Chapter 213

Dilshad and Farah asked about his health and well-being, their voices soft and careful, as though they were treading on fragile ground. The carefulness in their voices was a map of the fractures that had formed between them all. His mother had told him earlier that Farah had changed now, that the years and the pain had reshaped her somehow, especially after what he had put her through during those long, bitter months when everything between them had fractured beyond repair. Yet Moosa still did not trust Farah. Not completely. The old wounds lingered beneath the surface, and every polite word from her felt like it carried hidden weight. For now, though, his mind was running wild, spinning through endless possibilities and half-formed plans, all centered on one desperate goal: getting back Alizeh. With the revelation of her being Burhan’s wife, the whole situation had shifted dramatically, turning what he once saw as a straightforward rescue into something far more tangled and dangero