A Harmless Hobby

Rumors in the town of Zagorsk spread quickly. Talk of vampire murders accompanied by mysterious rituals is everywhere: you can hear it from nobles and the last beggar alike. Still, it doesn’t interest everyone. What business is it of a young owner of a herb shop to do with these strange events? And why, specifically her, did the prince of vampires send his messenger to investigate the mysterious murders?

The reason is simple: the girl has an harmless hobby—a secret necromancer. The Council of Magic has never, never issued licenses to women to practice necromancy! And if it becomes known that the owner of a gloomy house in the cemetery is the sweet Angella, her days will end either on a pyre or in the secret dungeon cells of the magicians. And no one knows which is worse.

Or maybe the worst thing is to end up in the vampires’ realm—the Castle of Horror and Pleasure? The necromancer who always believed that a good vampire is a dead vampire has suddenly been given the chance to get to know this undead up close—and conduct her investigation. And it ended in a very unexpected way…