CHAPTER 58

Axel slowly rose from his position to let Donald take a look.

"It's a bomb alright."

"Is it timed?" Axel asked tersely.

Donald nodded. "We have less than twenty minutes. Check the doors."

Axel walked to the door and tried opening it. "It's locked from outside."

"Let me call Jubril. Check the windows."

Axel climbed the bed and opened the window. "It's been sealed off. Why didn't we notice that the house was a trap?"

"We were too tired."

Donald lifted a finger when Jubril picked up and informed him of their situation.

"Half an hour? That's too long. We have to find another way." Jubril said something and he crouched by the trapdoor. "Yes, I think we can lift it out in time… What? No… It looks like it was designed to take out just the house… You think that would work? Yes, yes... Alright. Get the men ready for us."

Donald hung up and sighed. "Let's hope any movement at all doesn't detonate it."

Axel went down on his knees. "On three?"

Donald took a deep breath and nodded. "If it goes off