Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a book I began to read 15 years ago. From what I remember, it is about a little girl who lived with her mother in a remote village in an Asian medieval country. Her mother was in charge of raising, taming, and preparing snakes like dragons (or Chinese dragons) for the army of the country. The dragons are in a cave near the village.
Spoiler for the 5 first chapters:
With the arrival of some important guy from the army, the girl and her mother are condemned to be eaten by wild dragons into the lake nearby. During the bad event, the mother whistled, and one of the wild dragons took the daughter off to save her and bring her far from the village.
The girl wakes up at the border with another country, which is the ennemy of the one she comes from. She is welcomed by someone and learn that to counter dragons, they raise another creature (Griffins, I think).
There were two books, as I remember, but I'm unable to find the title. Thank you in advance for your help.
Have a good day.