this watch has something to do with it. And I'll show you why I believe that." he said, the two men nodding, looking at him, then down at the watch.
"Turn the minute hand back two minutes, Josh." Lance said, Josh nodding, pulling out the stem and moving the minute hand back two minutes.
"The word is time. Lucas had often spoken of time in different ways. To many people, myself included. And he said I'd know when to do what must be done. I think this watch has something to do with it. And I'll show you why I believe that." Lance said, Josh's eyes widening in shock, Justin staring at him.
"What is it, Joshy?" he said, Josh staring at Lance, Lance nodding.
"Yes, Josh. It happened to me on the plane today."
"What happened, babe?" Justin said, Josh still staring at Lance, handing Justin the watch.
"Do what Lance said, Jus. Turn the time back two minutes." he said, Justin nodding, moving the watch hand.
The same thing happened again, Justin's eyes widening in shock.
"Oh my God! The actual time went back two minutes. You just said the same thing again!" he said, Lance and Josh nodding.
"What does this mean, Lance?" Josh said, a soft wonder showing on his face.
Lance took the watch back from Justin, staring at it.
"Look at the words written upon the face at the bottom."
Both men looked at the watchface, reading the words written there.
Destiny's Path
There Is Always Time
The two men stared at Lance, the man nodding.
"This watch in some way turns back time. How I don't know. It has to be some kind of magic." Lance said, all three staring at the watch, Justin's eyes widening.
"Of course! We can use it to turn back time, to stop Lucas from dying from that evil!" he said, Lance looking at him with tearful love.
"I don't think so, my love. We can only turn the dials back twelve hours. There is no date indicator to turn it back even further." Lance said, Justin's face drooping, Josh kissing his cheek.
"A nice thought, my love. But why then do we need this watch, Lance?" Josh said, Justin looking at him as well.
Lance stood up, looking down the beach, he looked down at his soulmates, the man looking around him.
"I think something is going to happen tomorrow, my loves. And I think I'll need this watch to turn back time to stop something from happening. What that is, I have no clue." he said, his soulmates rising, their arms going around him.
"Lucas gave you this watch, my love. I think he has full faith in you reasoning out what you need to do with it." Justin said, the two men kissing, Josh walking up to the railing, staring out into the ocean before them.
"He's here, somewhere. I can feel his love deeper in my soul. We're going to have his love forever." he said, the other two walking up to him, wrapping their arms around him.
"We all believe that, Joshy." Justin smiled, kissing Josh deeply, Lance smiling.
"Let's let destiny follow its path. Right now we should start lining up some food for dinner. We've got a family to feed." he smiled, the other two smiling, walking into their cottage.
All three failed to see a fading shadow in the corner of the veranda.
Chris burped, Piney rubbing his stomach.
"I didn't know whales burped." Finn laughed, Chris smiling.
"Air in the blowhole." he said, Joey laughing beside him, everyone smiling.
"Understandable, Orca." Finn smiled, Chris smiling, shaking his head.
"Lucas' nickname for me. Only he can call me that."
Finn nodded, the two men smiling in their friendship.
"Dinner was fantastic, boys." Savannah said, little Joshy in her lap, the boy sucking on a sippy cup.
"We'll all second that. You're a fantastic cook, Lance. Those ribs were delicious." Roy smiled, Lance smiling at him.
"Lucas has been giving me lessons. As has Colt." he said, the young man smiling at him.
"You're a natural, Lance." he smiled, his soulmates surrounding him.
Everyone had dined on a large feast, Lance and his soulmates cooking up a storm, others bringing food as well, a large buffet assembled, everyone wanting for nothing.
"Remember the feast Lucas put together for our wedding dinners? God, everything was so amazing." Chris said, Piney kissing his cheek.
"He made all our celebrations beyond our dreams. Every wedding was different, so unique." Aaron said, everyone who married on the island nodding.
"My Gabriel never looked so beautiful." Grayson said, Gabriel kissing his lips.
"Your love for me made me shine that day." he said, the older man smiling.
"It seems like a lifetime ago. So many things have happened since then. Lucas' love guided us on a path of magic, love and faith." Lewis said, Jacque kissing his cheek.
"Love being the greater part of it. He always said that the essence of him was love. We saw how true his words were." Tristan said, the man looking out at the ocean, the darkness now having filled the evening's sky.
Tiki torches had been lit around the beach, everyone relaxing in lounge chairs or on blankets, the day's heat beginning to cool.
"The night sky is so beautiful. So many stars." hemi said, looking up into their sparkling vastness, Haras kissing his cheek.
"As open and star-filled as the skies of our Egypt so long ago. Away from the city skyline you see the vastness of God's universe." he said, Enrique kissing his cheek.
"It's as beautiful as my soulmates' love." Jonathan said, Colton's arms around him, the fivesome laying on a large blanket.
"Look at that!" hemi said, standing up, everyone looking towards where he was pointing.
Just above the ocean's dark horizon a falling star was streaking across the sky, everyone staring at it as it seemed to be coming closer to them.
It streaked across the sky, disappearing in the darkness behind their cottages, lost in the night's darkness as if it had burned out.
"A shooting star." Baja said, Alain looking at his cousin.
"A sign from God." he said, Harry rising from his seat.
"I think it's something more." he said, Josh looking at him.
"What do you mean, Harry?" he said, Harry looking around at everyone.
"Shooting stars have streaked across the skies of the Belmont path. In ancient Egypt, to be exact." he said, Hemi rising to his feet, nodding.
"The star that fell at Alsarius' palace. The star I saw before I found the crystal stone. The coming of Kurucu!" he said, everyone looking around.
Josh stood up, staring into the sky.
"What does that mean now?" he said, Justin and Lance now at his sides, their arms around him.
"I think it may be a sign that something's going to happen. I think Kurucu has come again." hemi said, Haras' arm going around him.
"A foretelling of magic's coming." he said, everyone looking everywhere.
"What are you trying to show us, Kurucu?" Josh softy said, Lance kissing his cheek.
"You all need to remember that Lucas had Kurucu's soul within his own self. I think that more than Kurucu may have arrived on this island."
Chris stood up, walking up to his friends.
"Is Luke here, Lance? Do you feel him?" he said, Lance seeing the look of hope in his eyes.
"I don't know, Chris. All I sense is that something just happened. A shining light in the darkness of our souls. I think we're going to see some more magic tomorrow. And I sense a lot of love." he said, Chris smiling.
"I can't wait! Bring it on, Luke!" he smiled, everyone smiling at him.
"On that note of hope, I think we should all call it a night. A good night's rest before the coming love." Lance said, everyone agreeing, the ladies rising from their chairs.
"We'll help you clean up, Lance." Momma Mavis said, everyone pitching in and helping.
Rosa Sharon's arms went around Josh's waist, the man smiling down into her blue eyes.
"Dad's coming, Papa. I feel his love so close." she smiled, Josh kissing her cheek.
"So do I, Rosy. So do I." he smiled, Justin smiling, everyone hugging the two, saying their goodnights.
A few hours later, the beach was quiet, all the cottages darkened, slumber sinking into each, after many had moments of ending love.
A solitary figure walked along the beach, no sound coming from its soft movements.
No footprints were left on the sandy beach, its form stopping at each cottage, feeling the love within.
It stopped on the beach in front of Justin's cottage, feeling the intense love emanating from within its wooden walls.
The figure softly smiled, two large golden wings extending behind its tall form.
It softly laughed, taking flight with no sound, then changing into a glowing star shooting across the night's sky.
"Only a couple more miles, everyone." Justin smiled, little Joshy giggling against his chest.
"Ha. . .ha, Timberlake. That's Luke's old joke." Finn said, walking behind him, Justin scanning his naked hairy chest.
"Your jackass is plumping up nicely, Skyler." he smiled, Finn giving him a one-finger salute, Skyler laughing.
The group was walking up the coastline, heading for the meadow where the pool had appeared.
It was after breakfast, everyone feeding on a feast created by the Mavises.
Everything had been tidied up after, the group now heading on a path of hope.
Colton was leading the way, his four soulmates surrounding him, all shirtless, the day's heat beginning almost immediately after breakfast.
"Wots of sun, Dada." Little Joshy said, Lance walking with Justin, Josh ahead of them.
"Shield his face more, my love. That sun will burn fast." he said, little Justy in his arms, both boys wearing sunhats.
The two boys giggled, everyone quietly walking behind them.
They had begun walking up the rising path leading away from the beach heading towards the meadow.
"Do you think it will be there again?" Jonathan said, his hand in Hemi's, the Egyptian kissing his cheek, Enrique and Haras walking behind them.
"I have faith in Lucas' magic, and I sense the love ahead." The man said, feeling a hand on his backside.
"Love indeed. And it was spectacular last night." Enrique said, the four smiling at each other, looking ahead at the center of their love.
Colton smiled back, almost at the crest of the hill they were climbing.
He smiled, looking ahead.
He stopped, turning back again.
"His magic shines as always." he smiled, Josh walking ahead of everyone, walking up to Colton's side, his eyes staring ahead.
"As does his love. We're here everyone. And so are the waters of his love." The man smiled, everyone cresting the hill, their eyes widening with happiness.
For some new people the sight was beyond belief.
"My God! It's that pool from the plains! It's Kurucu's Pool!" Anderson said, Hudson and Haven surrounding him, all three shirtless.
"Not quite, Anderson. I think this is Lucas' Pool." Josh said, walking forward.
Everyone moved ahead, spanning out around the pool, taking in its natural tropical beauty.
Josh saw every familiar stone, flower and flowing water, the pool as it was the last time he remembered seeing it.
"There are a few differences from this pool and the one that was behind the golden sarcophagus." he said, Justin and Lance now standing at his sides.
"Daddy's pool, Papa. Me feels his wuv." Little Justy said, Josh nodding.
"Yes, my son. This is Daddy's pool of love." he said, Finn looking at him.
"I see what you mean, Josh. There's that cliff behind the falls. Where Lucas disappeared to do some thinking. That wasn't at Kurucu's Pool. And the flowers are different, more his liking. Plus the boulder is the same one that was here at our weddings. It was smaller in Kurucu's Pool. Plus Justy's right. I feel Lucas' love more here than I did at that other pool." Finn said, Josh nodding.
"This is the pool from Lucas' dreams. The pool of his own making. I think it was always his pool alone. He guided us all here to marry the loves of our souls." Justin said, Lance nodding.
"Me swims, Dada." Little Joshy said, Justin kissing his cheek.
"Let's swim in Daddy's love, my boy." he said, everyone agreeing, Justin wading into the pools, his son in his arms, Justy in Lance's.
Josh sat down on the boulder, staring around the pool, taking in all its showing beauty.
Colton sat down on the rock beside him, Josh's arm going around him.
"What do you feel, my son?" he said, Colton smiling, looking around.
"I feel his love, Papa. And I feel a lot of magic."
"I feel the greater love." Josh said, Colton's soulmates standing behind them.
Colton smiled, standing up on the boulder.
"I need to feel his love again." The young man smiled, diving forward, disappearing under the water, coming back to the surface in the middle of the pool.
"It's so warm, so laced with love." he said, his four soulmates smiling, all diving into the pool, joining the center of their love.
Josh smiled, his eyes going to his soulmates and sons.
The four smiled at him, Josh taking in their wet happiness.
I'm coming, my love.
I'm going to hold you in my arms forever.
Josh smiled, rising up and removing his t-shirt, diving into the pool, swimming towards his life.
Josh stopped just as he reached the four, the man's eyes going to the center of the pool, a loud sound now rising above the swimming happiness.
Everyone quieted down, their eyes drawn to the pool's center seeing a surprising sight.
End of Chapter 241
What a place to end it!
What did they all just see?
What's in the center of the pool?
I wanted to end this chapter on that surprising point.
Everyone's now returned to Embrace Island, the island of love and magic.
A shooting star may bring surprising magic and love.
What of the watch that magically moves time backwards?
Why did Lucas give it to Lance?
What's he supposed to do with it if he can only turn time back less than twelve hours?
Read on, faithful readers!
Questions shall be answered, love shall be found!
The end draws near, but magic and love can give us surprises.
Hugs, Angel.
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