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.

her so that she

to his plan and exposed herself, she's no longer needed. That's why she wasn't given the cure, resulting in her death. "Perhaps, it is also possible that the nine-tailed fox was too

Xyla, it sounded like the things

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

even if she was

guess. We'll have to wait

Xyla nodded.

left, leaving Xyla, Stanley, and Sharon in the ward. They didn't want anyone else finding out about the various mystical elements in recent events, so they didn't allow Wilson Batton and

Wilson knew, it was the police who

an excuse that Xyla wasn't in the right frame of mind

the children

tended to drunkenly ramble on about

the rest didn't dare to tell

took part in the plan to

staff were all instructed

that she had been poisoned with enterotoxin, a kind of poison that would cause a person's

not have a cure within a short time unless

at the scene of the crime. Apart from the traces of

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wound recovered well, and she was allowed to

becoming better looking, their skin

Xyla had recovered and the important matters were resolved,

funeral with Xyla

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to return home with her children after being discharged from

Wilson Batton, Ron Batton,

Sebastian Brenand, Rachel Wood,

Gary Lakes, Henry Armstrong,

Georgie Clementine, Josh Batton,

Annabeth Cates were alDwaiting for her