Regina My incredible dreams were interrupted by the urge to pee, an urge that was becoming annoyingly frequent with my pregnancy. And as I tried to free myself from Japtheth’s warm, strong embrace, I discovered pain on a level I had not previously experienced. I hissed involuntarily as I rolled off the bed and tried to stand, and found myself hunched over as I shuffled to the bathroom like an 87-year-old grandma. A pregnant grandma, I amended. As I was already naked from bed, and the lights in the hotel bathroom were extremely bright, I got a good look at my extremely colorful and unglamorous physique. My lower back, my hip and a good part of my butt were an amazing rainbow that ran from deep purple-blue to raspberry red. Later, I knew it would bloom into yellow-green. I pulled the