Catching A Vampire: Grimalkin Academy, #8

By Laura Greenwood

Daphne is determined to find an old family spell.

Studying at Grimalkin has been Daphne's dream since she was a little girl. 

With her best friend unable to do the simplest spells, her brother determined to find an old family spell to turn them into cats, and hot dates with a vampire, her hands are full enough. Add to that two other guys trying to get her attention, and a teacher that seems to hate her, and Daphne's school year isn't quite going to plan…

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Catching A Vampire is book seven of Grimalkin Academy, an urban fantasy academy series featuring two best friends, lots of kittens, and a low-heat poly romantic subplot.

If you enjoy paranormal academy, cute familiars, light-hearted romance, witches, and friendship, you should start the Grimalkin Academy series today.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Drowlgon Press
• Release date: Sep 23, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393399063

Laura Greenwood

Laura is a USA Today Bestselling Author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and fantasy romance. When she's not writing, she drinks a lot of tea, tries to resist French macarons, and works towards a diploma in Egyptology. She lives in the UK, where most of her books are set. Laura specialises in quick reads, with healthy relationships and consent positive moments regardless of if she's writing light-hearted romance, mythology-heavy urban fantasy, or anything in between. You can find a full book list and more information on her website, or in The Paranormal Council Facebook Group. Happy Reading!

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Catching a Vampire

Contents

Blurb

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Excerpt: Catching A Wizard

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Blurb

Studying at Grimalkin has been Daphne's dream since she was a little girl.

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With her best friend unable to do the simplest spells, her brother determined to find an old family spell to turn them into cats, and hot dates with a vampire, her hands are full enough. Add to that two other guys trying to get her attention, and a teacher that seems to hate her, and Daphne's school year isn't quite going to plan…

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Catching A Vampire is a slow burn paranormal academy with a reverse harem theme. It is book one of the Grimalkin Academy: Catacombs.

Chapter One

Why do they have to make the chairs so damned uncomfortable? If it's to try and keep us focused on the lesson going on, then they clearly didn't know students. On a technicality, it's my choice I'm here, but that's not the point.

Daphne Chambers?

My name rouses me from my thoughts, and I look up at the board, trying to remember what we're learning today. Ah yes, how to approach a wild dragon. In theory, it sounds like a great thing to learn. In practice...not so much. Dragons are so rare now it's almost useless to learn. My time would be far better spent on learning more magic.

Yes, Miss? I echo.

Miss Feathertop gives me a withering look. No doubt annoyed I'm not paying as much attention as I should. I was just asking you what the correct gift was to take to a red dragon. Her disapproving look gets worse with each word.

That would depend, I answer. Is the red dragon an actual dragon, or is it a shifter? Male or female? Fully grown or adolescent? Being a smart ass probably isn't going to help me with my grade in this class, but all of my questions are valid. These things do matter.

Let's say a full grown male who can't shift. She purses her lips, her anger coming through. She hates being shown up, but with so many of the class being smarter than she is, it happens regularly.

In which case, I'd take a virgin sacrifice for him. But that's probably a bit frowned upon. Instead, I'd take four rubies and a lit torch, which should keep him distracted enough while I do whatever foolhardy thing I'm approaching a dragon for.

Her expression turns sour right in front of me.

I say nothing. I can't. When someone asks me a question, all I can do is tell them the answer. It's part of who I am.

My twin brother snickers from beside me, clearly amused by my answer.

Miss Feathertop turns back to the board, teaching the same mundane stuff she always does. I don't understand why we have to have to so many theory lessons. I'm not here to learn about how to approach various magical beasts. I'd have taken one of the many zoology classes Grimalkin offers if I was. Instead, I'm on a curse-breaking course. One that apparently includes a lot of theory and not a lot of anything else.

Hopefully, it's just a first-term kind of thing, because I don't want to be doing this for the next few years.

Psst, a voice comes from behind me. A wand taps my shoulder seconds later, and a folded up piece of paper jumps out of the end and lands on my desk.

I roll my eyes. This kind of note passing went out of style years ago. Why is someone I don't even know passing me one now? It didn't make any sense.

Curiosity gets the better of me, and I watch with interest as the note unfurls on my desk, revealing surprisingly neat handwriting.

But more than that, handwriting I recognise.

Bradley? I whisper, craning around in my seat to look at the person sitting behind me. If the sheet of paper in front of me is anything to go by, I should find my thirteen-year-old-self's crush sitting right behind me and no doubt being as handsome as ever.

Miss Chambers, are you paying any attention? Miss Feathertop demands.

Ah darn. It's like that woman has a radar for me not paying attention. I don't get why. I always hand my coursework in on time. My attendance is perfect, and I'm at the top of our class.

Of course, Miss, I respond, sitting back around. I hope Bradley will hang around long enough after class that I can get a good look at him as I'm not going to be able to see him during.

Good. Keep your eyes on the front please.

I hold back an eye roll, but from Ryan's soft chuckle next to me, I'm not very successful at it.

Time to check out my note then.

Long time, no see - Bradley.

Great. All this fuss and it's just a boring one line note. If I'm going to get in trouble during class, then I at least want it to be for some kind of sonnet or epic love poem. I'll even take a terrible limerick over this. If he wants to restart some sort of friendship with me, then he's going to have to up his game.

I slip my wand out of my pocket, being careful to ensure Miss Feathertop isn't watching me again. Technically, we're not supposed to have wands out in this class. Yet another reason it's a complete waste of time. I'm here for the magic and nothing else.