Jolie POV

Week 8-13

The morning sickness starts on a Wednesday and by Thursday I have vomited twice and Doc has added four new columns to his monitoring spreadsheet.

It isn't painful exactly—more disorienting, like my body has decided it no longer answers to me and is now taking direction from a much smaller authority who has opinions about everything I eat. The moonfire surging at the wrong moments is worse than the nausea. I'll be reaching for a glass of water and my hand will glow ...