A cat's curiosity. A crew's loyalty. A conspiracy's dangerous web.

Princess doesn't mean to uncover conspiracies. She's just chasing adventure through Charette Station when a stranger's desperate dive saves her life. His blood on the deck. Her crew's gratitude. It should have ended there.

Instead it's only the beginning.

The stranger who saves Princess from disaster should be a hero. So why is he hiding? Why are armed men searching every corner of Charette Station? And why does a routine repair stop feel like walking into a trap?

Jack Caddigan and the crew of the Amiira Yasmine wanted repairs and rest. Instead, they're marked. Followed. Threatened. Their only clue: something Princess found, small enough to hide, important enough to kill for.

In the station's endless corridors, hunter becomes hunted becomes hunter again. Friends vanish. Warnings multiply. And somewhere in the chaos, a secret that could save—or doom—them all remains hidden.

When security itself might be the enemy, when not one but two ship's cats hold the key to survival, when ordinary spacers must choose between safety and justice...