


As they live and grow and play together, Lathwi forgets that she was ever human. Lathwi, The Soft One, they call her, and accept her as a tanglemate. She quickly exceeds Taziem’s wildest expectations and winds up bonding with the newborns. As it so happens, the youngling is fearless, clever, and dragon-smart. If it disappoints, she’ll feed it to her soon-to-be-born dragonets. If the youngling satisfies her curiosity, she’ll set it free eventually. So when the local villagers offer her one of their younglings as a sacrifice, she decides to take it home with her and study it so she might learn all there is to know about humans.

Like other dragons, she hoards diamonds, but unlike other dragons, she covets knowledge as well. Taziem is a magnificent dragon: sexy, powerful, intelligent.
