No Plagiarism!TLrWoXjiENcU34fVR05gposted on PENANA At 3:03 a.m., Lahore was unnaturally quiet.8964 copyright protection61PENANAkgrw1gtRvq 維尼
No sirens. No azaan. No dogs barking.8964 copyright protection61PENANAZsaTVpSR7e 維尼
Just stillness — like the city itself was bracing for something.8964 copyright protection61PENANAtMYI6KG7vt 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 protection61PENANAyJyIxFUfBD 維尼
The blood-letter lay between them like a third presence.8964 copyright protection61PENANAM3mnZmeBYH 維尼
Alishba’s eyes hadn’t left it for hours.8964 copyright protection61PENANAQCSenATRdI 維尼
Reyan, on the other hand, had barely looked at it since.8964 copyright protection61PENANAuRaOOQfRzb 維尼
She finally broke the silence.8964 copyright protection61PENANA0dCEH205w8 維尼
“There were two SUVs parked outside half an hour ago.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAZ224M0T11C 維尼
“I know,” he said.8964 copyright protection61PENANAZWlAT1QQMn 維尼
“You saw?”8964 copyright protection61PENANACUhTPjBUxI 維尼
“License plates were fake. No movement yet.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA6v90fEHr3d 維尼
Alishba looked at him carefully.8964 copyright protection61PENANAxtoBkMVmaG 維尼
“You think they’ll wait till morning?”8964 copyright protection61PENANARjiNgBM2iA 維尼
“No,” Reyan said. “They’ll wait till your fear starts screaming.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAcck6jirNKU 維尼
But fear wasn’t new to Alishba.8964 copyright protection61PENANAPHZexKXo6q 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 protection61PENANAavUTyb43zb 維尼
“Look at the darkness until it shows you what it’s hiding,” he used to say.8964 copyright protection61PENANAjZ22677x4w 維尼
So that’s what she did now.8964 copyright protection61PENANAGU7HhQCnTx 維尼
She stood, grabbed her camera, and moved toward the window.8964 copyright protection61PENANAvH7QZ9VxHY 維尼
She zoomed.8964 copyright protection61PENANAiCOkSAiMkO 維尼
Sharpened focus.8964 copyright protection61PENANA1NMCzXGyMg 維尼
Then clicked.8964 copyright protection61PENANAUiPcKRDUtc 維尼
Flash off. ISO high. One shot, two, three.8964 copyright protection61PENANA9pXgifZe2n 維尼
She reviewed the images.8964 copyright protection61PENANAg4K9VxEVQA 維尼
In the backseat of the left SUV — a face she knew.8964 copyright protection61PENANAw5AynsTG80 維尼
Zahra.8964 copyright protection61PENANA5govxSYz9e 維尼
The knock came at 3:34 a.m.8964 copyright protection61PENANASMUtyyWJwp 維尼
Three taps.8964 copyright protection61PENANA7O1mXGNgNK 維尼
Then silence.8964 copyright protection61PENANAHuEds1V94B 維尼
Then one more.8964 copyright protection61PENANASCowmy4UVy 維尼
Reyan had already drawn his pistol.8964 copyright protection61PENANAAbYKQk2DzQ 維尼
He looked at Alishba. “Take the back stairs. If I don’t follow in two minutes, go.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA1uF1GEZnIk 維尼
She stood up, jaw clenched. “No. I’m not leaving without that file or you.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA3ttLdjcFQ8 維尼
He smirked. “You’re either brave… or stupid.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA90OSyvCyTh 維尼
She raised an eyebrow. “You say that like they’re different things.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAjizUNcTuPq 維尼
He opened the door.8964 copyright protection61PENANA7JDleDY3aR 維尼
Zahra stepped inside alone.8964 copyright protection61PENANAScD9p6L6sE 維尼
Unarmed.8964 copyright protection61PENANABXfG24lXsj 維尼
Draped in a dark shawl, her hair wet from the mist.8964 copyright protection61PENANAsq9jFuOMtk 維尼
“Reyan,” she said simply.8964 copyright protection61PENANAxQPKDibo36 維尼
“Zahra.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAqqH7rXiinA 維尼
Alishba hovered near the corner, camera still in hand.8964 copyright protection61PENANABgFcOiJqRA 維尼
Zahra’s eyes briefly flicked toward her.8964 copyright protection61PENANAAnCKFsLDZm 維尼
“Alishba. Always ready to document your own destruction, hmm?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAswpV47LMmM 維尼
Alishba didn’t flinch. “Say what you came to say.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAv2ICK4gQlK 維尼
Zahra sat down on the edge of the table like she owned the space.8964 copyright protection61PENANABW77ofr6Ga 維尼
“We have Daniyal.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAVDhrVHNKra 維尼
The air shifted.8964 copyright protection61PENANA4cKSyYvb26 維尼
Reyan’s grip tightened around his pistol.8964 copyright protection61PENANAMdy39FmIFk 維尼
Alishba took a step forward. “Alive?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAP61jMooK7p 維尼
Zahra nodded. “Barely.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAyEQeEhdUiV 維尼
“Where?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAdGVPxZohFO 維尼
Zahra smiled.8964 copyright protection61PENANAJbFxaY7JRY 維尼
“That’s where things get... complicated.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA3e9JatSpIl 維尼
She dropped a folded map onto the table.8964 copyright protection61PENANAvkD54PVXiM 維尼
A location marked near the Thal desert — deep, isolated, past any police or military radar.8964 copyright protection61PENANArzyLWLYECA 維尼
“Facility’s mobile,” she said. “They move every seventy-two hours. You’ve got one chance.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAwND8aYIISz 維尼
Reyan narrowed his eyes. “Why tell us this?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAAUpO6eH3Zz 維尼
“Because I’m tired,” Zahra said softly. “Of silence. Of watching good people turn into ghosts.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA4LCes8Vmau 維尼
Alishba frowned. “And you suddenly grew a conscience?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAzapFdI4MUo 維尼
“No,” Zahra said. “I grew a scar. Right here.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA4A6mPs8w5m 維尼
She tapped her chest.8964 copyright protection61PENANAc1iW0BCY4i 維尼
“Same place Daniyal got shot the first time — saving someone who betrayed him.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAjMkYgSsyOy 維尼
Alishba blinked.8964 copyright protection61PENANA64Sc0h7Y2e 維尼
“You knew him?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAMzOI9l2kV4 維尼
“I trained with him.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA2fkkIjm4DR 維尼
Reyan stepped in. “You said he was an asset. He chose it.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAQNtKp0oV9P 維尼
“He did,” Zahra replied. “But he didn’t know what they’d turn him into.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAKWBqSscDrZ 維尼
A pause.8964 copyright protection61PENANAdnX4yeDcMk 維尼
Then she said something neither of them expected:8964 copyright protection61PENANAXHOYKnxR4C 維尼
“He’s trying to escape now.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAbBBRyF5v3n 維尼
Alishba’s breath caught.8964 copyright protection61PENANAJVrB1Vqevl 維尼
“What?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAewRaxdzmPv 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 protection61PENANAqRiEvhB2bw 維尼
Her voice dropped.8964 copyright protection61PENANAsNCFNwJW35 維尼
“He doesn’t know who he is anymore. But he remembers you.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAJXDyFlEhI0 維尼
Alishba sat down hard, like the weight of that sentence had knocked the ground from under her.8964 copyright protection61PENANANuDsb8dZ8i 維尼
Zahra rose.8964 copyright protection61PENANAH1qkTWPNsV 維尼
“I’ve done my part. What you do with this is up to you.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAJaiK7sHRJx 維尼
Then she walked toward the door.8964 copyright protection61PENANAslDMh88ZUu 維尼
Stopped.8964 copyright protection61PENANA9DCoRT7gQg 維尼
Turned to Reyan.8964 copyright protection61PENANAe6RvlTBlnz 維尼
“Be careful. There’s one more name on that list. And it isn’t just Daniyal’s or yours.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAUNPdULeu9x 維尼
Reyan stiffened.8964 copyright protection61PENANATAIjrHXBqN 維尼
Zahra looked straight at him.8964 copyright protection61PENANAXBPxJz3GbB 維尼
“It’s hers.”8964 copyright protection61PENANATUbA5smyHG 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 protection61PENANAiZhXsRjh7w 維尼
On the highway out of Lahore, Alishba kept her eyes on the horizon.8964 copyright protection61PENANAdpXO5T6rDi 維尼
“You ever been to Thal?” she asked.8964 copyright protection61PENANACNFvbywAEW 維尼
“Yes.”8964 copyright protection61PENANA7z0JtxzrKB 維尼
“Desert seems fitting.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAEIUey9sNP5 維尼
“For what?”8964 copyright protection61PENANAx1HBIXsfYJ 維尼
She looked at him sideways.8964 copyright protection61PENANA0pXnHpObcV 維尼
“For a place where everything burns.”8964 copyright protection61PENANAKqg1t62Pf0 維尼
He didn’t reply.8964 copyright protection61PENANAo66rT4BWHZ 維尼
Because he knew she was right.8964 copyright protection61PENANA99MYtQyiMd 維尼
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