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

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

said made sense. To Xyla, it sounded

the things she did, Xyla

even if she

guess. We'll have to

Xyla nodded.

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

Wilson knew, it was the police who

an excuse that Xyla wasn't in the right frame

couldn't see the children even if they

a reliable person, but he tended to drunkenly ramble

rest didn't dare to

took part in the plan to keep everything

staff were all instructed

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

have a cure within a short time unless

more clearly, resulting in him checking out Betty's body at the scene of the crime. Apart from the

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recovered well, and she was allowed to get

also improving and becoming better

and the important matters were

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

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Xyla was finally able to return home

Wilson Batton, Ron Batton,

Sebastian Brenand, Rachel Wood,

Gary Lakes, Henry Armstrong,

Georgie Clementine, Josh Batton,

alDwaiting for her