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.

touched his arm. "These are all just my guesses. Perhaps,

should check with them just in case. You wouldn't

nodded. "Yes,

"Honey, help Sebastian out.

Stanley Batton nodded. "Okay."

called Zack Cassidy to tell him

Sebastian sat nearby with a sullen expression as he

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

to part ways

might have left for other reasons, too. Anyway, nothing is certain until the investigation is complete,"

the most likely suspects for Rachel's

but forming

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

other reason

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

weakly. "Is there anything else you