Book Six: Chapter 120

“What is it?” he asked, but he was fairly certain he knew.

“Divinity. Magic far beyond anything I am capable of, especially in this amount. If not for Grýla out there absorbing a third of it, I might have just exploded.” She grimaced, then clutched her chest. “It feels like I’m on fire.”

“Yuki.” He could see the golden light blazing around her now, trying to force its way into her. Panicked, he put his hands over her chest, uncertain how to proceed. Could he try and separate it from her? What would happen if it had nowhere to go?

The side of the house rattled again, the walls protesting their percussive treatment.

“Come back, food!” Grýla growled, then threw another stone.

“Leave us alone,” Holly yelled through the window. “Go back to your cave!”

“The North Pole belongs to me now,” she yelled back. “Me and my children! The Krampus will see me rewarded for my efforts.”

“Krampus?” Jack moaned, her eyelids fluttering.

“What happened to he