Piper recognized that brooding expression on her friend’s face. Not triremes full of demigods, Piper thought. “It’s a big shipping channel.ěoats go in and out all the time.” “Do we just sail in?” “Why not?” Leo said. If the legends were true, their quest would become ten times more dangerous. Once in the Mediterranean-the Mare Nostrum-they would be in the ancient lands. We’re at the mouth of the Mediterranean.” The morning was warm, but Piper shivered.ĝespite the wide stretch of sea in front of them, she felt like she was standing at an impassable barrier. And over there-” She pointed south, to a more distant stretch of red and ochre hills. “The Rock of Gibraltar,” Annabeth said in awe. On the other side, the mountain sloped in tiers, covered in green forest, so that the whole thing reminded Piper of a colossal sphinx, worn down over the millennia, with a massive white head and chest, and a green cloak over its back. On one side, the limestone cliffs were almost completely sheer, dropping into the sea over a thousand feet below, as near as Piper could figure. She’d even fallen down the Grand Canyon with Jason and flown back up.ěut neither was as amazing as this massive fist of blinding white rock thrust into the sky. She’d driven Highway 1 along the California coast. Without the cruise ship blocking their view, she saw a mountain jutting from the sea less than half a mile to the north. “Where are-oh…Wow.” Piper followed her gaze and gasped. Hazel rubbed her eyes and looked across the glittering green water. “Bye!” Leo called, raising his smoking hand. If they found it strange that theĚrgo II was populated by half-asleep kids in armor and pajamas and a man with goat legs, they didn’t let on. The ship edged past them, heading out to sea. “Do they have to be so loud?” “They’re just saying hi,”ğrank speculated. The cruise ship blew its horn again, and theĚrgo II had a shaking fit.
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