CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Phoenix groaned. He’d forgotten.
Beside him, Jade tugged on his arm. “We need to make some sort of sacrifice to him and summon him here.”
She fished out the Bag and withdrew a small bunch of grapes leftover from their sketchy midnight snack under the dock. Next she offered the Bag to Marcus, who drew the gloves, belt and hammer from it. Jade laid the grapes on a piece of rock and nodded to him.
Looking quite silly, she called out. “Mighty Thor, accept this sacrifice and come to reclaim what is yours.”
Marcus swung the hammer gently down onto the fruit. It squashed, spurting grape-juice onto his tunic. He laid the hammer and accessories on the makeshift altar next to the sacrifice and they all waited.
Behind them, a shimmering Portal opened in the stone doo
