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 these private rooms, with

could disable the bar’s internal surveillance, it would be very unlikely for

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

she was young. Even if the

heard Joseph’s voice,

voice. Halting in her

Abruptly, she halted her steps and

one behind her, as though nothing had

corridor,

almost like it was never

other end of

man stood in the

others, he had never experienced

anticipated the situation and concealed

second daughter was

situation, he

before refocusing on the private room she

the person following