The Ripple
Diana’s POV
The second our boots touched Ranada soil I felt it.
The shift.
Like the air itself had changed shape while we were gone.
The city still looked the same, its sleek skyline stretching like teeth against the horizon, the streets humming with late evening traffic. But beneath that… something pulsed. Something slow. Wide. Ancient.
Like a drumbeat in the earth.
Cameron noticed it too.
He stepped off the tarmac, his jaw tight, his eyes scanning the skyline like he expected it to collapse.
“You feel that?” he asked.
I nodded. “The bond’s vibrating again. But it’s not just between us.”
He looked at me silver eyes narrowing. “It’s the baby.”
The words didn’t scare me.
They are rooted deeper than fear.
Because I already knew he was right.
Gina was waiting at the
