Chapter 29. A Fair Warning

AIDAN

Whatever device was placed under my car had a lifeline, and however long that was, it had started counting down already.

Beads of sweat formed across my head, but I didn’t dare release my hands from my deathly grip on the steering wheel in an attempt to wipe it off as I sat frozen on the spot.

“Think, Aidan, think!” I bit out, racking my brain.

The steady beep kept going, and the seconds kept counting down.

Taking deep breaths to calm myself, I put two and two together.

It was most likely an explosive, and disabling it was out of the question. I couldn’t exactly call for help as I didn’t know how much time I had, and for my safety, I had to assume that the slightest movement would trigger the explosive to go off.

I looked around me and exhaled a small breath when I realized that the area where I had parked was farther away from where people walked through.

It boiled down to this.

“No one else is close by, so nobody e