The Pact We Buried

Fifteen years ago, seasoned CIA operative John Mayer walked away from the spy world - and from Scott Renaud, the brilliant young agent he'd fallen in love with on his final mission. They shared a bond forged in danger, deception, and a love John denied when Scott dared speak it aloud. After their mission went violently sideways, they parted with one vow - to meet again every five years at the place they'd once felt safest. But Scott may not be alive. And John never returned.
At 52 and recently widowed, John finds himself restless and haunted by what might have been. He boards a flight to Paris, expecting nothing. But Scott is there - still a spy, still in love, and still tangled in the fallout of their mission.
Mikhail Orlov, the GRU cyber officer and defector they tried to save, has reemerged as The Broker - a ghost at the heart of a global disinformation network. Still angered by American betrayal, he's threatening to expose "Glass Veil", a buried archive of international black ops records that he made off with years before. If released, it could fracture NATO, expose dozens of covert identities, and spark digital war. And Orlov is framing Scott as the mole that let it all happen.
John and Scott are the only ones who remember the details of that last day of their failed mission. Now they must unravel a conspiracy woven from redacted evidence, buried loyalties, and decades-old secrets - finding the real mole while navigating the bond between them that ruined their last mission but might just save this new one.
To clear Scott's name and stop the leak, John will step back into a world he thought he'd left behind...and decide if he's willing to risk not just his life, but his heart.