"Human blood with a dragon's flame. . ." Everyone knows the classic tales of heroes rescuing princesses from dragons. But what would happen if the dragon fell in love with the princess he guarded? Princess Aleesha is the firstborn of King Richard and Queen Mirabelle, and everything the Kingdom of Forthwind thinks they know about her is a lie. Behind closed doors her name is Al'zhah and she is half-human and half-dragon, and, at ten years old, her dragon instincts have grown too wild for a human life. Her parents felt they had no choice but to send her away to the tower in which her father, Ri'zhaar, had once guarded her mother, Mirabelle. Now thirteen years later, Al'zhah's younger sister, Lyra, learns of her secret and wishes to leave Forthwind and live in the tower with her. The only way for that to happen is if Al'zhah "kidnaps" and guards her younger sister. However, with human blood and a dragon's flame come complications that could make this task near impossible for Al'zhah.