Meeting resistance from locals, Helena sets out on her own to investigate. She's haunted by Ushe, one of Yua's protégés, who's also been murdered.

Helena connects the dots from the murders to her tortured personal story. Almost 50 years earlier, Yua's tribe battled Joseph's men.

While visiting a powerful smuggler in the heart of the jungle, Helena discovers he has unexpected connections to her family and a surprise prisoner.