Maverick was happy. He had friends. A career and hobbies. A girlfriend. Things were trending up. Until Maya-fucking-Falcon walked through the front door and turned his world upside down once more. She had no right. No right to make him long for what could have been. No right to parade her perfect little kids around his community. No right to make him question every decision he'd ever made. And he'd make sure she knew it. But as the truth of their past comes to light and he uncovers a web of manipulation and lies bigger than them all, Maverick must confront the fact that none of it had ever been about him. That he'd simply been a puppet in the deliberate and tactical destruction of the only woman he'd ever loved.