Lira lives on Eld Continent, ruled by dragon clans.Her origins are unknown, and she only keeps a golden-scale silk scarf left by her mother.She weds Varek, a lowly lizard lord, spends all her dowry to boost his business, and takes in her friend Sianna.
Five years later, she catches them cheating.Their betrayal began on her wedding day.Greedy for her inheritance, the pair lures her inside and sets the room on fire to kill her in a staged accident.
Trapped in flames, Lira’s sealed pure golden dragon power awakens.Rogar, the Black Dragon King of the Northern Wastes, rescues her.Twenty years ago, a young Lira saved him, and he has searched for his savior ever since.
Under Rogar’s protection, Lira learns to wield golden flame.Returning to the royal capital under the aliasAurora, she poses as a wealthy investor to seek revenge.She exploits Varek’s greed to gather evidence and turns the two traitors against each other.
Sianna grows suspicious, spreads slander and sends assassins, but all plans fail.As vengeance nears its end, Orion, the Golden Dragon King’s uncle, recognizes her bloodline.He staged the coup that killed the former king, and Lira is the long-lost golden dragon princess.
Orion conspires with Varek to frame her.Lira undergoes a public bloodline trial and proves her royal heritage.
Together with Rogar, she uncovers the old coup and thwarts Orion’s assassination attempts.At the Dragonflame Altar, the sacred fire exposes Orion’s treason.All culprits face judgment: Orion is exiled, Varek loses his title and lands, and Sianna is imprisoned.
Lira is crowned Golden Dragon Queen, with Rogar beside her as her equal lover.She realizes it is not her dragon blood nor the black dragon’s protection, but her own courage to resistwrongs,that lets her take back control of her life.
