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The pale light of sunrise and the taste of bile in her mouth was what first greeted Serein that morning. She'd been restless during the night, managing only brief fitful periods of sleep. Now the scent of sickness was on her breath, and she leapt from her sleeping place to vomit into the dirt.

She retched again, and again, biting her tongue harshly in the process. By the time she lifted her head and stepped back, blood smeared her dark mouth. Bright scarlet droplets were scattered in the dirt alongside sickly yellow bile.

Serein didn't know it yet, but the mix of bile and blood heralded her first pregnancy.