Gray, a warrior from a remote planet in Sector 8, works as security on space runs for small, often marginally legal outfits. Now he has the chance to make a tremendous amount of confederate credits and achieve a good end in the process. He accepts the assignment with some misgiving because he must work with an unknown woman, posing as his mate. In a desperate journey to avoid telepathic hunters they must reach a site hidden from his conscious mind to deliver a dangerous cargo. Gray's training and the aide of his teaching adepts from Sayon are an edge in his favor. His skills have not prepared him for a journey out of the galaxy, a projection-master princess and the reawakening of his personal mission.