A week later, they arrived in Vaseria, Transylvania. Gabriel stops the horse and gets off. He takes Laura from Anna and Anna gets down. They walk over towards the crowd as the whole town was gathering by the well. Looking up, the couple saw Velken standing on the edge of the well. Velken was scanning the crowd to make sure everyone was there when he spotted a familiar face. "Anna?!"
The crowd separated as Anna waived. "Hello, Big Brother."
"Anna." He said smiling as he got down to hug her.
Anna met him half way and hugged him tight. "It's so good to see you again."
Velken pulled away. "Where did you go? Where have you been the last seven years?"
"Traveling. The first year, I went looking for Gabriel when he went missing. During my search, I found out I was pregnant. I was four months along by then. Two months later, I gave birth to a little girl and that same night, I found Gabriel. Later that night, our daughter was stolen and we never stopped searching for her. After six years, we finally found her. She just turned six a week ago. We found her on her birthday. Throughout the six years, Gabriel and I married."
"Married?" He asked surprised.
"Yes." She replied showing him her ring.
"Congrats, Baby Sister."
Anna smiled. "Thanks." She said and turned to look at her husband and daughter. "Laura, you wanna meet your uncle?"
Laura lifted her head off Gabriel's shoulder. "Uncle?"
"Qui, Sweetheart."
Laura nodded and Gabriel set her on her feet. She took his hand and they walked up to the siblings. Velken bent down so he was eye-level with her. "Hello, Laura. I'm your Uncle Velken."
"Velken?"
"Right. Uncle Velken. I'm your mommy's brother."
"Cool. Nice to meet you, Uncle Velken."
"It's nice to meet you too, Sweety." He replied and stood up. "She looks like you, Gabriel."
"She does. But she has her mother's hair."
"Very much so. Welcome home."
"Thanks. How're your parents?"
Velken looked crestfallen. Anna frowned. "What is it?"
Velken looked at her. "Mama was killed two years ago. And Papa went missing almost twelve months ago."
"What?!" She whisper-yelled.
"I'm sorry, Anna. Mama's dead and Papa hasn't been found."
Anna teared up and Gabriel pulled her into a tight comforting embrace. She held onto him like a lifeline and cried into his chest. Laura was confused and looked at her father. "What does that mean, Papa?"
Still holding his wife, he looked down at his daughter. "It means you will never get to meet your grandma. And probably never meet your grandpa either."
At that, Laura teared up starting to cry and hugged him. Anna pulled away wiping her tears and picked Laura up who started to cry into her shoulder. Anna looked at her brother. "You do what you have to quickly. Gabriel and I are going to the manor."
Velken nodded and Anna carrying Laura and Gabriel following, all headed towards the manor.
