Ditched My Jerk Beastman, Bound a Dragon

For a year, Vera endured the contempt of Julian, the leopard beastman who saw her purchase as a disgrace. Tired of being hurt and despised, she turns to the Guild and asks for a new contract. What she brings home is Cedric, a dragon no one else wanted, still unbroken after three years of failed taming. Vera expects more of the same struggle, but Cedric chooses her. He stands between her and danger, guards her, and eventually gives his life fighting the hunters who come for them. Only then does she understand that this is no taming contract but two souls leaning on each other. When a plot threatens her unborn child, the dragon's fury will bring the city down.