Yousef soared into the golden sky, watching his family from above.
He descended quietly into the garden, then shifted back into his human form, standing at a distance, gazing toward the window overlooking the living room. Inside, Sarah and Dr. Yaqoub were in a state of panic, exchanging words in deep concern after discovering his disappearance from the hospital.
Yousef watched them in silence, his eyes brimming with longing and regret, yet his heart pounding with an unyielding storm. As he was lost in his silent vigil, he felt something small touch his pinky finger. He flinched, his body tensing, but when he turned, he found the face of his little daughter, Huda, before him.
Eva (with innocence and longing):
— Daddy… I missed you.
Stunned, he knelt and embraced her tightly, pressing a kiss to her forehead as though breathing life back into his weary soul.
At that moment, Sarah was still speaking to Yaqoub when the nanny rushed in, her face pale, voice trembling with fear:
— Eva is missing!
Sarah froze, then ran with Yaqoub to search every corner of the garden—until they found her standing in front of Yousef, smiling, her tiny hand clutching his.
Sarah's eyes widened, her heartbeat racing. She shouted with restrained fury:
— Take her inside, now!
She ordered the nanny to take the child away, then looked at Yousef with a cold, unyielding gaze. He didn't move—only stared back for a few seconds, his eyes carrying the weight of years of silent reproach. Then, suddenly… he ran.
Sarah dashed after him, a small weapon in her hand. She fired a warning shot into the sky.
Yousef stopped and slowly turned his head.
She shouted to Yaqoub:
— Tie him to that tree!
Yaqoub hesitated for a moment before stepping forward, binding Yousef to the trunk with rope, avoiding his gaze.
Sarah (yelling bitterly):
— I hate you… You don't deserve to live!
Yaqoub (trying to calm her):
— Calm down… Shouting won't help.
Yousef (his voice quiet but dripping with contempt):
— I don't even know why you hate me… but you're filthy…
Before he could finish, Yaqoub lunged forward and struck him hard. Yousef's body jerked, blood spilling from his mouth.
He didn't realize—he had awakened the sleeping beast within.
Sarah (her voice calmer now):
— Stop, Yaqoub… I need to get the papers from inside for him to sign.
She rushed into the house. But when she returned… she froze.
Yousef was gone.
And Yaqoub lay on the ground, groaning in pain.
Sarah (rushing to him):
— What happened?!
Yaqoub muttered weakly, his face pale:
— A… anaconda…
— — —
Deep in the forest, far from human eyes, Yousef slithered in the form of a massive anaconda, heading toward the home of a girl who had once saved his life—Judy.
As he approached, he saw a group of men harassing her outside her house.
Pain and rage roared inside him… and he struck!
He coiled around the first man until the sound of snapping bones echoed, then swallowed him whole.
The second he constricted until he breathed his last.
The rest? They fled without looking back.
He stopped in front of Judy.
But as soon as she lifted her head and saw him, she gasped—her whole body trembling.
Her eyes widened, her limbs froze… then—
She collapsed unconscious from sheer terror