Black Butler manga volume 26 features story and art by Yana Toboso.

While Earl Ciel Phantomhive, accompanied by his indomitable butler, Sebastian, is away on the trail of his quarry, Blavat, the sound of gunshots rends the silence of his London town house. A scene of carnage awaits master and servant upon their return, along with a chilling message from the forgotten past that shakes the young earl to his core...

Black Butler manga volume 27 features story and art by Yana Toboso.

Three years prior, on his tenth birthday, Earl Ciel Phantomhive lost everything...but he was not alone. From the attack on the Phantomhive manor to the moment the contract with a certain devil was made, Ciel starkly recounts all that has come to pass...leaving all who bear witness breathless!

Black Butler manga volume 28 features story and art by Yana Toboso.

The truth of what happened three years ago comes to light, as the past Ciel sought to erase is thrust back into his face. The revelations shake the Phantomhive manor to its foundations, and even Sebastian, the resident devil, can only look on in admiration at the consummate gamesmanship at play. The Phantomhive blood, it would seem, runs thick with the thirst for vengeance...

Black Butler manga volume 29 features story and art by Yana Toboso.

On the run from the Phantomhive family, Ciel and those still loyal to him seek refuge with the Chinese mobster, Lau. Still not safe from persecution, Ciel, Sebastian, and the others must devise a strategy to regain the Earl's seat in the Phantomhive hierarchy!