Meeryle, a blooming chubby cook, and her friend Leena, an apprentice-Healer, never knew how strange and interesting life could be until they met a dragon.
Much to their surprise, the creature is not a ferocious carnivore, but a gentle giant caring for a particular aspect of their world, the forest.
However, mistrust of anything not human puts the life of the dragon - and the forest in which they live - in danger.
That would be more than enough, but Meeryle is also unknowingly hid.