The Winter Witch (46 page)
Authors: Paula Brackston
I look at him and I see the love shining out of him, and know that I am safe and wanted and adored, and that I always will be. I feel the pressure building inside my head, and hear a noise like the winter winds raging through the dark pine trees, and my thoughts and feelings fall forward, tumbling over one another, and my blood, my magic blood, sings in my veins, and I take in a long, quenching breath, and my tongue feels heavy against my teeth and clumsy in my mouth, and my lips part, and there is a thickness in my throat, and I open my jaw, and my heart lifts, and … I … say … “Yes!”
Y Diwedd
Also by Paula Brackston
The Witch’s Daughter
About the Author
PAULA BRACKSTON has a master’s degree in creative writing from Lancaster University in the UK. In 2007 she was shortlisted in the Crème de la Crime search for new writers. She lives in Wales with her family.
Visit her online at
www.paulabrackston.com
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS
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An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
THE WINTER WITCH.
Copyright © 2013 by Paula Brackston. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by Elsie Lyons
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ISBN 978-1-250-00131-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-02258-5 (e-book)
First Edition: February 2013