Is this what it feels like to die? Louisa wondered. She felt like her soul was being slit in two, rendering her whole body weak. Her heart behaved as though it suddenly felt the need to pump harder than usual... She didn't like any part of the dying process at all, if that's what it was. She prayed it would be quicker and set her miserable life free. "Louisa? Are you okay?" She faintly heard someone's voice ask. She was no longer able to distinguish voices now, or sort out her own thoughts. The only thing that clearly registered in her brain was the pain from her shoulder. Scorching white pain that made her groan and try to shake it off by twisting her her shoulder. Shutting her eyes tightly against the tears in them, she begged for death to free her. The room was silent now. The me