Chapter Ten
I watch the kittens playing, trying not to think about the mountain of coursework that's piling up on my desk. I should focus on it to make sure my theory grades don't start slipping, but nothing is going in.
There's also the matter of Mum's book. It's sat on my desk too, the animal spell staring up at me with taunting eyes. I'm ninety percent sure Daphne's theory is right, but that means we have yet another mountain to climb when it comes to figuring out how to break the hybrid curse. We can't use the original countercurse because it's only for the blocking spell Mum told me about.
The animal spell isn't even a curse...
I bolt up. "It's not a curse," I mutter to myself.
"Meow?" Isla lifts her head from where she's sleeping beside me, not happy to have been woken up.
"I'm
