Stifling a moan of pain, I slowly lowered myself to the bed and curled up on my side. My hands clutched my lower back and my legs protected my stomach from the cool climate-controlled air. My eyes squeezed shut in pain, I cursed the pain killers that took a full hour to kick in. My mind was blank. Pain was my world and it surrounded me like an insidious, venomous blanket. Drifting in semi-catatonia, I heard Julian enter the room and quietly close the door to keep out the sunlight that stabbed my migrane. The bed dipped slightly under his weight. He paused on his knees on the bed just behind me, then slowly laid down behind me, spoonin