With a big discount she bought—at a market—an ailing dragon instead of a horse, Dariana doubted: in principle you shouldn’t torture the animal, finish it off, butcher it, and sell it—but it was a pity for the rare creature. She fed it, fattened it up, harnessed it to a cart… and the day before her wedding, she set it free. Only the dragon turned out to be far from simple, and not quite a dragon—partly a vengeful and spiteful young brat.