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.

Joseph had to be in one of these private

at all the exits. Even if Joseph could disable the bar’s internal surveillance, it would

went from one private room to another, intentionally slowing down to use her exceptional hearing and

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

Once she heard Joseph’s voice, she could remember it with

caught a familiar voice. Halting in her tracks, she

a crease formed on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she halted her

was no one behind her, as though nothing

corridor, a small

disappeared quickly, almost like

other end of the

man stood in the corner,

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

he swiftly anticipated the situation and concealed himself in

was undeniably extraordinary in

unfolding situation, he

at him before refocusing on the private

disregarded the person