He slammed a hand hard on the table and she jumped at his annoyance: “You don't have time. The mercenaries are threatening to blow up our water source in 36 hours if we don't give them the answers." He punctuated the seriousness of the sentence with a shriek of frustration so that she could understand the meaning of it without question.
Silence fell between them and for a few seconds Tanya stared at him. “What do you mean threatening you? What am I missing here?" Her eyes darted between Dirk and Patrick, demanding answers. She noticed Dirk's shoulders sagging as if he was carrying a weight for so long that he simply gave in under it.
“If the underground lake is blown up, we are looking at another major incident." Dirk explained to her, avoiding her eyes briefly, before he softly said, “F
