All Her Secrets

Catherine casually picked up the phone and slipped on her headphones.

“Catherine, | got sfresh intel. You free to listen?” “Yeah,” Catherine grunted in response.

Ronin hadn't been hanging around Catherine much lately. Because Catherine had assigned him a task, and he went off to handle it.

Ever since they found out that the Breens had meddled with the Swann Corporation, they knew that trouble was on the horizon.

So Ronin took it upon himself to snoop around the Breens, and he finally unearthed sconfidential stuff.

“Catherine, fire up your computer!” Hearing Ronin’s words, Catherine powered up her laptop.

Soon, she received a file from Ronin. It was a medical diagnosis.

“Catherine, they're saying this diagnosis belongs to Shane. Seems like he’s sick.” Catherine scrutinized the report. Shane, that old fox, wouldn't just let his health report fall into anyone’s hands.

Even with Ronin’s intel, Catherine wasn’t jumping to conclusions. She scanned through and found nothing fishy, but she still felt suspicious and refrained from an immediate confirmation.

Unable to pinpoint any issues at the moment, Catherine ordered Ronin, Keep going.” “Got it!” Ronin’s tone grew serious. ” Catherine, | heard that the Breens know you're in Loxton. They're sending folks your way soon. We gotta be extra cautious!” x] Catherine remained composed. She replied with a chilly expression, “Let them come.” They could cif they wanted, but leaving wouldn't be their call.

Ronin understood Catherine's message. There was Loxton in Eskana, not the Breens’ place in Alton. The Breens wouldn't dare act recklessly here.

of developing in Eskana, they’d amassed enough finance

They needed

this experiment, they were the only ones globally

Ronin heard this, his

That's slow! Even the Hacker Alliance lab hasn't cracked their latest chip tech. Without these two crucial tools, how do we take on Shane?” To hold sway, they needed powerful

hoped-for weapons still unperfected,

anxious, Catherine remained composed as the key

meant to cwill come. Keep a close eye on Loxton and the Swann Corporation. Letknow the minute anything pops up.” She had her hands full with the lab projects for now,

I'll keep

with

their visits to inspect company affairs were part of the routine, but lately, their comings and goings had been

discreet movements, they couldn't

scovert probing. Then he passed the intel to

Duncan, the Breens’ folks seem unsettled lately.” Aidan, who didn’t appear for a long time, was now present at the

Aidan returned overseas. Now, he relocated all the Lanes’ assets back to

aimed at collaborating with Branden. Having returned to the country, he wanted

going on?” After Paxton glanced at Branden and saw no objection, he continued, “The Breens often send people periodically to work in Eskana, but this tit’s different. Shane's nephew, Edson, was sent. He spent a week in Casier and arrived in Loxton by plane last night. They opted for a commercial flight to keep things low-key.” Aidan chuckled softly and then said, ”

heard quite a bit about Edson’s extravagant and shocking

lifestyle. He wanted to