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.

Xyla slowly got out of bed and gently touched his arm. "These are all just my guesses. Perhaps, your parents only made her leave.

saying that you should check with them just in case. You wouldn't want this to be something you

"Yes,

"Honey, help Sebastian out. Tell your people

Stanley Batton nodded. "Okay."

he called Zack Cassidy to

Sebastian sat nearby with a sullen expression as he

from when Rachel's life was in danger

part

Rachel might have left for other reasons,

most likely suspects for Rachel's

thing, but forming

bitterly. "Yeah, but I

my parents, there's no other

his eyes filled with tears again. Lifting his head, he tried to hold them back to no

stood up weakly. "Is there anything else you want to tell