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Chapter 5 - “Anaconda Within”

Yousef soared into the golden sky, watching his family from above.

He descended quietly into the garden and returned to his human form, standing at a distance, gazing at the window overlooking the living room. Inside, Sarah and Dr. Yaqoub were in a state of panic, exchanging anxious words after discovering his disappearance from the hospital.

Yousef watched them in silence, his eyes filled with longing and regret, but his heart beat with an unrelenting storm.

As he was lost in thought, he felt something small touch his pinky finger.

Startled, his body tensed—until he turned and saw the face of his little daughter, Huda.

Eva (innocently, with longing):

– Daddy… I missed you.

He looked at her in shock, then knelt and pulled her tightly into his arms, kissing her forehead as if reviving his weary soul.

Meanwhile, Sarah was still speaking with Yaqoub when the nanny rushed in, her face pale with fear:

– Eva is missing!

Sarah panicked and, along with Yaqoub, ran to search every corner of the garden—until they found her standing before Yousef, smiling and holding his hand.

Sarah's eyes widened, her heartbeat racing. She shouted with repressed anger:

– Take her inside immediately!

She ordered the nanny to take the child, then stared coldly at Yousef.

He didn't move. He simply stared back at her for a few seconds, as if carrying a lifetime of unspoken blame in his eyes. Then, suddenly… he ran.

Sarah rushed after him, a small weapon in hand. She fired a warning shot into the sky.

Yousef stopped and slowly turned his head.

Sarah (shouting to Yaqoub):

– Tie him to that tree!

Yaqoub hesitated for a moment, then approached and tied Yousef to the tree trunk with ropes, avoiding his gaze.

Sarah (screaming bitterly):

– I hate you…! You don't deserve to live!

Yaqoub (trying to calm her):

– Calm down… Screaming won't help.

Yousef (in a quiet, scornful voice):

– I don't know why you hate me… but you're disgusting…

Before he could finish his sentence, Yaqoub lunged at him and struck him hard. Yousef's body jolted, blood spilling from his mouth.

He didn't realize he had awakened the beast within.

Sarah (now calmer):

– Stop, Yaqoub… I need to bring the documents for him to sign.

She hurried inside the house. But when she returned…

Her face froze.

Yousef was gone.

And Yaqoub… was lying on the ground, groaning in pain.

Sarah rushed to him:

– What happened?!

Yaqoub murmured weakly, his face pale:

– A… an anaconda…

In the heart of the forest, far from human eyes, Yousef—now in the form of a massive anaconda—slithered toward the home of the girl who once saved him: Judy.

He approached and saw a group of men harassing her in front of her house.

Pain and fury erupted within him… and he struck!

He crushed the first man until the sound of breaking bones filled the air—then swallowed him whole.

The second was suffocated in his coils until he drew his last breath.

As for the rest? They fled in terror, never looking back.

He stopped before Judy.

But when she lifted her head and saw him… she gasped, her body trembling violently.

Her eyes widened, her limbs froze—and then…

She collapsed unconscious from sheer terror.

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