Four months following the explosion at the Garden, a place where young women known as the Butterflies were kept captive, FBI agents Brandon Eddison, Victor Hanoverian, and Mercedes Ramirez are still entrenched in the aftermath, helping survivors along the way of adjusting alive on the outside. With winter arriving at an end, the Butterflies have longer, warmer times of healing forward. But for the realtors, the impending thaw means one gruesome thing: a chilling ensure that someplace in the country, another young girl will turn up dead inside a chapel with her throat slit and her body surrounded by plants.

Priya Sravasti’s sister fell sufferer to the killer years back. Right now she and her mom move every couple of months, hoping for a fresh beginning. However when she results in the madman’s crosshairs, the hunt assumes new urgency. Only with Priya’s help can the killer be found—but will her eager expect closure compel her to place her very life on the line?