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.

was a dead end. Joseph had to be in one of

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

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

she was young. Even if the

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

a familiar voice.

formed on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she

one behind her, as

her eyes on the quiet corridor, a small

quickly, almost like it was

other end of the corridor,

stood in the corner, wearing a mischievous

never experienced being

he swiftly anticipated the situation and concealed himself in

was undeniably extraordinary in

by the unfolding situation, he eagerly

glanced briefly at him before refocusing on the private room she had discovered

the