It ruffled her dark hair, and chilled her flawless, unmarked skin.

The equipment had finished making repairs and new unmarked skin covered the area, as though no injury had ever occurred.

Each circle was made of a great number of short, near-parallel lines, all radiant from the unmarked skin at the tattoo's center.

It did no good to look again at the unmarked skin and assure herself that the bite had only been a dream.