TOUCH OF DESTINY

Jumping back up after falling from the mechanical bull, Iliana almost toppled over again in laughter before bowing and walking off of the platform. Heading towards the bar, leaning against it and waited until it was her turn to get served. Though her attention did turn towards a bartender attempting to deny a drink to a clearly underage girl but she wasn’t too fond of the tone he was using to speak to her. “Hey, man! Hello, waiting...” she interjected glancing at the man with a raised brow normally not speaking to service workers in that manner. Ordering four shots of tequila, quickly getting them poured and served, Iliana walked up to the younger girl and slid a shot glass to her with a wink. 

One of Emily’s goals while at Amor Isle was to get out of her comfort zone. That meant putting an effort to break out of her introvert tendencies and actually get out and mingle. So she found herself at the bar in a nearby restaurant - not too far if things got too much for her. “A mojito, please,” she requested as she looked around the restaurant. “For a place that’s supposed to emit a lot of interaction, I’ve mostly spent my time eating and walking around the beach,” she said sheepishly to the person next to her. 

True to form, one of the first things Emily did upon entering her new ‘home’ was head to the kitchen, thinking she had the place to herself for the time being. Opening the the cupboards, finding them fully stocked, she let out a giddy squeal and grabbed everything she needed to bake cupcakes. Her own version of an introduction. So she set off, playing some music on her phone while she started cracking, mixing and whipping. “Chocolate or vanilla...oooh, or strawberry?” she asked herself aloud not realizing she truly wasn’t alone. 

As soon as Garrett saw who it was, his heart nearly stopped. Iliana. The thought caused every other thought to stop in their tracks. It had been far too long since he’d seen her face, heard her voice. He had never imagined that he’d run into her again, especially not like this, here. As her voice hit his ears, it took a few moments to process, but once he did, he smiled. “Well, that’s certainly true,” he agreed before pulling her into a hug. He didn’t even bother asking if it was okay. He just needed to hold her again.

Iliana’s breath caught at her throat the instant her eyes laid on Garrett. Her body felt like it was buzzing in excitement seeing him after so long that she she didn’t hesitate in throwing her arms around him fiercely. Stunned in silence for a few seconds simply holding on to him, her hand rubbing his back before she pulled away for a second to cup Garrett’s face. “My goodness...I missed you,” she said, pressing a kiss to his cheek before hugging him again. “How long has it been? How are you?” She asked moments later, a large smile on her face. 

“You and me both, darling,” he replied with a grunt and less than pleased face. Half the music dropped off as he reached up and gripped his drink on top of the piano, taking a sip before he resumed playing again. “You’d think when it comes to ‘romantic spots’, anyplace you and your ‘soulmate’ could be in the buff together would be good, right? A complete highlight. Of course, some of us dont’ care quite as much for locale as for the right person,” added the demon, his eyes traveling along the woman’s perfectly curvaceous form. “Shall we head off in an attempt to locate this beach?” 

Waving off the whole soulmate thing with a bit of a grimace on her face, “Oh, pfft. Just give me someone, anyone, fun and worth my while and I’m good” Iliana said with a grin that only grew at his next words. “We shall,” the harpy agreed holding out her hand for his with a quick quirk of her brows. “Now tell me...are you fun? Will you be worth my while?” she questioned a definitely mischievous glint in her eye.  

“oh my gosh, i would totally love to help you decorate your room.” the witch said with a bright smile. sapphire was so happy to see that some many people here were so nice and kind. “pleasure to meet you, i’m sapphire.”

“Nice to meet you, Sapphire. I will absolutely take you up on that offer,” the nymph laughed, “I pile everything I like and end up with a messy, uncoordinated room.” She said with a shrug rolling her eyes at herself. “So are you an interior designer or just really good at decorating?” 

Emily Marie Monroe grew up in a broken home in Houston, Texas. Her father raised her and her younger sister after her mother decided she didn’t want to be a mother and would rather live her life a a single woman who’s not tied down by children.

Emily doesn’t let that fact of her life define her. She grew up happy; her father showed her and her sister all the love she needed.

She was a bit sheltered and in a sense still is living that good-too-shoes life. Well, for the most part. She didn’t exactly follow through on her father’s wishes to go to college, instead jumping at the chance to ‘intern’ as a baker at their local bakery.

Soon after, she was officially hired and she loved it. She was all for waking up early to have the pastries ready for the shop’s customers.

She’ll go out of her way to make people happy and she does not last too long upset. Em can’t decide if that’s a good or bad quality and she’s glad she doesn’t really have to decide.

Em was comfortable at her job, living her life at home but when she got the invite, she did something no one was expecting - packed her bags. The way Emily figured, she’d either find her soulmate or make new friends in the process. It was a win-win situation for her.

Her mark is a bit hidden, located on her inner bicep. 

Iliana Santiago was born in Miami, Florida to two very opposite individuals in more ways than one. Her mother a harpy and her father a satyr. Although she herself was full harpy, she did take more after her father personality wise - taking everything with a grain of salt but making sure to live in the moment.  

Growing up, Iliana tried to excel in what she set her mind to. Most of the time, she did and when she didn’t…well, let’s say no one wants to be around. So she may always want things to go a she envisions but she sees nothing wrong with that.

When someone does get on her bad side, her harpy nature takes over and she’s been known to spoil certain exes food while out on dates for upsetting her or making people ill when she couldn’t stand their presence. No need to worry, however, this is only something she does when she can no longer tolerate someone and after many, many warnings gone ignored.

Iliana, or Nana as her family calls her, got her bachelor’s degree in communication disorders and then fell a bit stagnant. Sure she got a job right after but she hated it. So when the letter came in the mail, she gladly took the chance.

However, her quick jump to accept the invite didn’t exactly have to do with finding her soulmate. She didn’t quite believe in that mumbo jumbo after all, her parents didn’t have the same mark and they were…okay.  Iliana has multiple tattoos in hopes to disguise her actual mark.