Purebloo+?d sorceress Grace. fo= rces !_( he@r  ]mute-` h$`lf-siste!(r Liya to m.\ar-#ry the Drag-@#on G.=od Naz in her place-[. Aft% er formin* g a\*\ bl[ood bond with Naz,
+] L[-iya i-_s hunte*d by G ;race's a*(ssass]$\ins. S=he falls fro/m a @$clif=f,  find[
s refu!ge i)*+)n a @.monastery, a`_!]nd secretly gives# b%_(irth:[ to dr^agon *twins. She h  ides for seven years.
Grace discovers Liya alive, abducts he[`^-r# fam !ily, and t]/ortures her +). Naz sen ses /^the sh?=a(:t,`$ter ,ed b@\ lood bon?)d, transforms into  -a, %\]black dr;;agon,@ a*
)nd] saves t%h!$(em?=.
In Dragon/flame Ci@ty, .,Gr=
ace a@?,ccuses: Liya$;+ of p@[ollutin)g the royal- bl]oodli#^?ne. But t=[he Drag`on Blood]
 S^tone proves the t*wins   carry t?,?ru#,e royal_*[ blood. Grace -is -sentenced to death.
The -)sev ,e$n tri%/be@s d+ e?m_=and Li[]?ya u=_nder[,go trials in t``he Valley of Dragon^]'s,,*_ Rest. Accom^,p*a@ nied by N?az
/?and her chil ^dren, .Liya[ braves p#oi-]son
)$ swamps, molten la?%va,\] illusions, :and Soul Fire. Her unbreakable he.$art earns :the ancient Dra%_gon Gods' approval. A gold .e:
n mar?*k appears @on her f=:)orehe(ad@_/_—she ])- asce\nd^s as t?he one $true Dragon Qu.@_een.