Asher "Don't touch me, please." I am not going to lie, but it hurt when she said that. I had taken steps back as if I had been scalded, intently observing her face for clues as to why she would say that. "It hurts when you touch me." Why would my touch bring her pain? Physical contact between mates was known to be the biggest form of comfort. My mind could not come up with reasons why she was feeling pain. What dru.gs had Jeremy given her? Could this be some sort of side effect? My heart almost jumped out of my chest when she squeezed hers to show me she was fine. I was even more convinced that the medicine in the IV must have had something to do with it. I sent one of the nurses to call Jeremy. A few hours ago, she was close to death with nothing but a knife handle sticking out of her