Zyan The golden dragon is lost. He doesn't know his name or where he belongs, only that he must follow this inebriating scent to its source...a human female called Gillian. He doesn't know why, only that she is important to him. When he learns the terrible truth of what his kind has done to Earth, he knows he must make it right. He also knows that Gillian is his. Gillian Betrayed by her people, she is sold to the aliens to become a host for their parasitic species. The process will leave her mind destroyed, the same as dead to her. The golden dragon arrives just in time to interrupt the process. He rips open her cell and carries her away in his dragon claw. Gillian is sure she is going to die but in a different manner. She hates dragons, but when Zyan shifts to his humanoid form, she can't deny her attraction to him.