It's 1899, random people throughout a northern Tuscany town of Verres, Italy are getting killed off and being hunted one by one by an unknown entity. Out of fear by the towns people, they force the Constable to call for help before more people die. Varna and her apprentice detective Amelia show up to town and track down the suspect using clues left purposely by the killer. Only the killer is not what it seems and used the killings to lure Varna out of her own dark secret to reveal what she truly is.