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Chapter 105 Sharing The News
The morning after dinner with Ibtihal's family, Shihab sat alone in his quarters, the satellite phone in his hand. His heart was full, his mind racing with the joy of the previous night. But there was one more call he needed to make. One more conversation that would make everything real.He dialed the number and waited."Shihab?" His mother's voice came through, warm and curious. "You're calling early. Is everything alright?""Everything is perfect, Mama," Shihab said, a smile spreading across his face. "I have news. Big news."There was a pause, then a rustling sound. He could imagine her sitting up straighter, her eyes widening with anticipation. "Tell me.""I'm getting married," he said, the words feeling surreal on his tongue. "To Ibtihal. The engineer I told you about. I asked her father last night, and he said yes."Silence. Then a sound he hadn't heard in years—his mother's joyful cry, a sound of pure, unbridled happiness. He could hear her calling for Ayham in the background,
Chapter 104 Meeting Her Family
The satellite phone felt heavy in Shihab's hand as he dialed the number Ibtihal had given him. His heart pounded, his palms were sweaty, and for a moment, he considered hanging up and pretending this conversation had never happened. But then he thought of Ibtihal's smile, the way she had looked at him when she handed him the paper, and he found the courage to press the call button.The line crackled, then connected. A man's voice, deep and warm, answered. "Hello?""Hello," Shihab said, his voice steadier than he felt. "My name is Shihab. I'm... I'm a friend of Ibtihal's. She gave me this number."There was a pause, then a low chuckle. "Ah, Shihab. I've heard a lot about you. My daughter speaks very highly of you.""She's very kind," Shihab said. "I was wondering if I could come to visit. To meet you. And your family."Another pause, longer this time. Then the man said, "We would like that very much. How about tomorrow evening? We'll have dinner."Shihab agreed, his heart soaring, and
Chapter 103 Don't Mess Up
Shihab walked the perimeter of the Safe Zone, his hands clasped behind his back, his eyes scanning the horizon. The morning sun was warm, the sky clear, the air fresh. It was one of those rare days when the world felt almost normal, almost peaceful. He had been taking more of these walks lately, stepping back from the constant demands of leadership, allowing himself to simply exist.The wall was strong. The fields were green. The children's center was buzzing with activity. Everything he had fought for, everything he had bled for, was here. And yet, something was missing. He couldn't quite name it, but it gnawed at the edges of his thoughts, a quiet ache that wouldn't go away."Shihab!" Karam's voice called out from behind him.He turned to find Karam and Jawad approaching, their faces relaxed, their steps unhurried. They had been his brothers in arms for so long, through battles and losses and moments of impossible hope. Now they walked toward him with an almost mischievous glint in
Chapter 102 The Mysterious Complex
The creature in the cage was unlike anything Ibtihal had studied before. Its dark skin seemed to absorb light, its red eyes tracked movement with an intelligence that was unsettling. It didn't thrash or hiss like the others. It watched. It waited. It studied them as much as they studied it.Ibtihal worked around the clock, her lab cluttered with beakers and vials, her whiteboard covered in new equations. The creature's blood was different—darker, thicker, laced with a protein she had never seen before. It was as if the pathogen had evolved, adapting to the counteragent, finding a new way to survive."This is bad," Ibtihal said, her voice hollow. She stood before the whiteboard, her marker frozen mid-equation. "The counteragent works by blocking the protein that triggers the transformation. But these new creatures—they don't have that protein. They have something else. Something the counteragent can't touch."Shihab stood in the doorway, his arms crossed, his expression grim. "Then we
Chapter 101 Into The Future
The northern road was a wound in the earth, cracked and overgrown, lined with the skeletons of trees that had died long before the fall. Shihab drove in silence, his eyes fixed on the horizon, his hands steady on the wheel. Beside him, Jawad scanned the tree line, his rifle ready, his finger on the trigger. In the back, Karam monitored the radio, while Ibtihal studied her tablet, her brow furrowed in concentration."The settlement is about twenty kilometers ahead," Ibtihal said, breaking the silence. "According to Rashid, the creatures attacked from the east, using the forest for cover. They came at night, when visibility was low.""Then we set our trap in the forest," Shihab said. "Find a clearing, somewhere we can control the approach. Use the counteragent as bait.""And if they don't take the bait?" Karam asked."Then we find another way."---The forest was dark, the trees pressing close, their branches interlocking overhead. Shihab led the team through the underbrush, their foots
Chapter 100 The Return
The return to the Safe Zone was quiet, almost anticlimactic. The boat docked at the port, and the team drove through the ruins, the roads empty, the silence heavy. Shihab's mind was still on the island, on his mother's face, on Ayham's embrace. But as the walls of the Safe Zone appeared on the horizon, his focus shifted back to the present.The gates opened, and they drove through, past the guards, past the children playing in the courtyard, past the hospital where the wounded were recovering. The command post was waiting, its lights burning, its doors open.Jalal met them at the entrance, his expression grim. "We have a problem."Shihab's heart sank. "What kind of problem?""A group of survivors arrived this morning. They came from the north, from a settlement called Al-Mansour. They say a new kind of creature is attacking them—something we haven't seen before. Faster, smarter, more organized. They lost half their people before they could escape."Shihab exchanged a glance with Karam
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