Liam Mairi was the boy who promised he'd come back. And he meant it. Brave, loyal, and fiercely protective, Liam fought in the war with everything he had—until the day he disappeared on a mission that went horribly wrong. Declared dead by his superiors, he became a memory, a wound that never healed for those who loved him.

But Liam survived.

Years later, hardened by survival and the ghosts he carries, Liam returns—only to discover that the world moved on without him. And so did she.

The woman he once loved—the one he dreamed of every night during the coldest battles—is now engaged to another man. But the moment he sees her again, it’s like time folds in on itself. His heart remembers what his body never forgot.

Haunted by what could have been, Liam now has to navigate a world that no longer feels like home. The war may be over, but a new one brews inside him—one between letting go and fighting for what he lost.

And maybe... just maybe... not all promises were meant to be broken.