Lahat ng Kabanata ng Apocalypse: My Husband's Stepbrother Is The 001 Commader: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

Chapter 31Veyra’s POVI returned home later than I had expected, and the moment I stepped through the door, I looked around for Zuri.Usually, she would hear the sound of the door opening and come running toward me, already talking about something that had happened during the day, but this time the house was strangely quiet, and I could not see her anywhere in the sitting room.“Zuri?” I called as I dropped my bag on the table.There was no answer.I frowned and looked toward the stairs before walking farther into the house, thinking she might be upstairs in her room, but when I reached the first floor, her door was open and the room was empty.“Zuri?” I called again, this time louder.Still nothing.I checked the bathroom, the small room where she sometimes sat with her books, and even the balcony where she liked to stand when she wanted to watch the people moving around outside, but she was nowhere.A strange feeling began to settle in my chest.I went back downstairs and found one

Chapter Thirty ThreeVeyra’s POVI arrived at the Defense Center earlier than usual, but the moment I stepped through the main entrance, I knew I was not the only one who had been waiting for this day.Several senior officials were already gathered in the main meeting hall, and guards stood quietly around the entrance while members of the Defense System moved through the building with serious expressions on their faces. Everyone seemed to know that today was different from every other day because, after all the arguments and discussions of the past few days, the final decision about who would become the Head of Defense was finally going to be made.I walked into the meeting hall without saying much and took my seat.Astra was already there.She sat across from me with a calm expression, looking completely prepared for what was about to happen. She did not look nervous, and she did not seem worried about the decision at all, which made me wonder if she was already certain that the posi

Chapter 35Veyra’s POVWhen we got home, Zuri was the first person to run toward us.She had been waiting for us, and the moment she saw Cairos, her face lit up as she rushed into his arms. He caught her easily and held her close, listening as she immediately started telling him everything that had happened at the Defense Center.“Uncle Cairos, Mum gave Aunty Astra the position!”I looked at him carefully, waiting for his reaction.Cairos only looked at Zuri for a moment before his eyes moved to me.“You did?”I nodded.“Yes.”Zuri smiled happily.“I told Mum she should give it to her because Aunty Astra saved me, and Mum listened to me.”Cairos did not say anything.His expression remained calm, but I knew him well enough to notice the change in his eyes.Zuri continued talking, completely unaware of the tension between us.“Aunty Astra is going to be the Head of Defense now, and Mum said she was stepping down.”“I know,” Cairos replied quietly.After a few more minutes, Zuri finally

Chapter 37 — Someone Else’s FamilyHer POV By the time I returned home that evening, I felt as though I had spent the entire day carrying a weight that no one else could see.My first day back at the Defense Center as an ordinary employee had been worse than I had expected, and even though I had tried to convince myself that it did not matter, every small thing that happened there had stayed in my mind. I had spent five years walking into that building as its Head, giving orders, making decisions, and having people come to me whenever something went wrong, but today I had sat at a small desk among people who once worked under me while they sent me from one place to another as though those five years had never happened.I did not want to think about it anymore.All I wanted was to come home, see Zuri, see Cairos, and forget everything that had happened.I opened the door quietly and stepped inside.I had barely taken two steps when I heard laughter coming from the living room.I stopp

Chapter 39Veyra’s POVI stayed in my room for a long time after Astra left, staring at the same spot on the floor while her words kept playing in my head.You are not needed here anymore.I hated that those words had gotten to me, but no matter how many times I told myself that Astra was only trying to hurt me, I could not completely silence the doubt she had planted inside me.Maybe I really had stayed too long.Maybe I had already lost my place in this house without realizing it.I had given up my position at the Defense Center, watched people who once respected me treat me like an ordinary employee, and then come home to see Astra sitting comfortably beside Cairos and Zuri as if she had always belonged there.I had tried to convince myself that none of it mattered, but deep down, it did.I could not keep waking up every morning feeling like a stranger in the place I once considered my home.I wiped my face and slowly stood from the bed.I had made my decision.I was leaving.I did