All Her Secrets

“Great job, boss!”

“Boss, you’re the best in the world!”

Ronin, Catherine’s biggest fan, sat in front of the computer, cheering and watching the surveillance footage of Catherine defeating the gang of thugs. He was completely absorbed in

Suddenly, the feed stopped!

Immediately realizing something was wrong, Ronin tried adjusting the settings, but the screen remained black.

This was a new experience for him. No one had ever found out about his hacking skills before, especially not a basic surveillance system in an entertainment venue.

Ronin’s first thought was that Joseph had discovered their tracking and shut down the surveillance.

Without wasting a moment, he notified Catherine.

Ronin: [Boss, the situation’s changed. The surveillance feed went down. Joseph might be onto us. Need backup?]

After Catherine read the message, she replied briefly with one word: [No.]

Capturing Joseph didn’t push her abilities to the limit. She didn’t think she needed backup or extra help.

be in one of these private rooms, with no

all the exits. Even if Joseph could disable the bar’s internal surveillance, it would be very unlikely for him to

slowing down to use her exceptional hearing and locate Joseph

the private rooms were soundproofed, she could still hear any faint sounds from

heard Joseph’s voice, she could remember

she caught a familiar voice. Halting in her tracks, she subtly moved closer to the private room on

crease formed on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly,

was no one behind her, as though

on the quiet corridor, a

disappeared quickly, almost like it was never

other end of the corridor, around

in the corner, wearing

engaging with others, he had never experienced being apprehended. This was the first

situation and concealed himself in the

was

by the unfolding situation, he eagerly anticipated the girl’s remarkable

before refocusing on the private room she had

the person following