Siege (The Boy in the Iron Box, #5)

by Guillermo del Toro

Timur cried out, “Again?” and walked halfway to Daniil with his rifle ready. “Always, you’re away from the action! Always, you’re safe, and those around you get taken!”

“Tell me what you know, you devil,”

“Kill me and go. Save yourselves. That’s not hero talk. It’s your only chance.”

“This boy—is he nocturnal?” Timur said, “Most evil spirits are. You really hadn’t noticed?”

They had been foolish chasing this thing they knew nothing about.

three words: throat—guardian—hunger.

“Each elemental spirit is one thing and one thing only,” Daniil continued, undaunted. “A guardian. A destroyer. A life giver. I guess we know what this one is.”

But there was no death in this place, no rest, no final peace.