After successfully breaking Arcelia's curse and checking in on the girls to make sure everything was fine, Alex found himself standing in the heart of the [Fox Tribe Village] with a strange sense of finality.
There was no longer any pressing matter holding him there.
His four wives, Alice, Aurelia, Alera, and Lilith, were doing well, each one stronger than before and on friendlier terms with one another than he could've hoped for when they first met.
There was no tension in the air between them, only playful banter and a growing sense of unity.
Arcelia and Eleonora, despite being new additions to the group, were settling in with surprising ease.
Their personalities weren't exactly subtle, but they didn't seem to clash with the others, and that was all Alex could really ask for.
He knew this peace wouldn't last forever, not in a world like this.
But for now, he could allow himself to hope, to breathe.
