'I haven't seen Bryan since god knows when,' thought Milla.

Milla sighed as she looked across the ocean. She had been here for a couple of hours now, and she wasn't surprised that no one had come to look for her. After all, no one knew she would be here, unless of course Emma was looking for her.

"You ok?" came a voice behind her.

Milla spun around immediately going into her personal fighting stance. Her eyes going into slits.

She felt a hand on her shoulder and she immediately took the hand and flipped her so-called-attacker onto his back, on the ground.

"Ouch... you know you should check who it is before you kill them."

"You shouldn't have crept up on me like that," she replied her eyes still in their cat form, and glancing coldly at Ray.

"Apparently not," replied Ray.

Milla relaxed from her crouching position over Ray and stood up.

"You were saying?" asked Milla, an eyebrow raised in a look of complete annoyance.

"You looked pretty... depressed?... when you left."

"I was remembering someone, that's all."

"Who?" asked Ray, getting up and dusting himself off.

"It doesn't concern you," said Milla, turning her face away from Ray to hide a tear.

"If it makes you this upset it is my concern," said Ray, tilting her face toward his, he used his thumb to wipe away a tear.

"Tell me," Ray said softly.

"You wouldn't understand," she whispered, taking her face from his soft hands.

"Try me."

"It's my brother," she whispered, closing her eyes.

"Tell me about him," said Ray.

"You already know him."

Ray didn't look all that surprised.

"You're not really who you are..."

"No... My name is not Lang, I just use that no and then, but you probably already know that anyway."

Ray smiled lightly.

"You tried so hard to lie about yourself. I mean, it was pretty obvious who you were in the hospital. On top of that, I had heard about you earlier."

"How?"

"Bryan. After everything at the world championships, we bumped into each other. After him nearly killing he asked me that if I ever met someone by the name of Milla Lang or Mill Kuznetsov to tell her that her brother is waiting for his letter."

"He spoke to you?"

"Not really, Tala gave me the message and said it was from Bryan."

"You know about Emma as well?"

"Yeah, but I don't know a lot."

"So the abbey? It's gone?"

"You could say that," smiled Ray. "You come here often?"

"Yeah, it helps me think. It's just so...."

"Peaceful," interrupted Ray.

"Yeah."

Milla smiled as she wiped away her remaining tears. "You want me to go?" asked Ray.

"No... I mean if you want to stay you can," said Milla.

"Well, since it's getting dark, it would be a pleasure to escort you back to the hotel."

Milla smiled and sniffled. "Yeah, why not?"

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