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.

Five years after the Civil War, Captain Kidd moves from town to town as a storyteller. In Texas, he crosses paths with Johanna, a ten-year-old taken in by the Kiowa people six years earlier. She is being returned to her biological aunt and uncle against her will. Kidd agrees to deliver the child where the law says she belongs. As they travel hundreds of miles, the two will face tremendous challenges of both human and natural forces as they search...