The story takes place in a rugged frontier setting, ten years after a brutal massacre that forever changed Iris’s life. As a young girl, Iris witnessed the horrifying murder of her family at the hands of a group of natives. The event left her scarred and consumed by a deep-seated desire for revenge. For a decade, Iris has lived with the memory of that tragic night, nursing her anger and plotting a way to exact her vengeance.
Now a hardened and determined woman, Iris is ready to put her plan into action. She hires two ruthless gunslingers, known for their lethal skills and lack of moral restraint, to help her carry out her mission. Her instructions to them are clear and unyielding: wipe out the entire group of natives responsible for her family’s death. Iris is driven by a singular focus—she wants complete and total retribution for the bloodshed she endured.
However, as the men prepare to carry out the deadly task, Iris learns a shocking and unsettling truth: her younger sister, Cynthia, who she believed had perished in the massacre, is alive and living among the very people Iris intends to destroy. Cynthia was taken in by the natives after the attack and raised as one of their own, growing up in a culture vastly different from the one she was born into. Over the years, Cynthia has come to see these people as her family, forming bonds and connections that run deep.
This revelation throws Iris into a moral and emotional quandary. Her carefully constructed plan for revenge is now tangled with the realization that carrying it out would mean the death of her own sister. Iris is torn between her long-held desire for vengeance and the chance to reunite with the only family she has left. The hatred that has fueled her for so long is now in direct conflict with her love for her sister.
As Iris wrestles with this inner turmoil, the gunslingers she hired are unaware of the personal stakes involved. They are coldly efficient, intent on completing the job they were paid for, and oblivious to the fact that their target now includes someone precious to their employer. Time is running out for Iris to make a decision—does she continue with the plan and risk losing her sister forever, or does she abandon her quest for revenge in the hopes of finding some form of redemption?
The story builds to a tense and emotional climax as Iris is forced to confront the consequences of her choices. The path she chooses will not only determine the fate of the natives and her sister, but also her own soul. The tale explores themes of revenge, forgiveness, identity, and the complexities of familial loyalty. It poses difficult questions about the cost of vengeance and whether the pursuit of justice can ever truly bring peace to a wounded heart.
In the end, Iris must decide if she can let go of her hatred and allow the possibility of reconciliation, or if she will be consumed by the very darkness she has sought to unleash on others. The outcome of her decision will shape the rest of her life and the lives of those around her.
