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Nyko, Transport Station 27-J, orbiting Planet Latiri 4
“Doctor! Now!” I growled, watching as Megan gripped her head as if it were going to explode. She was curled in on herself in my arms and an odd sound of pain and whimpering escaped her lips. I smelled blood. Megan’s blood. And her body trembled, clinging to me. My beast was raging, torn between the need to hold Megan and the urgent desire to tear whoever was hurting her in half. But there was no one for my beast to kill. I was helpless, and the sick twisting in my gut spiked my heart rate, made my vision begin to blur as the beast fought to the front, out of control.
“Helmet. Nyko. I need—” Her body shook, and my beast held her closer, her arms and legs pinned by my tight hold, trying to prevent her from hurting herself. She’d alr
