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.

to be in one of these

disable the bar’s internal surveillance, it would be very unlikely for him to destroy the

room to another, intentionally slowing down to use her

amazing hearing skills, trained since she was young. Even if the private rooms were soundproofed, she could still hear any faint sounds

had an extraordinary memory. Once she heard

private room, where she caught a familiar voice. Halting in

Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she halted her steps

was no one behind her, as though nothing

on the quiet corridor,

quickly, almost

the other end of

stood in the corner, wearing a

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

anticipated the situation and

Swanns’ second daughter was

situation, he eagerly anticipated the girl’s remarkable

refocusing on the private room she had

disregarded the