Borrowing a Dragon's Fate

My father did evil, and I was supposed to be doomed to die without an heir.

My grandfather borrowed a dragon's fate so I could be born.

When I was born, nine giant snakes coiled across the rafters. Every animal in the village was drained of blood, and the crops withered.

When I was three, my mother threw herself into a well. When I was six, my father hanged himself.

To stay alive, I married a dragon...