The plane glides through the night. Flying from the United States to Paris. Shane is drinking with his young bride, June. When she falls asleep by his side, he gives himself over to the scorching pain of the nightmare he dreads. In Paris, Leo is no longer waiting for Shane. He is no longer waiting for anyone. He has been struck off from the hospitals laboratories where he worked as a researcher. He is guarding his wife Core’s shelter, protecting her excursions, her hunting ground – her kisses…