Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Xyla Quest was rather fond of Rachel Wood, despite not spending much time with her before.

They got along quite well when they met. Xyla hoped nothing had happened to her.

"Look, Rachel was crying when she wrote this letter. I don't know if you've noticed, but here's a tear mark," Xyla said, pointing to a faint smudge on the letter. "What does this mean? It means she was reluctant to leave you and possibly forced to do so."

Sebastian Brenand immediately grabbed the letter to scrutinize it.

Indeed, he managed to see the tear mark under the light.

At that point, he became extremely upset as he found Xyla's analysis made sense.

His parents must have forced Rachel to leave him. That was the better scenario.

In another, Rachel could be locked up somewhere or worse.

The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt. His knees were so weak, he might fall at any second.

gently touched his arm. "These are all just my guesses. Perhaps, your parents only made her leave. They might not have

only saying that you should check with them just in case. You wouldn't want

nodded. "Yes,

to look at her husband, she told him, "Honey, help Sebastian out. Tell your people to find

Stanley Batton nodded. "Okay."

Zack Cassidy to tell

a sullen expression as he

apart from when Rachel's life was in danger He couldn't imagine what would become of him

were to part

I are hypothetical circumstances. Rachel might have left for other reasons, too. Anyway, nothing is certain until the investigation is

likely suspects for Rachel's departure, but nothing is concrete without collecting any

one thing, but forming a conclusion

deep breath before smiling bitterly. "Yeah, but I am convinced it must

than my parents, there's no other reason why Rachel would

his eyes filled with tears again. Lifting his head, he tried

stood up weakly. "Is there anything else you