Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Rachel Wood never liked it when Sebastian Brenand drank when she was around.

He nearly quit drinking for Rachel's sake even though he enjoyed it.

He rarely touched alcohol if he could help it unless he was hanging out with friends.

Lately, however, he had been drinking nearly every day. Without the numbing effect of alcohol, he probably might have died from the pain in his heart.

For this very reason, Sebastian seemed to have gotten addicted to alcohol. He'd have panic attacks and feel out of breath whenever he stopped like nothing felt right.

Opening another bottle of red wine, he began drinking from the bottle. He used to drink red wine for the sake of enjoyment in the past, but now he thought of it as a way of venting out.

It didn't matter if the wine tasted fine or whether it aged well. All he cared about was to get drunk and forget for a while.

After finishing another bottle of wine, Sebastian tossed the bottle to the ground, breaking it into pieces.

However, he still wasn't drunk, his mind alert. He couldn't stop replaying the moments he shared with Rachel, wondering where she was and whether she was suffering. While thinking, he had another mental breakdown.

He leaned helplessly against the couch as he looked up at the luxurious ceiling and laughed bitterly.

Then, he began to cry, tears blurring his vision.

He genuinely believed that he would kill his parents if Rachel wasn't at their mercy, and he could afford to be reckless.

They went too far.

How could they do this to Rachel?

Where did they take her?

Why couldn't he and Stanley Batton find her despite doing everything they could with their vast resources and connections?

How did she disappear without a trace?

Although Sebastian was devastated, knowing that his family had kidnapped Rachel, he could only tell the police that she had run away from home.

needed

mother again, shouting into the phone directly when she answered. "Give Rachel back to

the first time I've ever met someone I loved. I

I supposed to live without her? Do

do you want me to do?

and I'll do anything apart from

else you want. All right? All

upset he was that he couldn't

couldn't take it anymore; he was going

was unaffected as usual

say, and marry Yvette tomorrow. Get ready. Go to bed earlier. If you show up late, I'll make sure you never see Rachel again." With that, his mother hung up without

if he

against

hearing

The wedding was tomorrow.

the top of his lungs, wanting to vent

over and over again in his mind, yet he still

It was truly suffocating.

closing, he knelt weakly

out at the gray sky. "God, Deities, whoever that

"Look at Rachel! Get my

go mad. I'm

his forehead to the floor repeatedly in a bow. It hurt, but he didn't

was nothing compared to

when his forehead began to bleed. He straightened and sat on the

caring? It's all a

haven't

himself

drank

and laughed bitterly.