Until his knee hit something hard and wooden, nearly falling over in theprocess.He looked back at his feet and noticed a medium sized, wooden chest sa...next to his prone form. He slowly picked himself up and walked over thewooden container, examining it for a bit before picking it up. The chestit self seemed old, much older than any of the other items in the room;lined with some amount of metal fittings and a large iron wrought lock. Hequickly tested the key and breathed a sigh of relief as the. Actually, we spent the night with him coaching me for a Russian test I had to take the next day.”She turned to Solov and asked, “How is your daughter, Katrina, by the way?” Turning back to Carlson, she added, “He told me a lot about her that night.”Solov had been studying Kelly, and he now spoke. “General, will you answer some questions for me if I give you my word of honor nothing will leave this room or ever be used against you or your forces?”Carlson looked at him thoughtfully for a few. After all, she was human once, and now all she was filled with was the regret of her actions whilst still alive. He so desperately wanted to comfort her, but he knew he could not break the circle without dire consequences.She looked at him with woeful eyes. ‘If you could maybe hold me? I would do anything, I could show you an enchantment that would protect you. This is no enchantment that any summoner knows. This comes from the inner circle of hell itself, anyone bearing this mark cannot be. Luckily I hadn't been facing them when the transformation started, sothey didn't get a glimpse of who I really was. But my torture was onlybeginning.I then felt my shirt changing. My short sleeves snaked their way up myarm until they covered even my fingertips. The sleeves tightened, andgrew soft and satiny as they did. I realized the sleeves had changedinto shoulder length gloves. My shoulders felt strange, and I couldsee what actually remained of my sleeves ballooning out, looking.