Elliot could not believe his eyes when he saw Emile talking to the woman with the long, black hair. The two of them were talking animatedly across the bridge.

Elliot had been about to cross the bridge when he saw them talking to each other as if they have known each other for a long time. He then sat down on a patch of grass and watched them.

When Urella seemed as if she was about to cross the river, Elliot got up and rushed back along the way that he had come.

After a ...