Pip is finding her place in this new time. She's embraced her duties as Lord Blackwood, learning to control her anger and the power that it grants her over those who have murdered. Her new mage partner has agreed to teach her the art of spell casting in exchange for what seems to be a simple job. But nothing is ever simple when your merest whisper can convince the hardest man to fall on his sword. Pip is determined that no murderer who she encounters should profit from their evil deeds- even if doing so means she needs to perform some evil deeds herself.