Milady deWinter

He stays where he is, but merely because he refuses to cede ground or to show any weakness. He takes her in -- the softness in her face that looks so different from the woman he had seen in the fire and ashes and smoke. "I've stopped demanding explanation when I realised there's none to be found," he admits. "Where was I supposed to meet you?" he asks, wondering how much could change in the time between them that she would wish for him to meet her, rather than wish him dead.