Bonus chapter

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She is happy. Her face is bright and there's a bounce in her step.

I didn't remember her at first. 

I had almost forgotten.

Something was nagging at the back if my head.

Her eyes were free of rage.

She watched her siblings pick flowers.

Her arms, long enough to hold her family close.

She touched her shoulder to her mother's.

Her hands not too small to clasp another's.

She laced her fingers into her sister's.

Her voice care free and warm.

She chided her siblings as they wandered off.

Her poison no longer harmed, but instead protected.

She tucked the flowers into her pocket gently.

She looked like she belonged there.

She laughed.

And there was no more pain for her smile to hide.

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