The Bayou wants its Butcher back. Ghosts of Mildred Berry's past stalk her dreams, dredging up memories she'd rather forget. Struggling with the return to city life and a surprise marriage, Millie finds her strongest ally is distracted, preparing for the Colfield Massacre trial. When the trial's key witness goes missing, a bloody message makes it clear to Millie that the city of Marigot is done waiting for its vengeance against the man who betrayed it... and the elf who burnt it down. Enemies new and old lurk in the bayou, while all of Millie's old allies are long dead. If she goes after the witness, she'll be walking into a city of vipers. If she doesn't, she'll lose her closest friend. The Bayou wants its Butcher back, and it doesn't care who stands in its way.