Those are the bait that propel professional hiewoman Mireille Bouquet on an odyssey of death and vengeance, into the icy blackness of her own soul. There she will find Kirika Yumura, a young Japanese amnesiac whose killing skills are as deadly as Mireille''''s, and whose missing memory may unlock the mystery of Mireille''''s own past. In uneasy partnership, never truly trusting each other, they embark on a journey through the ultimate darkness, searching for a truth that they know will mean their deaths. Withe a bullet to the head, the truth is revealed. Friends becom foes, partners become enemies. The twisted weave of the fabric of fate becomes a sroud of death, as Mireille and Kirika find themselves facing their most deadly challenge. Gun against gun, knife against sword, the path they have followed brings them to the slaying grounds. Now the choice must be made. To what, or whom, do their real loyalties lie? The answer unfolds in the sixth stunning volume of NOIR!