The Hidden Threat

"If you're not done hugging the floor, feel free to stay," Maeve joked.

As she spoke, she stretched lazily like nothing had happened at all, and casually walked out. That cocky, nonchalant manner stunned everyone present.

The expected explosion never happened. The bomb squad members watched Maeve's departing figure, then whipped their heads around—only to see the defused bomb, its countdown frozen