Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Sebastian Brenand was now sporting a messy, untrimmed beard, appearing exhausted.

He handed his letter over to Xyla Quest the moment he walked in. "Here, what did you want to tell me?"

With that, he promptly reached for a chair, placing it next to Xyla and Stanley Batton's bed before sinking down on it.

Xyla stayed in bed and directly opened Rachel Wood's letter, noticing a dried tear mark in the center of a red flower at the bottom right of the paper.

It was indicative of how heartbroken Rachel had been as she wrote this letter.

However, the mark was faint, so no one would notice it with a single glance.

Frowning deeply, she peered at Sebastian. "Before Rachel left, did anything happen between the two of you? Or did Rachel show any odd behavior?"

Sebastian shook his head. "No, everything was fine between us. We went shopping after leaving your place the other day, and then she asked me to take her out to a fancy place for dinner.

even gave

gone when I woke up in the morning. That's when I saw this letter by the bed," he recalled

she was being spontaneous, but now that I've considered it through, she was probably preparing to leave. That's

head to wipe the tears away before attempting to hold his

It didn't help.

with Rachel, they'd practically become

experienced the pain of losing Rachel once. He didn't

before she left?" Xyla

shook his head. "Not that I know of as I had been busy at work the day before yesterday. How was I supposed

sudden, he sprang to his feet as if something just occurred to him. "I know! It

case all along. Neither of

to return home. When I got there, she said she would introduce a girl to

I didn't have

that's when I mentioned leaving that