Ancient magus' bride : wizard's blue

Flamme spreads a curse that turns an alchemist's pride into binding shackles. Giselle and Ao make for Tour Maine-Montparnasse, hoping to find the source of this devastating magic. Facing Albert atop that modern steel tower, will Ao be able to find and rewrite the curse?!

"The alchemist communes of Paris vie to gain influence over Giselle. While they clash, the resistance group Flamme pulls on the strings that connect them, sowing chaos. Giselle and Ao care deeply for each other, but they are being steered by the hand of fate. The game in which the legendary dragon of Paris and her chosen groom are entwined is about to begin."--Page [4] of cover.

Thanks to a visit to Giselle's old master, Myrtha, Ao learns about Giselle's curse and how it is tied to the city of Paris. Giselle and Ao make for Noah's church, where they hope to find the first clue to breaking the curse. But when they arrive, they find a "flamme" ravenous enough to to devour two of L'Ordre's finest.

"Paris, France. Ao is a young orphan of Japanese descent who longs to become an artist. Into his life comes Giselle, a mage who is as powerful--and as inhuman--as Thorn. She sees Ao's potential and takes him as her groom. Under her wing, he learns about the wider world and all the colors in it."--Provided by publisher