The dragon’s words turned out to be prophetic. In the morning, I hated the one I loved. Now Danka is my enemy; he will try to kill Vera, and only a miracle will save her! Though Azaroth’s brother is hard to call a miracle, and rescuing my friend will be expensive. The price is participating in the selection—only it’s a fake one, because the choice has already been made: the lord turned out to be a real swindler, and he loves pranks, and we were given not the least role in them. In the end, the one I hated will become my world, and I’ll lose the fight—against myself. And even if my fight is lost, he doesn’t need to know it. Now I have a new challenge: to melt the ice-cold heart of my arrogant dragon—but how? I know a way, because nothing brings people closer like fighting against common enemies.