Delphine knew the line of work she was in was dangerous. OK, dangerous was an understatement. Being an assassin in the employ of the Mason Corporation meant you flew around unknown stretches of space and carried out your mission. Sometimes this meant you slipped poison in someone's drink and were two parsecs away while they choked on their own blood. But sometimes it meant you got sloppy and took a tranq dart from someone you weren't expecting. Waking up strapped to a chair surrounded by your Bear Shifter targets was the icing on the cake, really. Custer looked down at the woman strapped to the reinforced restraint chair. Her eyes glittered as they darted across the men and women standing around her. Her forearms flexed, strands of genetically enhanced muscle fibers pulling taut, trying to snap her handcuffs. Not a single bead of sweat flowed down her face: she was a professional and surely very expensive. She knew she wouldn't leave this room alive, but that didn't break her. Custer couldn't help but find himself intrigued... This 17,000+ word novella has hot Space Bear Shifter action, a Happily Ever After, no cheating and no cliffhangers! I've attached some free stories afterward as my thanks to you.