Vera risks her life to enter the perilous volcanic citadel of King Zyrthos, seeking employment as a royal wet nurse to afford emergency medical care for her ailing infant son Toby. Unbeknownst to Vera, Zyrthos suffers from a lethal draconic blood curse that can only be stabilized through her rare biological essence, making her the sole salvation for his failing immortality.
Neither realizes that little Toby is the direct product of their passionate, shrouded encounter in the Misty Forest a year earlier. While Zyrthos battles his primal possessiveness and Vera seeks to protect her child from court intriguers, the child's draconic scales begin to manifest. Confronted by undeniable ancestral proof, the Dragon King burns down rival factions to protect his rediscovered queen and son.
