Scene 1
A Heavy Night – In Front of the Chalet
The security car stopped in front of the chalet with a faint screech, as if it, too, feared what lay beyond.
Faheem, Raad, and Ghaith stepped out slowly, their footsteps dragging across the gravel as though the ground itself refused to welcome them. The coastal night was suffocatingly dark; the cold wind from the sea carried with it the stench of blood, salt... and death.
Faheem moved forward cautiously, glancing at the others before pushing the main door open.
The hinges groaned—a low, pained sound that sliced through the silence.
The beam of his flashlight swept across the living room floor... and all three men froze.
Alaa and Sherif still lay sprawled on the tiles, their bodies slick with dried blood that had pooled beneath them. The
