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Witchling

By

Yasmine Galenorn

Contents

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CHAPTER 15

CHAPTER 16

CHAPTER 17

CHAPTER 18

CHAPTER 19

CHAPTER 20

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

WITCHLING

A Berkley Book / published by arrangement with the author

PRINTING HISTORY

Berkley edition / October 2006

Copyright © 2006 by Yasmine Galenorn.

Excerpt from Changeling by Yasmine Galenorn copyright © 2007 by Yasmine Galenorn.

Cover illustration by Tony Mauro.

Cover design by Rita Frangie.

Interior text design by Stacy Irwin.

ISBN: 0-425-21254-8

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Dedicated to:

Samwise. For love. For life.

I promised you a touch of my magic as part of my wedding vows.

I think we've managed that.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to: Meredith Bernstein, my agent. You truly believe in me. Thank you for that, more than I can ever express. To Christine Zika, my editor, who saw the potential in this series. Thank you to my husband, Samwise: Honey, it's just getting better with every year.

Thank you to Glen Hill for helping me with the Japanese translations and information I needed. To Lisa Croll Di Dio, Brad Rinke, and Tiffany Merkel, each of whom listened to a little of this crazy world I've managed to create here and convinced me that my trip into la-la land was worth the journey.

Thanks for the support from my Witchy Chicks Blogging Group. To Mark W. and his furble Maggie, the feline inspiration for Maggie the gargoyle. To my own cats, my little Galenorn Gurlz. To Ukko, Rauni, Mielikki, and Tapio, my spiritual guardians.