Chapter 31

Rena turned out to be a very pleasant and rather chatty person. Even more surprising was that Rena, who was Zaya’s colleague at the library, was none other than the woman Zaya had met at the mosque a few days earlier, when Zaya first arrived in the city of Izmir with Arash.Yes, Rena was that woman. The one who had offered to help Zaya at the mosque back then. Unfortunately, Rena didn’t recognise Zaya when they met for the second time in this library. So it was Zaya who had to greet Rena first.“You’re the new staff member, aren’t you?” Rena asked Zaya.Zaya gasped and turned around. She saw Rena, whom she recognised, and immediately smiled. Zaya also stood up immediately to greet Rena and extended her hand first towards the girl.“You were at the mosque yesterday for the dawn prayer in congregation, weren’t you?” said Zaya.Rena furrowed her brow and looked back at Zaya, glancing alternately at the girl’s hand that remained outstretched before her.“You… are the veiled girl who was w

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Chapter 32

Unbeknownst to Zaya, who had been on the phone with Arash in one of the library’s corridors. In fact, Rena was already there, listening in and keeping an eye on Zaya to find out the true nature of her relationship with Arash. This was in line with her actual main task in the library.Indeed, Rena, who had been friends with Zaya since yesterday, was an FBI informant, planted directly by the FBI to keep a constant watch on Zaya.The presence of both Zaya and Arash in the city of Izmir was indeed a particular concern for the FBI. Especially for Andrew, who had already identified the city as one of the most important locations in tracking and ensuring the success of their mission. All the more so after it became known that Andrew was not at their main headquarters, and that one of Arash’s men, who had been captured by the FBI, had also been abducted by unknown parties.“Are you sure… that Arash will follow that woman wherever she goes?” John asked Andrew.“I’ve noticed an unusual connecti

Last Updated : 2026-05-09

Chapter 33

Although Zaya was unaware that Rena was following her from behind to meet Arash, it was actually the man who first noticed the woman following Zaya from the moment she left the library that afternoon.Yes, Arash was standing outside the library where Zaya worked, even though they had agreed to meet elsewhere. For some reason, Arash wanted to keep an eye on Zaya, whom he believed would be taking public transport from the library to the mosque.And it was then that Arash noticed the girl moving in a very suspicious manner.He almost rang Zaya to tell her there was a suspicious person and to ask her to report it to the police. But then he realised that the girl was very close to Zaya, leading him to assume she had other intentions towards Zaya, and Arash felt he shouldn’t act rashly by telling Zaya before he knew exactly what the nature of their relationship was at that moment.Arash simply kept watching Zaya and followed the city bus the girl had boarded towards their meeting place. Mea

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Chapter 34

Just as Arash had told Zaya. After finishing lunch, Arash took Zaya shopping. Yes, shopping.But not for designer clothes or anything like that, because Arash was convinced that someone like Zaya wouldn’t wear the sort of clothes, bags or shoes that other women out there wore. So Arash took Zaya first to a large supermarket in the city of Izmir.Oh yes, that’s right. They had a bit of an argument because Zaya flatly refused Arash’s offer to go shopping this time.As a woman, she never wanted to rely on just anyone. Especially not a foreign man like Arash, who had only been her friend for a few days.“What do you mean, shopping?” Zaya asked back.“Well, shopping, of course, Zaya. Buying rice, cooking oil and other household essentials. Along with bread and wheat flour, if you want to make bread later at home. Oh yes, you have an oven there, don’t you? Is it provided or not?” asked Arash, still looking down as he focused on the food he was chewing in his mouth.Zaya fell silent and turn

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Chapter 35

Andrew had received further information regarding Shahnaz, who, it turned out, was connected to a lawyer from a private practice. Strangely, this lawyer was not one of the high-profile solicitors typically employed by politicians or other prominent figures.And surprisingly, it turned out that this lawyer was not only connected to Shahnaz, but had previously been closely associated with Ekram Adolf.John bent over as he finished changing the bandage on his stomach, the wound from the shot Arash had fired the last time they met, a few days ago in Izmir.“Why didn’t you just take it to a hospital or clinic, rather than treating it yourself and risking an infection?” said Andrew, wincing as he watched John treat the wound with whatever tools he had to hand.“You’re such a… I’ve told you, I need to know how they… the mafia over there… treat their wounds and manage to survive after our bullets go through them.” John continued to argue. “But it feels… really strange,” he said.“Why?” Andrew

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Chapter 36

“Thank you, sir. We’ll be in touch if you do happen to have that book,” said Zaya in a weary voice after receiving a reply from the owner of the tenth shop she had visited in the antique market area of Izmir that day.Just like Zaya, who had visited ten second-hand bookshops throughout the area, Arash was doing the same along a route on the opposite side. This meant they could cover more ground in a relatively short time.However, it would all be worth it if they managed to find even a glimmer of hope regarding the book they were currently searching for. Unfortunately, the more they searched for the book, the more they received almost identical responses.If not met with the reply, ‘Sorry… we don’t know,’ then they would be told, ‘Sorry… we’ve never heard of or seen a book like this.’ In fact, some bookshop owners even asked them in return, hoping they could provide information if they had the book, and where they could buy it so they could resell it.And all those answers left both o

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