The Father’s Gambit
Diana’s POV
The peace didn’t last.
Even with Emeric’s soul tether severed even with the child safe and Caelara finally quiet I couldn’t shake the pressure building in my chest.
Something was still wrong.
Something unfinished.
And then the news came.
One of Gina’s scouts bloodied barely conscious stumbled into the mansion’s gates at dawn. Collapsed in the courtyard. Eyes wide with terror.
I reached him first.
He gasped through broken breath “Your father… he’s activated a circle… in the city… one designed for you.”
My blood ran cold.
“What kind of circle?”
The scout’s eyes fluttered.
“Resonance binding. He wants… to complete what Emeric couldn’t.”
And then he passed out.
Dead.
Cameron appeared at my side a second later. Gina was already on her comms barkin
