Gods of the North #7 by Lucy Coats

Author:Lucy Coats
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-13T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

THE WHITE FOX

Very carefully, because his tusks were sharp, Demon tipped half the potion down Goldbristle’s throat, thinking furiously. The box hadn’t said there wasn’t a cure—just that the right ingredients might be available locally. That meant that there must be something here in Asgard—he just had to find it.

As the last drop of fiery liquid dribbled in, Goldbristle started to glow a little brighter, then brighter still, till the stall was bathed in a warm golden light.

Thrud clapped. “Look, Uncle Frey! He’s done it!” she crowed.

“Well done, Pandemonius,” said the god as Goldbristle lumbered to its feet and grunted.

Demon turned to look up at the great boar. “How are you feeling?” he asked.

“Not so good,” said Goldbristle. “My light still feels as if it’s all dissolving into nothing.”

“Did you eat or drink something bad?”

The bristly head shook from side to side. “No, but my dreams are full of darkness eating the world,” it said.

mon met the round black eyes, shiny as beetle wings and framed in long, thick lashes.

“I’ll find a cure for you if it’s the last thing I do,” he promised.

He turned to Frey. “I don’t think you’d better take Goldbristle out just yet, Your Golden Magnificence,” he said.

Frey frowned, and it was like the sun going behind a cloud. “Why not? You’ve cured him, haven’t you? He will keep on getting brighter, won’t he?”

Demon shook his head. “It’s only temporary,” he said. “I don’t know how long it will last. He might go out again at any minute.”

Frey frowned again. “Then I must take advantage of his light while I can,” he said. “Help me harness him up.”

Reluctantly, Demon did as he was told.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered to Goldbristle as the enormous beast lumbered out of the stable, with Frey in the golden chariot behind it. But the shining boar was already rising into the sky and didn’t hear him.

Immediately, the whole of Asgard began to sparkle like one big diamond. Demon had to half close his eyes till they adjusted.

“Isn’t it beautiful?” said Thrud, clapping her hands and leaping about. She picked up a big handful of soft snow, shaped it into a ball, and threw it at him.

“Oof!” said Demon as it hit him right in the face.

“Score one for Team Thrud,” she shrieked, lobbing another one at him. Demon ducked, scooped up his own snowball, and threw it.

“Right in the hood,” said Thrud, laughing and shaking snow off herself. “Score one for Team Demon!” But just as Demon was starting to get into the swing of things, it all went horribly wrong. Suddenly, the bright diamond light began to dim, and as he looked up, he saw Goldbristle lurch and fall from the sky.

“Oh no!” Demon said, and began to run.

With a crash, the boar bounced off the corner of a roof, leaving it in splintered ruins, and dropped into a snowdrift. Frey leaped clear of the golden chariot as it shattered on the icy ground. It was as if night had fallen all in a minute.

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