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leave the bridge. He wasn’t so sure about having a stranger onboard, but his mate hadn’t been wrong yet. Gigi may have said they needed him here, but Remy was still going to keep an eye on him.
    He glanced up and frowned when Crank stormed in, spotted him, and then walked straight toward him. Crank always had a glow on his face when visiting End of the Line—until now. Remy thought it was due to visits at the local brothel, but he was never sure. What puzzled him was the angry look on his demo expert’s face.
    Remy straightened when Crank approached. “What’s up?”
    Crank ran his hand over his jaw as he stared around the bridge. “I found out why there’s a big bounty on our heads.”
    This got Remy’s full attention. “Go on.” None of them knew why they had such a large bounty on them. All they knew was that they did, which was strange considering they had been moving around in this sector of space for more than a decade without any trouble—well, any major trouble anyway.
    “Some guy approached me in the market. He says his name is Drake and he knows Giovanni is riding with us. He had the nerve to tell me that he would call off the bounty if we returned his property.”
    “Did he say what his property was?” Remy had a bad feeling about this. Somehow he knew he wasn’t going to like whatever Crank was about to tell him.
    “Yeah,” Crank growled. “Gigi.”
    A snarl ripped from Remy’s throat. His protective instincts shot to an all-time high. “And why isn’t he standing here in front of me so that I can rip out his entrails?” Remy shouted at Crank.
    “He slipped into the crowd before I could get my hands on him. We can find out who he is, though,” Crank said hesitantly.
    “How?” Remy snapped. “You let him get away.”
    “Ask Gigi.”
    “Tank, take the helm.” Remy growled and stormed off the bridge. He wanted to know why someone was looking for his angel and why that someone wanted Gigi back bad enough to put a bounty out on their heads.
    “Gigi!” Remy snapped as he walked into the mess hall.
    Gigi’s head popped up, paling when he saw Remy. “What? What’s wrong?”
    “Who’s Drake?” Remy knew Gigi knew who he was talking about when the man turned white as a sheet and began to back away, shaking his head. “Gigi?”
    “Dra–Drake? He–he’s here?” Gigi whispered. “How did he find me?”
    “Who is he, Gigi?”
    Gigi’s eyes were huge, filled with more fear than Remy had ever seen. “He…he’s my master.”

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    Gigi trembled and backed away when Remy’s eyes turned pitch black and an unnatural howl ripped from his lips as he shifted. He’d seen his mate in his shifted form, but this was something new all together. This was something scary.
    “Re–Remy?” Gigi whispered.
    He didn’t know this new creature. Remy didn’t look like Remy, not even in his shifted form. This form was enraged. His claws had grown to an excessive length, turning black. The fur that covered his body seemed spikier than soft and luxurious as it normally was.
    But the pointed teeth were what scared Gigi the most. Those weren’t the same fangs that had sunk into his flesh and claimed him. These sharp canines were meant to rip the flesh off someone’s body.
    “Oh shit!” Crank gasped. “He’s gone feral.”
    “Everyone get away from Gigi!” Blade shouted as he backed up to the doorway.
    “Why?” Gigi asked, looking from crew member to crew member. All of them were looking in his direction as if he had grown a second head. “What’s going on?”
    “Don’t make any sudden movements, Gigi,” Blade said. “Just let Remy smell you. He needs to make sure you haven’t been claimed by anyone else. And whatever you do, don’t run!”
    Gigi nodded and swallowed hard as Remy stalked him across the room. There was no reason in Remy’s eyes, no sign of sanity. He had given himself over completely to his animalistic side. He was nothing but pure beast.
    A low growl rumbled