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

could disable the bar’s internal surveillance,

to another, intentionally slowing down to use her exceptional hearing and locate Joseph based on

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

extraordinary memory. Once she heard

reached the second-to-last private room, where she caught a familiar voice. Halting in her tracks, she subtly moved closer to the

on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she halted

behind her, as

fixed her eyes on the quiet corridor, a small

almost like it

end of the

in the corner,

he had never experienced being apprehended. This was

he swiftly anticipated the situation and concealed himself in the

Swanns’ second daughter was undeniably extraordinary

the unfolding situation, he eagerly

on the private room she had discovered moments

the person