Henry Williford finds a naked woman on a beach and reluctantly agrees to care for her. She quickly learns how to be human and
is fascinated by everything around her as if experiencing it for the first time. The only problem is that every night Anne is awakened by dreams of golden dragons, which become nightmares of fire, torment and death.
The dreams are not dreams but memories of her life as Aeya, a golden dragon from a realm where her father and his brother were rulers until her uncle rebelled and destroyed their world, taking Aeya as his.
When her uncle finds Aeya escaped death and has become Anne, he kidnaps the couple and reveals Anne's amazing origins but forces her to make a terrible choice that will put her love for Henry to the ultimate test. Will she choose love over life?