After reporting the wrongdoing of his colleagues, Malik Dahmani, a brilliant but impetuous police captain from the Paris region, is forced to lay low in the Cévennes to avoid attention. However, trapped in this too-peaceful valley, Malik feels restless and only thinks about going back home. Then, a corpse is discovered in the forest. Our cop finds himself having to investigate alongside Gaëlle, a local gendarmerie lieutenant who, like the residents of this remote area, seems intent on preserving her secrets. But Malik will also have an encounter as unexpected as it is moving: a young woman, wild and mysterious, with an animal-like gaze, whom no one can approach. The one they call the "Girl of the Woods." The one everyone accuses of this sordid murder...
