Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Zack Cassidy's eyes opened wide, attentive and brimming with curiosity.

He slowly approached the wooden desk before holding onto the edge and looking straight into Stanley's eyes. "Is Xyla behaving oddly around you? What exactly do you mean by attitude changes? Is she being apathetic toward you? I can't believe this is actually happening to you."

Stanley's face darkened instantaneously.

Zack immediately realized that he had gone a bit too far. Clearing his throat, he took in a deep breath. He chose his next words carefully before whispering, "My apologies, Fifth Master. My words were chosen poorly."

This was true, as even Zack was surprised at how he simply blurted out everything that was on his mind.

He felt his scalp go numb.

"Do you crave death, Zack?" Stanley asked, each word more frigid than the last.

"I do not, Fifth Master..." Zack responded apprehensively.

"No, I'm pretty sure you do." Stanley glared at him, his frown almost overbearing.

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say a single word more. He hung his head and looked toward

of mine is having that experience, it's not a personal one. Apparently his girlfriend

hearing that, Zack could hardly stop himself from laughing aloud, but he somehow managed

hadn't heard of the 'this was my friend's experience'

knew

had not noticed. He asked Stanley solemnly, "So what you're saying is that your friend's girlfriend was originally nice to him... but now she's

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something to upset his girl. Since she's not saying anything directly, we can assume she's simply sulking. That would explain why her attitude toward you...r. Your friend changed," Zack

a few seconds. Try as he might, he

not been

his tone turned inquisitive once more. "What's the other

other possibility is that your g... Your friend's girl has a thing for someone else. If the love between your friend and his girl isn't mutual, it'll usually cause something... something like this to happen." Zack stuttered with dread as

face went

have fallen