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.

to be

cameras at all the exits. Even if Joseph 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 Joseph based on

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

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

caught a familiar voice. Halting in her tracks, she

crease formed on Catherine’s forehead. Abruptly, she

her, as though nothing had

Catherine fixed her eyes on the quiet corridor, a small smile appearing in her sharp

almost like it was

end of the

the corner,

had never experienced being apprehended. This was the first instance of such an

swiftly anticipated the situation and

second daughter was undeniably extraordinary

he eagerly anticipated the

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

the person