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

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

from one private room to another, intentionally slowing down to use her exceptional hearing and locate Joseph based on his

hearing skills, trained since she was young. Even if the private rooms were soundproofed, she could still

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

she caught a familiar voice. Halting

crease formed on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she halted her steps and swiftly spun

no one behind her, as though

eyes on the quiet corridor, a small smile appearing in

disappeared quickly, almost like it was never

of the corridor,

in the corner, wearing a mischievous

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

situation and concealed himself in the

Swanns’ second daughter was

unfolding situation, he eagerly anticipated the girl’s remarkable

before refocusing on the private room she had discovered

disregarded the person following