Emigrated to California from Russia after an incident with the same cousin Nikolai who abused her sister. She struggled with the language a lot at first, but as her writing improved so did her speaking. She befriended another immigrant named Dragomir Radzimier. There friendship became something else, but Lana was being tempted by someone else, Markus Albrecht (known simply as Mack to all of his friends). For a while she tried to date both, then one (fixating on Drago). Eventually she cheated on Drago with Mack and before long she decided to leave Drago for him. She agreed to move with her sister to the city if only to escape her messy love life. She was surprised when Mack agreed to pick up and move as well.