Treating magical animals is a thankless, difficult and extremely dangerous task. But I, Linda Rinolet, am no stranger to looking into the mouth of a basilisk to cure a sick fang, or to pacify an angry griffin that has damaged its wing. This is exactly what I dreamed of since childhood: to work with magical creatures, albeit biting, spiky, fanged, but so cute. Just when choosing a profession, I somehow didn’t think that animals have owners who can ruin their nerves, their reputation, drag them into the affairs of the secret guard and quarrel with influential colleagues. And this is just a small part of my troubles...