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ALSO BY

ANNE BISHOP

The Black Jewels Series
Daughter of the Blood
Heir to the Shadows
Queen of the Darkness
The Invisible Ring
Dreams Made Flesh
Tangled Webs
The Shadow Queen
Shaladors Lady

The Ephemera Series
Sebastian
Belladonna

The Tir Alainn Trilogy
The Pillars of the World
Shadows and Light
The House of Gaian

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First published by Roc, an imprint of New American Library,
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First Printing, March 2011

Copyright Anne Bishop, 2011

All rights reserved

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA:
Bishop, Anne.
Twilights dawn: a black jewels book/Anne Bishop.
p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-101-47593-5

1. WitchesFiction. I. Title.
PS3552.17594T85 2008
813.54dc22

2010040929

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For all the readers
who made this journey with me

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My thanks to Blair Boone for continuing to be my first reader, to Debra Dixon for being second reader, to Doranna Durgin for maintaining the Web site, to Nadine Fallacaro and Julie Green for answering questions about things medical, to Jennifer Jackson and Anne Sowards for their continued enthusiasm for the Black Jewels stories, to David Rapkin and John Sharian for bringing the characters to life in the audio book, and to Pat Feidner just because.

JEWELS

WHITE
YELLOW
TIGER EYE
ROSE
SUMMER-SKY
PURPLE DUSK
OPAL*
GREEN
SAPPHIRE
RED
GRAY
EBON-GRAY
BLACK

*Opal is the dividing line between lighter and darker Jewels because it can be either.

When making the Offering to the Darkness, a person can descend a maximum of three ranks from his/her Birthright Jewel.

Example: Birthright White could descend to Rose.

Authors Note: The Sc in the names Scelt and Sceltie is pronounced Sh.

BLOOD HIERARCHY/CASTES

MALES

landen non-Blood of any race

Blood male a general term for all males of the Blood; also refers to any Blood male who doesnt wear Jewels

Warlord a Jeweled male equal in status to a witch

Prince a Jeweled male equal in status to a Priestess or a Healer

Warlord Prince a dangerous, extremely aggressive Jeweled male; in status, slightly lower than a Queen

FEMALES

landen non-Blood of any race

Blood female a general term for all females of the Blood; mostly refers to any Blood female who doesnt wear Jewels

witch a Blood female who wears Jewels but isnt one of the other hierarchical levels; also refers to any Jeweled female

Healer a witch who heals physical wounds and illnesses; equal in status to a Priestess and a Prince

Priestess a witch who cares for altars, Sanctuaries, and Dark Altars; witnesses handfasts and marriages; performs offerings; equal in status to a Healer and a Prince

Black Widow a witch who heals the mind; weaves the tangled webs of dreams and visions; is trained in illusions and poisons

Queen a witch who rules the Blood; is considered to be the lands heart and the Bloods moral center; as such, she is the focal point of their society

WINSOL GIFTS

This story takes place after the events in Tangled Webs .

ONE

D aemon Sadi, the Black-Jeweled Warlord Prince of Dhemlan, crossed the bridge that marked the boundary between private property and public land. On one side of the bridge was the drive leading to SaDiablo Hall, his familys seat; on the other side was the public road leading to the village of Halaway.

Fluffy snow dusted the bottoms of his trousers as he walked toward the village in blissful solitude. Of course, hed had to sneak out of his own home in order to have that solitude, and he recognized that there was something not quite right about the most powerful male in the Realm of Kaeleer sneaking out in order to avoid three snoozing Sceltie puppies. But whether he was allowing little bundles of fur to dictate his actions instead of using his rank and power to do as he pleased wasnt the point. At this moment, here and now, he was alone on a crisp winter morning, and that was the point. No one was whining about having cold paws. No one was complaining that he walked too fast. No one was grumbling because he wouldnt stop every few feet so interesting smells could be properly sniffed.

And no one was going to sulk because he refused to carry someone with wet fur under his coat and up against his white silk shirt.

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