“Yeah, but we are not sure. There’s no guarantee they’ll return tomorrow. We’re just keeping an eye out,” Colonel Yusif replied.
Captain Najeeb nodded and said,
“Well then, I won’t spend the night here. I’m returning to Lagos today. Count me out.”
They all burst into laughter. Hajiya Azeema added jokingly,
“So we’re about to receive some very important guests then. The lion and the tiger are coming back. This time, I don’t know what kind of trouble they’ll bring. Only Allah knows how much blood might be spilled.”
The twins’ anxiety rose sharply. They were already sitting close to each other, tense and silent, their hearts pounding hard.
They were not the only ones. Fawan, Jabeer, Irfan, and the others also felt uneasy. To them, the arrival of their eldest brother was never a good sig
