All three rushed to answer it-Anna reached it first. She stifled a scream
when she saw Iilana. Carrying her in quickly, they lay her on the sofa.
"What's this?"
asked Carl, as his fingers brushed against the tattoo on her neck. Soon after, he cried out in pain and jerked his fingers away from her neck as if her neck was a cobra.
"What happened?"
"I don't know! I just touched her-and it just happened...."
Anna's lovely eyes widened when she took a closer look.
"This is bad..."
"What is it?"
asked Gabriel.
"It's a tattoo-more of a brand actually. This is to show she belongs to the one who branded her-Monster...."
"How do you remove it?"
"Only the wearer can. If she wants to."
Carl burst into tears at what he had heard. Gabriel tried to calm him down while Anna decided to change Iilana's clothes when Iilana awoke.
"Anna? Carl? Gabriel?"
She felt her neck-and horror shot through her .
"I've been marked...that bastard Erik...God, its all my stupid fault..."
"Its no point crying over spilt milk,"
Gabriel replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
Iilana nodded stiffly. She stood up.
"Wait a moment. I'll be back shortly."
She came down shortly, wearing a black suit. Her arms were criss-crossed with black cloth (think Eric Draven in The Crow), and her face was grim. In her hands, a suit both Eastern and Western-styled.
"Wear this,"
she said, throwing it to Anna. Anna came back moments later. Gabriel was dumb-founded. Come to think about it, so was Carl. Anna wore something similar to a kimono, except, she wore a suit and pants underneath. Her hair was in a bun, a rose acting as a hairpin. She looked- more breathtaking than ever.
"Where to now?"
"Japan."
Iliana replied.
"What's this?"
asked Carl, as his fingers brushed against the tattoo on her neck. Soon after, he cried out in pain and jerked his fingers away from her neck as if her neck was a cobra.
"What happened?"
"I don't know! I just touched her-and it just happened...."
Anna's lovely eyes widened when she took a closer look.
"This is bad..."
"What is it?"
asked Gabriel.
"It's a tattoo-more of a brand actually. This is to show she belongs to the one who branded her-Monster...."
"How do you remove it?"
"Only the wearer can. If she wants to."
Carl burst into tears at what he had heard. Gabriel tried to calm him down while Anna decided to change Iilana's clothes when Iilana awoke.
"Anna? Carl? Gabriel?"
She felt her neck-and horror shot through her .
"I've been marked...that bastard Erik...God, its all my stupid fault..."
"Its no point crying over spilt milk,"
Gabriel replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
Iilana nodded stiffly. She stood up.
"Wait a moment. I'll be back shortly."
She came down shortly, wearing a black suit. Her arms were criss-crossed with black cloth (think Eric Draven in The Crow), and her face was grim. In her hands, a suit both Eastern and Western-styled.
"Wear this,"
she said, throwing it to Anna. Anna came back moments later. Gabriel was dumb-founded. Come to think about it, so was Carl. Anna wore something similar to a kimono, except, she wore a suit and pants underneath. Her hair was in a bun, a rose acting as a hairpin. She looked- more breathtaking than ever.
"Where to now?"
"Japan."
Iliana replied.