Page 40 of Second Time's A Curse (Grimalkin Academy: Kittens 2)
Caspian looks behind him, his eyes meeting mine. But they're not filled with hope. Far from it. It's anger lingering in his gaze. "I should have known better," he spits out.
My heart falls and the hand holding my wand drops to my side. The look on his face is so hate-fuelled that I don't know how I'm going to carry on.
But I have to. If it's the last thing I do, I'll get Caspian's name cleared. Which could be difficult depending on how much they know about the Unleashing. We may not have gone through with it, but I think we went far enough for it to count as doing black magic.
One thought keeps spinning around my mind.
What have we done?
Thank you for reading Second Time’s A Curse. If you want to continue Mona’s journey, you can in Third Time’s A Crime: http://books2read.com/thirdtimesacrime
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Author’s Note
This is the first time I've done an author note in a long time, so you'll have to excuse me if I'm a little bit rusty!
First, there are a few people I want to say thank you to. Special thank you to the two readers who named Seth (Keisha) and Romeo (Jacquie), thank you for trusting me to bring your kittens to life! To my partner, without who this book (or any of my others) wouldn't happen. To Arizona Tape, for writing the "What happened before" for me when I was worried it would be too boring (I think you'll agree she did an excellent job!) And because she told me that I missed the point of her writing (10 Points) next to the title, I'm awarding her ten points for her essay on what happened in First Time's A Charm (I've found it's best to keep co-authors happy or bad things happen to shared characters!)
Three of the other kittens are named after the characters of some of my best friends, Skye MacKinnon (Isla - Claiming Her Bears), Arizona Tape (Aspen - My Winter Wolf), and Asia (Bea Paige - Academy of Misfits). Without these amazing authors, I wouldn't be where I am today. I don't think I can fully express how much they mean to me. I'm lucky to have found not just my author tribe, but real friends in this business. I consider myself truly lucky, and naming kittens after their characters is the least I can do to show that.
I also want to say thank you to you! The support I've had for Grimalkin Academy: Kittens has blown me away, and I hope you stick with me through the final two books in the series (and Daphne's series too!)
Laura
Excerpt: Third Time’s A Crime
Read on for an excerpt from Third Time’s A Curse. You can find it here: http://books2read.com/thirdtimesacrime
I pace back and forth, trying my best not to tear my hair out.
"What are we going to do?" I demand of no one in particular. There's only the twins here with me anyway, and they've been through every possibility imaginable.
"There's nothing we can do," Daphne tells me for the sixth time. "We don't even know what they arrested him for."
I growl. We do know. We did black magic and now we're suffering the consequences. Caspian's just the one in the most trouble, the rest of us are stuck waiting to hear what the verdicts going to be. We all know there won't be a fair trial, not if word gets out. The death penalty is still in place for black magic, that's how rare it is.
And how much danger Caspian is in while he's under their control. It's not something I want to think about too much.
A tiny meow comes from under the bed, and I lean down to pick Isla up. At least I can take some comfort in my kittens.
"We'll figure this out," Ryan promises, getting up from where he's sitting and pulling me into his arms.
Without meaning to, I relax. He smells good, and the worries slip away.
"I promise, it's going to be fine. We just need to find out what they know, and go from there," he whispers into my hair.
"How are we going to do that?" My voice is laced with the threat of sobs, but I hold myself steady. I can't let go now.
"Let's start with how they know we've done black magic. It doesn't seem likely there's something obvious, or they'd have arrested all five of us." He looks over at Daphne, clearly expecting her to know something about it.
"I'll need to ask some questions. Maybe Cade can help? He's been taking magical law, right?"
Ryan nods.
No wonder his best friend hasn't been around much. I've heard the course load for magical law is insanely high.
"Daphne can take the legal angle, and we can take a more practical approach."