Book Six: Chapter 77

“Usually there’s a big bag and a cart here,” Holly explained, adjusting her hat and then brushing off her knees. “Reindeer get to eat the cookie rejects. We add it to their feed.”

“Sounds healthy.” Kisa saw that a rail system had been built into the floor under the cookie pile, and it went through a tunnel on the other side of the wall. “Does that mean the stables are that way?”

Holly nodded. A hideous screech came from the funnel above. It was like nails down a chalkboard, causing Kisa’s fur to stand on end. She could almost hear a singsong voice inside the cacophonous roar, and clutched Tink’s arm.

“That’s him,” Holly whispered. “He’s in the building.”

“He found us just from air currents?” Kisa looked at Tink.

“Tink think so. Demon tricky, very mad at pretty elf.” She looked at the tunnel, then at a door on the far wall. “Broken elves tell demon where to find Tink, need special trick, buy time.”

The goblin rummaged around in her pockets and pull