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She no longer felt her
heart beating nosily in her chest.
She no longer heard the crimson
pools of life rush through her.
She no longer saw pale skin hold together her very being.. of what she didn't want to be.
Finally, Shannon felt free.
A dazzling smile (or, at least as dazzling as a lipless smile could be) crossed her face while Jack was there holding her hand.
Bones cracked, and the pair laughed.
"How do you know who I am, Jack?"
The question had been burning through her this whole time, never ceasing to be at the tip of her tongue.
He kind of frowned for a moment. This worried her, she didn't want her new and only friend to be upset or offended.
"Don't worry yourself with it," is all he said.
And it was left at that.
For they were coming upon the circle of trees where the doorway to paradise was waiting for her.
"Can I really be happy, for all eternity?"
-Next Chapter soonish-