Witches (Runes series Book 6)

WITCHES
 
 
Ednah Walters

Copyright © Ednah Walters 2015

Published by Firetrail Publishing

This book is a work of fiction. The names characters,

places, and incidents are products of the author’s

imagination and are not to be construed as real.

Any resemblance to any actual events or

persons, living or dead, actual events, locale

or organizations is entirely coincidental.

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Firetrail Publishing

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Copyright © Ednah Walters 2015

Published by Firetrail Publishing

ISBN: 0991251741

ISBN-13: 978-0-991251742

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Edited by Allisyn Ma Edmonds

Cover Design by Cora Graphics.

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No part of this book may be used or

 
reproduced in any manner whatsoever

without permission, except in the case of brief

quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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ALSO BY EDNAH WALTERS:
 

The Runes Series:

Runes (book one-free)

Immortals (book two)

Grimnirs: (book three-Cora/Echo)

Seeress (book four)

Souls (book five-Cora/Echo)

The Guardian Legacy Series:

Awakened (prequel-free)

Betrayed (book one)

Hunted (book two)

Forgotten (coming June 2015)

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

E. B. WALTERS

The Fitzgerald Family series

Slow Burn (book 1-Free)

Mine Until Dawn (book 2)

Kiss Me Crazy (book 3)

Dangerous Love (book 4)

Forever Hers (book 5)

Surrender to Temptation (book 6)

Infinitus Billionaires

Impulse (book 1)

Indulge (book 2-Coming Fall 2015)

DEDICATION
 

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This one is for you,

ToRaine’s fans

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
 

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I want to thank my editor, Allisyn Ma Edmonds, for going through this at

such short notice and doing an amazing job. So happy I found you.

To my personal assistant Cheree Crump, you rock!!!

Nuns have nothing on you. So thanks for being my sounding board.

To my author buddy, Melissa Haag, thanks for putting the stamp

of approval on the final product. I’m so happy we connected.

To my beta-readers Irina Wo, Jeannette Oatman Whitus, and

Carolina Silva. Thank you for reading the raw version

and for your honest feedback. I could not have polished the

book without your keen eyes.
 
My Street Team: This is for YOU!!

You keep me humbled, encourage me, you make me laugh and cry.

I love hanging out with you guys, love sharing stories and pictures.

Thank you for being so awesome. If I could thank all of you

individually, I would. You know who you are. Love you, guys.

To husband and my wonderful children, thank you for

your unwavering love and support. You inspire me in

so many ways. Love you, guys.

TRADEMARK LIST
 

Google

Harley

StubHub/LA Galaxy

FIFA

Nikon

Twizzlers

Supernatural

CWTV

Charmed

Beckham

The Scarlett Letter

Chevrolet

Petsmart

Honda Civic

World Cup

Dodge

Lays

Herbalife

GLOSSARY
 

Asgard
: Home of the Aesir gods

Odin
: The father and ruler of all gods and men.

He is an Aesir god. Half of the dead soldiers/warriors/athletes

go to live in his hall Valhalla.

Freya
: The poetry-loving goddess of love and fertility.

The other half of the dead warriors/soldiers/athletes go to her hall in Falkvang

Frigg
: Odin’s wife, the patron of marriage and motherhood

Norns
: deities who control destinies of men and gods

Völva
: A powerful seeress

Völur
: A group of seeresses

Immortals
: Humans who stop aging and self-heal

because of the magical runes etched on their skin

Valkyries
: Immortals who collect fallen warriors/soldiers/

fighters/athletes

and take them to Valhalla and Falkvang

Ragnarok
: The end of the world war between the gods and

the evil giants

Artavus
: Magical knife or dagger used to etch runes

Artavo
: Plural of artavus

Stillo
: A type of artavus

Grimnirs
: Reapers for Hel

Hel
: The Goddess Hel in charge of the dead

Hel
: Home of Goddess Hel, dead criminals, those dead from

illness and old age

Nastraad/Corpse Strand
: The island in Hel for criminals and evil Mortals

Yggdrasil
: The tree of life or tree of knowledge that connects

the nine realms of Norse cosmology

Seidr
: An old Norse term referring to a magical practice by the

Norse, it includes act of divination or prophecy performed

while in a trance.

Brísingamen
:
A beautiful necklace owned by Goddess Freya

Bygul
:
One of the cats that pulls Goddess Freya’s chariot

skreyja vilfill:
loosely translated from Norse as incompetent beetle

Baulufotr
:
cow foot in Norse

Beiskaldi:
bitch in Norse

Jotunn
:
giants in Norse

Draugr/Draugar/Revenants/Wendigo
: zombie-like creatures

Garm:
Hel’s hound

Daufi:
Stupid in Norse

Idun
: Norse Goddess of Sprin

Nornsgard
: Norns’ Hall

Midgard
: Earth in

Valknut:
the rune formed by three interlocked triangles

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