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.

finance and power to counter the Breens in this

wasn’t a long-term solution. They needed something to

experiment, they were the only ones globally to have completed the first testing phase. They had already

this,

phase one? 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

weapons still unperfected, Ronin felt

Catherine remained

a close eye on Loxton and the Swann Corporation. Letknow the minute anything pops up.” She had her hands full with the lab

keep a tight watch,”

sprawled globally, with quite a

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

their discreet movements, they couldn't evade

Paxton received the news, he had scovert probing. Then he passed the intel

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

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

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

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

quite a bit about Edson’s extravagant and shocking

playboy’s lavish lifestyle. He wanted to