Deadlock Mercenary

Ivy Chen pressed a pistol to Cole Ash’s throat—and whispered his name like she’d killed him before. Cole had died eighty-two times protecting her. This was the first time she remembered enough to aim. Every reset made him deadlier, but the battlefield kept changing, and Ivy still died before the mission ended. She doesn’t trust the mercenary who knows every enemy ambush, every bullet’s path, and every secret she’s buried—but the closer danger gets, the harder it is to resist the man who always reaches her first. Then Cole discovers the contract isn’t just stealing his life… it’s erasing him from Ivy’s memory while an unseen Watcher studies every choice he makes. On the eighty-third loop, Cole must choose: save Ivy and lose himself forever—or let her die to finally break the cycle.