The mysterious Watcher vanishes from the window, but Dire’s unease deepens when he glimpses glowing, coal-like eyes in the shadows—eyes he’s seen before. A buried memory resurfaces: years ago in Iraq, he and Dakota engaged an enemy combatant who refused to die despite multiple gunshots. Now, impossibly, those same burning eyes stare at him from an abandoned office building in Virginia. As dread takes hold, Dire is forced to confront the chilling truth—someone he killed in war has returned, and they are watching him.