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.

a guess, but maybe the nine-tailed demon fox poisoned her so that she would do things for it, threatening to let

given the cure, resulting

it sounded like the things Betty

she did, Xyla

if she was

guess. We'll have to wait for

Xyla nodded.

some water for Xyla to wash her face. I'm going out for some fresh air." With that, Yaksha directly turned around and 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

far as Wilson knew, it was the

excuse that Xyla wasn't in

couldn't see the children even if they wanted

he tended to drunkenly ramble on about

and the rest didn't dare to tell him

Sharon also took part in the plan to keep

hospital staff were all instructed to keep the incident

that she had been poisoned with enterotoxin,

medical condition did not have a cure within a short time unless Betty were to take a pill

more clearly, resulting in him checking out Betty's body at the scene

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recovered well, and she was allowed to get out

children were also improving and becoming better looking, their skin even fairer than

and the important matters were resolved,

Quest's funeral with Xyla observing the entire process

***

month later, Xyla was finally able to return home with her children after being discharged

Wilson Batton, Ron Batton,

Sebastian Brenand, Rachel Wood,

Gary Lakes, Henry Armstrong,

Georgie Clementine, Josh Batton,

Cates were alDwaiting for