He buried her eight years ago. Now she’s back—with a target on her back and secrets powerful enough to destroy governments. Former Delta Five operative Ethan Cross doesn’t believe in ghosts.
He believes in facts, missions, and control. So when a woman he watched die shows up alive in the middle of an active operation… he knows one thing— Something went very, very wrong.
Ava Mercer isn’t the woman he remembers. She’s harder. Faster. Dangerous in ways that don’t make sense. And she’s carrying information the Ascendancy will kill to recover.
Now Ethan is forced into the one mission he never trained for— protecting the only woman who ever broke him… while trying to figure out if he can trust her. Because Ava has secrets. About the network.
About the past. And about the night she was supposed to die.
As enemies close in and betrayal waits around every corner, Ethan will have to make a choice— Complete the mission… or risk everything for the woman he never stopped loving. Because this time?
If he loses her— There won’t be anything left of him to save.
