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.

alley was a dead end. Joseph had to be in

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

slowing down to use her exceptional hearing and locate Joseph

young. Even if the private rooms were

had an extraordinary memory. Once she heard Joseph’s voice, she could remember it with remarkable

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

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

was no one behind her,

the quiet corridor, a small

almost

end of the corridor, around the

the corner, wearing a mischievous

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

he swiftly anticipated the situation

Swanns’ second daughter was undeniably extraordinary in every

by the unfolding situation, he

refocusing on the private room she had discovered

disregarded the person following