No Plagiarism!eegvrrtINXneLXFiFoaHposted on PENANA At 3:03 a.m., Lahore was unnaturally quiet.8964 copyright protection60PENANARTAW3E9UwI 維尼
No sirens. No azaan. No dogs barking.8964 copyright protection60PENANAmx6kHmg7xz 維尼
Just stillness — like the city itself was bracing for something.8964 copyright protection60PENANAsdchmlAmuq 維尼
Inside the safehouse, Alishba and Reyan sat at opposite ends of the room, surrounded by scattered maps, half-drunk chai, and the thick silence of unspoken doubts.8964 copyright protection60PENANAUIfeEOC0zl 維尼
The blood-letter lay between them like a third presence.8964 copyright protection60PENANAoBhZY03QRy 維尼
Alishba’s eyes hadn’t left it for hours.8964 copyright protection60PENANAUaUPGYmkcz 維尼
Reyan, on the other hand, had barely looked at it since.8964 copyright protection60PENANApkCYm0w9Wm 維尼
She finally broke the silence.8964 copyright protection60PENANA5KyR5YoN60 維尼
“There were two SUVs parked outside half an hour ago.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAP6TH8MHEf7 維尼
“I know,” he said.8964 copyright protection60PENANA5GwyayJTHi 維尼
“You saw?”8964 copyright protection60PENANArHXE32PXRp 維尼
“License plates were fake. No movement yet.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAC69oalmmFw 維尼
Alishba looked at him carefully.8964 copyright protection60PENANARPaaI0jWkk 維尼
“You think they’ll wait till morning?”8964 copyright protection60PENANAYCsOW0ocUO 維尼
“No,” Reyan said. “They’ll wait till your fear starts screaming.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAn4AyjlPvbx 維尼
But fear wasn’t new to Alishba.8964 copyright protection60PENANAo1Zv80XIjk 維尼
She’d learned to live with it the same way Daniyal had once taught her to live with shadows — by photographing them.8964 copyright protection60PENANApG4eoakHWo 維尼
“Look at the darkness until it shows you what it’s hiding,” he used to say.8964 copyright protection60PENANAiqIXGAsPNi 維尼
So that’s what she did now.8964 copyright protection60PENANAGl3biEnI4q 維尼
She stood, grabbed her camera, and moved toward the window.8964 copyright protection60PENANA2tpAcjHyaY 維尼
She zoomed.8964 copyright protection60PENANAzjwDNpMw5W 維尼
Sharpened focus.8964 copyright protection60PENANAh4kKyxx2SE 維尼
Then clicked.8964 copyright protection60PENANAiA0CGlMMeT 維尼
Flash off. ISO high. One shot, two, three.8964 copyright protection60PENANAwPDvj0tbti 維尼
She reviewed the images.8964 copyright protection60PENANA2BGOAIZeDJ 維尼
In the backseat of the left SUV — a face she knew.8964 copyright protection60PENANAixEPgcHReE 維尼
Zahra.8964 copyright protection60PENANABx4jzHkDpU 維尼
The knock came at 3:34 a.m.8964 copyright protection60PENANAr6HDR9T83g 維尼
Three taps.8964 copyright protection60PENANAbgrC3SFHnV 維尼
Then silence.8964 copyright protection60PENANAMzszikBFnE 維尼
Then one more.8964 copyright protection60PENANAuxePi1XbBW 維尼
Reyan had already drawn his pistol.8964 copyright protection60PENANA52vGXYla2A 維尼
He looked at Alishba. “Take the back stairs. If I don’t follow in two minutes, go.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAc51Fx6j29s 維尼
She stood up, jaw clenched. “No. I’m not leaving without that file or you.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAQyo0QMucZR 維尼
He smirked. “You’re either brave… or stupid.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAWx8eTVUj1k 維尼
She raised an eyebrow. “You say that like they’re different things.”8964 copyright protection60PENANA3gVZ8I5EtD 維尼
He opened the door.8964 copyright protection60PENANAol10dYyXxx 維尼
Zahra stepped inside alone.8964 copyright protection60PENANAn5YHTh0S8l 維尼
Unarmed.8964 copyright protection60PENANAoefn31i0c1 維尼
Draped in a dark shawl, her hair wet from the mist.8964 copyright protection60PENANAiQzUvZJ9Nt 維尼
“Reyan,” she said simply.8964 copyright protection60PENANA2KD4DPuyou 維尼
“Zahra.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAwRkvrTSXMj 維尼
Alishba hovered near the corner, camera still in hand.8964 copyright protection60PENANASI8XKjd8PE 維尼
Zahra’s eyes briefly flicked toward her.8964 copyright protection60PENANAHQoG3QtDjK 維尼
“Alishba. Always ready to document your own destruction, hmm?”8964 copyright protection60PENANAniRT04xNr5 維尼
Alishba didn’t flinch. “Say what you came to say.”8964 copyright protection60PENANA4nK9mC4QOq 維尼
Zahra sat down on the edge of the table like she owned the space.8964 copyright protection60PENANAUOQk8RltOi 維尼
“We have Daniyal.”8964 copyright protection60PENANABQiWAVDyHs 維尼
The air shifted.8964 copyright protection60PENANAA1hZrjvrap 維尼
Reyan’s grip tightened around his pistol.8964 copyright protection60PENANAzmShzO8i59 維尼
Alishba took a step forward. “Alive?”8964 copyright protection60PENANARziFe0CO9y 維尼
Zahra nodded. “Barely.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAezp33fcCPe 維尼
“Where?”8964 copyright protection60PENANAMEIsSA3eJC 維尼
Zahra smiled.8964 copyright protection60PENANAsEIcjrt9oR 維尼
“That’s where things get... complicated.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAzjulaXsFVu 維尼
She dropped a folded map onto the table.8964 copyright protection60PENANAQmLzBAMcJ3 維尼
A location marked near the Thal desert — deep, isolated, past any police or military radar.8964 copyright protection60PENANAdebXBjP8Jq 維尼
“Facility’s mobile,” she said. “They move every seventy-two hours. You’ve got one chance.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAlFouq06kqp 維尼
Reyan narrowed his eyes. “Why tell us this?”8964 copyright protection60PENANA6P3As2UJWp 維尼
“Because I’m tired,” Zahra said softly. “Of silence. Of watching good people turn into ghosts.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAfIizqyOHpI 維尼
Alishba frowned. “And you suddenly grew a conscience?”8964 copyright protection60PENANAhUWKIVF39c 維尼
“No,” Zahra said. “I grew a scar. Right here.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAp2DLJWaaLa 維尼
She tapped her chest.8964 copyright protection60PENANAgTApWRMrgk 維尼
“Same place Daniyal got shot the first time — saving someone who betrayed him.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAFHwwfs1xL1 維尼
Alishba blinked.8964 copyright protection60PENANAQnZR08dflT 維尼
“You knew him?”8964 copyright protection60PENANAoxE0q7JkET 維尼
“I trained with him.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAoTB7hy1fvk 維尼
Reyan stepped in. “You said he was an asset. He chose it.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAtftwi6KZHy 維尼
“He did,” Zahra replied. “But he didn’t know what they’d turn him into.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAQyFfNXj9Dl 維尼
A pause.8964 copyright protection60PENANAgjyoHiJrz6 維尼
Then she said something neither of them expected:8964 copyright protection60PENANA5ORnKCd8gY 維尼
“He’s trying to escape now.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAy1VWMiYDRY 維尼
Alishba’s breath caught.8964 copyright protection60PENANADHu59xdqxW 維尼
“What?”8964 copyright protection60PENANAILIHVSNFDw 維尼
“He sent you that letter. I made sure it reached the attic. He wanted you to know the truth… but he didn’t want you to stop.”8964 copyright protection60PENANANqPEAX5ytE 維尼
Her voice dropped.8964 copyright protection60PENANAb502GjgXCV 維尼
“He doesn’t know who he is anymore. But he remembers you.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAGvsZz9EqeX 維尼
Alishba sat down hard, like the weight of that sentence had knocked the ground from under her.8964 copyright protection60PENANAwAseB4crzm 維尼
Zahra rose.8964 copyright protection60PENANA45ljsHWSIe 維尼
“I’ve done my part. What you do with this is up to you.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAzxHkg1PzSM 維尼
Then she walked toward the door.8964 copyright protection60PENANAR1YR7f9slE 維尼
Stopped.8964 copyright protection60PENANAOPI8R3sEtk 維尼
Turned to Reyan.8964 copyright protection60PENANAHjxz1Lq1CD 維尼
“Be careful. There’s one more name on that list. And it isn’t just Daniyal’s or yours.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAJaAIAhEk8R 維尼
Reyan stiffened.8964 copyright protection60PENANA6uE1UDCcMo 維尼
Zahra looked straight at him.8964 copyright protection60PENANAAmngv7rP7R 維尼
“It’s hers.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAM2kiTnFwwU 維尼
They left the safehouse before dawn, with only a pack of gear, a rusted Jeep, and the shared knowledge that this might be the end of the road — for one of them.8964 copyright protection60PENANAViJK73YnCY 維尼
On the highway out of Lahore, Alishba kept her eyes on the horizon.8964 copyright protection60PENANAGibTJkFb4D 維尼
“You ever been to Thal?” she asked.8964 copyright protection60PENANA0VhZZPwtMP 維尼
“Yes.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAxRTWTgxuAJ 維尼
“Desert seems fitting.”8964 copyright protection60PENANA7uD17KQwoT 維尼
“For what?”8964 copyright protection60PENANAqk8l3kMfd9 維尼
She looked at him sideways.8964 copyright protection60PENANAa3gdn9RQ1x 維尼
“For a place where everything burns.”8964 copyright protection60PENANAwKuCwL6FQg 維尼
He didn’t reply.8964 copyright protection60PENANAMvN6yice2X 維尼
Because he knew she was right.8964 copyright protection60PENANAaOPWVoQFGD 維尼
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