A Dragon in Distress
Vows and Honor / Tarma & Kethry Story
Mercedes Lackey & Elisabeth Waters
No matter how many princes woo you, you need some standards: "If I were ever to marry, which I don't plan on," Princess Rowena said firmly, "I'm sure I would want a husband who had some sense of self-preservation. Camping out on a ledge just outside a dragon's lair does not betoken any great degree of intelligence."
Unfortunately the prince did manage to kidnap her, and the dragon needed help from Tarma and Kethry to get her back . . .
First published in Sword & Sorceress XII; reprinted in A Dragon and Her Girl to raise funds for student attendees to the Life, the Universe, and Everything writers’ symposium. Also available digitally in Elisabeth Waters’ collection The Princess, The Dragon, and The Frog Prince.
First published July 1995