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Butcher and Blood Mage, Callie Payne, once left a city behind for a different life. But when she is forced to return to the streets of Seattle, the woman and the things she thought she left behind come to reclaim her.Callie Payne once ran with the Jackson Street Roses, but she left Seattleleft the Rosesto marry a rancher. After his death, she returns to take over the family butcher shop; a fitting career for an out-of-practice blood mage. When the leader of the Roses, Eileen EJ Jordan, stops by, Callie knows it isnt just to buy T-bone steaks. What does the suave gangster really want after all these years?EJ needs Callies magic against rival gangster Paul Underwood, who is horning in on Rose territory. Callie refuses to get involved; she wont risk violating the Laws of the Covenant forbidding intentional harm. Then EJ tells her Underwood was responsible for the death of one of the Roses years ago. Callie is compelled to get revenge however she can.A three-day incantation to repel Underwood re-establishes and strengthens Callies connection to the Roses, particularly EJ. Old feelings return, but EJ worries a personal relationship will endanger Callie. Their desire, however, proves impossible to ignore.Days after Underwood threatens them, hes found dead in an area awash in magic residue. The cops and the Covenant Investigation Office are eyeing EJ and Callie for the crime. Whoever is responsible knows magic well enough to be a step ahead, and theyre setting up EJ and Callie to take the fall.EJ is determined to find the culprit, no matter the cost, and Callie is willing to bend the Laws for her. Can they catch the killer before more blood is spilled?