Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"She was talking before she suddenly died. The pathologist is here to investigate the cause of her death," Zack Cassidy told them.

Nobody had expected things to end that way.

Sharon Lindt, Xyla Quest, and Stanley Batton all wore shocked expressions.

"Let me know when you find out," Stanley said before hanging up.

"She died just like that. After hurting us so badly, it seems too easy on her," Xyla lamented, still wishing she could shred Betty Starmount to pieces.

Her shocking death wasn't enough to appease her. She wanted to question Betty about the location of that nine-tailed demon fox, but now that plan was ruined. Perhaps, this was all pre-determined as everything happened by fate.

Xyla couldn't have her way just because she wanted it.

She probably wouldn't find the nine-tailed demon fox until it executed its plan, but she wasn't about to give up.

She wanted to change her fate, not allowing anything like her father's tragedy to happen again.

It was the only time she would ever experience losing a loved one.

Meanwhile, Yaksha also had a shocked look in his eyes.

He hadn't expected this, either.

He immediately took a step back upon hearing the news. "The clue is gone," Yaksha grumbled as he let out a long, helpless sigh.

"She died so suddenly. Could the nine-tailed demon fox have shown up? But then, it was injured badly, so it couldn't possibly resurface so soon. "Could it be -?" he added but then stopped himself.

Xyla frowned as she looked at him. "What is it? What do you suspect?"

"Perhaps the demon fox didn't offer her the cure after poisoning her? Could that be why she died?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" she questioned.

that she would do things for it, threatening to let her die if

that she had done everything according to his plan and exposed herself, she's no longer needed. That's why she wasn't given the cure, resulting in

To Xyla, it sounded like the things

if Betty had been forced to do the things she did, Xyla would never forgive her or

if she was

this is only a guess. We'll have to wait for the autopsy results," he

Xyla nodded.

Stanley, and Sharon in the ward. They didn't want anyone else finding out about the various mystical elements in recent events,

knew, it was

that Xyla wasn't in the right frame

see the children

a reliable person, but he tended to drunkenly

rest didn't dare to

took part in the plan

staff were all

dusk, Betty's autopsy report confirmed that she had been poisoned with enterotoxin, a kind of poison that would

a cure within a short time unless Betty were to take a pill every month

at the scene of the crime. Apart from the traces of poison, he

***

week later, Xyla gradually healed as her wound recovered well, and she was allowed to

and becoming better

the important

Jeremy Quest's funeral with Xyla observing the entire process through a

***

month later, Xyla was finally able to return home

Wilson Batton, Ron Batton,

Sebastian Brenand, Rachel Wood,

Gary Lakes, Henry Armstrong,

Georgie Clementine, Josh Batton,

for her when she