Chapter Twenty-One
Kali rolled over and reached for her alarm. She'd forgotten to reset it. No seven a.m. shift today, but a nine o'clock interview. She squeezed her eyelids tight and pressed a hand to her forehead. Hammers? No. More like one hard hammer or mallet pressing against her skull, or like her brain had become that mallet and was trying to explode.
Kali pressed her hand harder, trying to push the pain away. She let out a soft moan and reset the clock. She should get up, take a long shower, prep for the interview. But perhaps another hour of sleep would take the pain away.
She'd been waking up with headaches off and on for a week now, and yesterday nausea accompanied it, but nothing like this. Not even close to this.
When the alarm sounded again Kali rolled over. Had she even
