Her brothers' cruelty got her killed. Maeve, a druid heir who sees death coming, returns with no love left.
#138 on NetShort · Hottest English Short Drama Series
I Can Hear the Dragon Cub's Thoughts
A nurse dies shielding an infant, then wakes as a collared slave in a dragon realm.
NetShort · 35 episodes · about 1.1 h
FreeEp 1–7on NetShort
Locked28of 35 episodes
CheckedOct 18app's site
Story
Those not chosen at the selection are shut in a cage where they die. Vivian, her sister, is seized by a gold dragon, while Ella is abandoned to perish. Dragged toward the cage, she comes face to face with a cold prince named Adrian and his crying toddler Leo, whose magic runs wild. A cub-voice system lets her hear the child's suffering, and when she draws a bloody needle out of his swaddle, she gains a chance to live.
Fantasy & magicSci-fi & game systemheartfelt fantasyfound family
Who will like it: viewers who liked a modern heroine stranded in a harsh magic world with a cold prince and a child.
Main characters
- Ella: nurse who wakes as a collared slave
- Adrian: cold prince she meets in the cage
- Leo: toddler with unruly magic who bonds with her
- Vivian: Ella's sister, seized by a gold dragon
Premise rewritten by ShortDramaDesk from NetShort's description, read Oct 18, 2026.
Episodes
Mint ticks: 7 free. Grey: 28 locked. About 1.1 hours in all (episode 1's length × episodes, an estimate).
Where to watch
NetShort
- Episodes
- 35
- Free
- 7
- Locked
- 28
- Checked
- Oct 18, 2026
| App | Episodes | Free | Locked | Cost to finish | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetShort | 35 | 7 | 28 | — | Oct 18, 2026read from the app's site |
Cost to finish
Passes for NetShort on the App Store: $5.99 to $29.99 (checked Oct 18, 2026). The App Store does not list how long each pass lasts.
How it compares on NetShort
- Length
- 35 episodes is longer than 32% of the 489 NetShort dramas on our list (typical: 36).
- Free episodes
- 7 free episodes is fewer than the typical NetShort drama (8). That is 20% of the story before the paywall.
“Typical” is the median drama from this app on our list, adult titles left out.
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- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Thai, ar_AE
- App tags
- Life OL, Plot Twist, Time Travel
- NetShort
- 3.0K likes, 7.1K followers
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Source: NetShort (public chart and episode page), checked Oct 18, 2026. Poster: NetShort, from its official page, read Oct 18, 2026; it belongs to the app.