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

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

slowing down to use her exceptional hearing and locate

since she was young. Even if the private rooms were

heard Joseph’s

where she caught a familiar voice. Halting in her tracks, she subtly moved

formed on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she

no one behind her, as though nothing

fixed her eyes on the quiet corridor,

almost

other end of the corridor,

man stood in the corner,

years of engaging with others, he had never experienced being apprehended. This was the first instance of such an

the situation and concealed himself

was undeniably

unfolding situation, he eagerly anticipated the girl’s remarkable

refocusing on the private room she had discovered

the