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.

years of developing in Eskana, they’d amassed enough finance and

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

from Rodge’s side yet?” “Just wrapped up phase one.” Catherine wasn't thrilled with the outcome. However, in this experiment, they were the only ones globally

heard this,

Even the Hacker Alliance lab hasn't cracked their latest chip tech. Without these two crucial tools, how do we

hoped-for weapons still

was anxious, Catherine remained composed as the

the Swann Corporation. Letknow the minute anything pops up.” She had her hands full with the lab projects for

worry, Catherine. I'll keep

Breens’ business sprawled globally, with quite a

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

couldn't

news, he had scovert probing. Then

who didn’t appear for a long time, was now present

Now, he relocated all the

with Branden. Having

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

had heard quite a bit about Edson’s extravagant

lifestyle. He wanted to know Edson’s purpose