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    Vampire Classmates (A Transylvanica High Short)
    Vampire Classmates (A Transylvanica High Short)
    Vampire Classmates (A Transylvanica High Short)
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    Vampire Classmates (A Transylvanica High Short)

    By R. Barri Flowers

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    From R. Barri Flowers, the bestselling author of the Transylvanica High series, featuring the young adult vampire novels, Count Dracula’s Teenage Daughter and Out for Blood, comes the prequel short story, Vampire Classmates.

    Seventeen-year-old Lydia Knight is about to start her senior year at Transylvanica High, one of several integrated pilot schools across the country where human and vampire students peacefully coexist.

    She is a bit leery about her cousin, Roland DuPree, eighteen, coming to live with her and her parents in Harbor Heights, Michigan, with his dark clothing and odd behavior. But since he is family, she has to tolerate him and even accept the fact that her best friend, Mandi, is attracted to her cousin.

    Roland DuPree wasn’t exactly thrilled to be leaving Owl's Bluff, Oregon to spend his senior year at Transylvanica High. But he understood why he had been forced to relocate. Unbeknownst to Lydia, Roland is a teen vampire who had literally bitten off more than he could chew in Owl's Bluff.

    Now he is trying to fit in with Lydia and her friends in a new community. But following the rules had never been his strong suit, especially with a craving for fresh rather than powdered human blood, and a potentially ripe for the biting target in his cousin’s attractive friend, Mandi.

    Included with this entertaining paranormal short are excerpts from the first book in the Transylvanica High Series, Count Dracula’s Teenage Daughter; as well as excerpts from the author’s young adult haunted house mystery, Teen Ghost at Dead Lake, and teen time travel mystery, Danger in Time.

    These and other titles from R. Barri Flowers are available in eBook, print, and audio.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Barri Flowers
    Release dateDec 13, 2014
    ISBN9781310155109
    Vampire Classmates (A Transylvanica High Short)
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    R. Barri Flowers

    R. Barri Flowers is the award winning, bestselling author of mystery and thriller novels, true crime books, relationship fiction, young adult mysteries, and children's books. Follow R. Barri Flowers on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Goodreads, LibraryThing, and YouTube. Learn more about the author on Wikipedia and www.rbarriflowers.com.

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      Vampire Classmates (A Transylvanica High Short) - R. Barri Flowers

      VAMPIRE CLASSMATES

      A Transylvanica High Short

      Copyright 2014 by R. Barri Flowers at Smashwords. All rights reserved.

      Cover Image Copyright Don Victorio, 2014

      Used under license from Shutterstock.com

      VAMPIRE CLASSMATES: A Transylvanica High Short is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, business establishments, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Vampire Classmates

      Count Dracula's Teenage Daughter – Bonus Excerpts

      Teen Ghost at Dead Lake – Bonus Excerpts

      Danger in Time – Bonus Excerpts

      About the Author

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      VAMPIRE CLASSMATES

      A Transylvanica High Short

      You must be my cousin Lydia. Or am I in the wrong house?

      Lydia Knight was speechless for a moment as her green eyes gawked at her eighteen-year-old cousin, Roland DuPree, whom she'd heard so much about over the years. He didn't look at all like she imagined him to be. She had never seen a picture of him, as he wasn't in any of the family photos. Her parents had told her it was because he was really shy.

      You don't look all that shy to me, she thought as she ran her hand through her long red hair.

      Not that she knew what shy looked like, but in Lydia's mind this wasn't it.

      He was tall and pale with black straggly hair that fell over his ears. She couldn't tell if his eyes were dark gray, dark brown, or maybe both. His baggy clothes were all black, as if he had an aversion to anything bright and cheery.

      If she didn't know better, she might think he was a vampire.

      Impossible, Lydia told herself. Or at least it was highly unlikely.

      The fact was, the town she lived in, Harbor Heights, Michigan, had one of a handful of schools across the country where mortal and vampire teens went to school together. The idea was that peaceful coexistence at this level could make for less friction on all levels of society between humans and vampires. As part of the deal, vamps in school suppressed their blood sucking ways in favor of powdered human blood mixed with water and blood drives to satisfy their cravings. So far, it seemed to be working. At least amongst the humans like herself as well as some of her vamp classmates, who really wanted to see this work as much as she did.

      With summer nearly over, at seventeen, Lydia was slated to return to Transylvanica High for her senior year. So too would her cousin Roland, who was transferring there.

      Yeah, that's me, Lydia finally responded, after being nudged by her mother, whose side of the family he belonged to. I take it you're my cousin Roland?

      Guilty as charged, he said, flashing perfectly aligned white teeth. How about a hug, cuz? I promise I won't bite.

      "That's so not funny," she said with a scowl. She hated the thought of being bitten by a vampire, even if it was her own cousin who did it.

      Just kidding, he assured her. I promise I'm all human, just like you, Aunt Jillian, and Uncle Jonathan.

      Of course you are, her mother said.

      No one's accusing you of being a vampire, her father concurred.

      Lydia felt a little silly for thinking otherwise, even if it was only for a moment. She moved up to him and felt his long arms wrap around her briefly like an octopus. He felt cold and clammy. Or was it just her mind playing tricks on her?

      I've really been looking forward to spending some time with my long lost relatives, Roland said.

      Lydia stepped away from the hug. Well, it looks like you've got your chance to do that, she told him.

      Truthfully, she had not been totally on board with him staying at their house for the next year, before he would presumably go off to college as she planned to do. The last thing she wanted was to have to babysit her cousin around town and at school. Or explain to her friends why he was there in the first place, especially since she had no idea. She had only been told that he had to get out of the town where he lived for a while.

      On the other hand, she was mildly curious about the cousin whom she'd exchanged some emails and texts with for a couple of months. After all, it wasn't every day that she met or was visited by kinfolk. Quite the opposite. As an only child, she hardly knew anyone on her father's side, other than a few older cousins. On her mother's side, she had only

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