"So tell me again?" asked Tala. "Are you saying that we have to stay here, with you?"

Robert looked un-amused. "You are so uncouth."

"Go get bent, jack ass," Milla snapped.

Robert sniffed and held his nose high in the air. "I refuse to live around such uncouth people."

"Don't get too happy, we would rather die than spend the rest of the year with you," replied Emma, gazing boredly at Johnny who was glancing at her every once in a while.

"You know what? I'm going to go sleep. When I wake up, I will call the old man and get ourselves moved away from these......... ruffians," Milla said haughtily.

Robert gasped and his lips narrowed and went pale. The guy could act so gay at times, I mean look at his wardrobe.

Milla got up and walked in the direction of the staircase. "If anyone bothers me, I'll be kicking their sorry ass to the other side of Russia," she snapped in Russian.

Tala snickered, Bryan smirked, and Ian had an evil glint in his eyes.

"I'm following," said their captain.

Bryan narrowed his eyes. "We're all going. If any one of you go near either of those girls, you're dead."

With that said, the team of Russians headed upstairs and found a room to sleep in.

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Tala growled possessively as he saw some guy walk towards Milla's room. This guy was really beginning to get annoying. He followed the guy silently.

"The Guy" knocked on her door.

"Is there a reason you've decided to bother........." she was cut off by the guy who shoved her into the room and closed the door behind him.

"So you're the new girl, eh?" asked the random who had just invaded her territory

Milla blinked. "Move your ass outta my room before I remove it personally."

"I'm Alex Kuminov," he introduced.

"Milla Kuznetsov," she replied.

Milla glanced at the guy in front of her. He had a mop of black hair that almost hid his magenta blue eyes. He was well built and wore a black jumper and pants with army boots.

"Bryan's sister," he said.

Milla blinked. "I'd like to go to bed."

Alex grinned. "Would you really?"

"Alone," replied Milla.

Alex nodded. "We need to talk......... later."

With that he walked away, out the door.

Five minutes later Tala walked in. "Did he hurt you?"

Milla grinned and walked over to Tala. "Do I look damaged?" she whispered.

Tala placed his hands around her small waist and pulled her towards him, burying his face in her neck, he nipped her.

Milla blushed as she realized the Russian in front of her had no top on. She felt his muscular chest through her thin sleeping shirt.

"I'm tired, go to bed," she scolded lightly.

Tala grinned and kissed her full on the lips, running his tongue along her bottom lip. She immediately reacted by giving him access to her mouth. She moaned as he slipped a hand under shirt.

"I win! You owe me fifty!" came a voice from the door.

Tala and Milla pulled away from each other quickly, straightening themselves.

"At least you made them stop, I was beginning to think that they were trying to kill each other," replied Ian.

Emma whacked him over the head. "Was that even supposed to be funny?"

Ian smirked.

Emma grinned and put her hand out. "Come on hand it over."

Milla blinked.

Ian pulled out his wallet and gave her best friend a crisp fifty-dollar bill.

"Thank you! Congratulations on eventually getting together!" grinned Emma as she walked out.

Tala stood there glaring at Ian.

"I should run shouldn't I?"

Milla nodded.

Ian ran.

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Milla stretched and padded through the halls of the palace looking for a kitchen or a training area. It was midnight and she had just woken up, damn jet lag.

She stopped as she heard someone come up behind her. "What do you want now?"

Alex stepped out from the shadowed corner. "To talk."

"About?"

"I'm sure you know already," he replied.

Milla nodded.

"Then lets go talk somewhere a bit more private?"

Milla followed as Alex lead the way to some kind of study with a flat screen computer.

"Talk," Milla ordered.

Alex turned to face her. "Your so called boyfriend and brother are not what they seem."

Milla's eyes narrowed. "What the hell?"

"Tala and Bryan are dead. These two that are with you now are imposters, assassins even," replied Alex.

Milla looked shocked. She then remembered the Bryan that she had used to know, he had smiled at her and hugged her, but this one now seemed more distant than even midget boy. Somehow, in a very odd way, it seemed to make sense.

"Why are they with us then?"

"To kill you and your friend," replied Alex.

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mwhahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...................................... right, did ya like that? Alex is my own character........................... next chapter we get to meet Yuri who is Alex's best friend who owns the Russian palace........................... anyway, this will be the final twist in the story and then I'll start wrapping it up leaving the story at about 30-35 chapters......................................

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The-Dark-Fire-Elf (authoress and editoress)