In a universe dominated by systemic slavery, two rebels reach out to their enemy to protect humanity’s freedom and one little girl, said to be the key to it.
The first human Matriarch risks losing all she's gained to Darushee bounty hunters unless she comes to grips with both the secrets of a Darushee doctor and her own growing powers.
A pregnant rebel must escape those who want to use or enslave her, aided by a cynical bounty hunter of the same species as those who took over her world.