Gabriel Moretti spent five years building a quiet life, trying to forget the man he used to be—and the man he left behind. But when Nico DeLuca appears at his auto shop with news that his sister has been kidnapped, Gabriel's carefully constructed peace shatters. The ransom? A ledger buried six years ago in a remote mountain cabin, hidden during the three weeks Gabriel and Nico spent there falling in love before everything went wrong.

Nico rose to underboss after Gabriel walked away, burying his heartbreak beneath duty and violence. Now, he's desperate enough to ask the one man who broke him for help. The same man who still knows exactly how Nico takes his coffee. The same man whose absence has haunted him.

With only seventy-two hours to retrieve the ledger and save an innocent life, they're forced back into the dangerous world Gabriel fled—and into close quarters neither of them is prepared for. Old wounds resurface. Buried feelings ignite. And when Gabriel's combat instincts return like he never left, Nico realizes the man he loved never really changed—he just learned to hide.

But their mission goes sideways when loyalty fractures and enemies close in. As bullets fly and betrayals cut deep, Gabriel and Nico must decide: walk away from each other again, or risk everything for a love that should have died five years ago.

Some things are worth killing for. Some things are worth dying for. And some loves refuse to stay buried—no matter how deep you try to bury them.