Phoenix's Last Heist

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lyra Phoenix is so close to freedom she can taste it.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One last heist one priceless Xylothian artifact and she'll finally be able to disappear for good. But when a self-righteous (and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>annoyingly</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> sexy) ranger catches her red-handed everything falls apart.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Orion Asterth </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>should</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> turn her in but he'll do anything to stem the tide of looting of his planet's sacred artifacts-even if it means a less-than-honorable deal with an even-less-honorable Velusian criminal.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Lyra doesn't do partners especially scowling ones who follow rules like religion. But with her back against the wall she agrees to the deal-perhaps failing to mention that her quirky Velusian biology comes with a little complication: when she's stressed her blood triggers uncontrollable lust in others. And judging by the heat in Orion's eyes it's already working. She warns him not to trust it. She definitely doesn't trust </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>him</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Stuck together aboard her ship tension sparks into something neither planned for. And when Orion starts looking at her as more than leverage Lyra fears this mission won't just cost her freedom-it'll cost her heart. </span></p>