Layla is running for her life. Everyone wants to get their hands on her - from the government to the rulers of the underground. So far she has been surviving on luck, which hasn’t been so good, and the talents ingrained in her by the government. But Layla’s luck is about to run out … the most competitive bounty hunters have been sent after her and are now looking for her right where she is hiding – Settler’s Mine. Still, life has more surprises in store for her when she discovers that her best chance of survival rest on the two men looking for her.

Orion and Balt have a good thing going between them as rivals for the richest bounties. However, when this last bounty brings them to Settler’s Mine and their rivalry has them using the local talent to distract each other, both Orion and Balt find themselves in the unique situation of having to work together. But will they be able to do so without falling into old habits of one-upmanship?