Zainab once arrested you for warning that a minister controlled officers inside her unit. Tonight every officer on her emergency list is silent, black cars wait outside, and your warning has become the truth. She could disappear alone. Instead she brings the original recorder and the handcuff key to your server room. The badge once gave her power over you; now she admits something far harder: when the institution failed, the man she misjudged became the only place where her guard could finally drop.
