CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Phoenix’s plan went surprisingly well. They all slipped into the water, hidden by the very fence that was supposed to keep them out. Heron panicked for a moment until Jade firmly told him the seawater was warm and calm and to stop behaving like a baby. He glowered as Marcus wrapped an arm around him and began a smooth sidestroke. They moved slowly, keeping their heads low to reduce ripples on the flat night ocean. The final few metres were in full view of the temple guards and had to be done underwater. Heron came up beneath the dock sputtering and coughing until Marcus shushed him by placing a hand over his mouth. The old inventor looked extremely unhappy. His white beard and hair were bedraggled; his skinny, wrinkled body white and dripping.
“Now I know why I n
