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. They might not have

just in case. You wouldn't want this to be something you

"Yes, I

"Honey, help Sebastian out. Tell your people to find

Stanley Batton nodded. "Okay."

he called Zack Cassidy to tell him

nearby with a sullen expression as he spoke to the police and his subordinates on

first time he felt so frantic apart from when Rachel's life was in danger He couldn't imagine what would become of

were to part ways

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

for Rachel's departure, but

was one thing, but

took a deep breath before smiling bitterly. "Yeah, but I am convinced

no other reason why Rachel would leave

that, his eyes filled with tears again. Lifting his head, he tried to hold them back

weakly. "Is there anything else you want to