Kaeldrea had always sensed that she was different from her Elythian foster family. She was taller, fairer, and had green eyes. But when her foster sister, Lyf, became ill, only Kaeldra could save her. Lyf needed the life-giving dragon's milk and Kaeldrea was the only one who could get it, for she was descended from women who could communicate with the frightening beasts. Kaeldra's enterprise brought the milk, but also the care of three baby draclings, orphaned when their mother was killed. Now Kaeldra must get them to safety and their own kind before they are killed, too.