THE BATTLE OF THE LABYRINTH Percy Jackson ... - No one's invited.

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“Perhaps,” Daedalus said. Then he brought a scroll from his traveling bag—the same scroll I’d seen in
my last dream, with his nephews notes.“Or perhaps not.”
He pattedAelia’s shoulder,then blessed her and her sisters. He looked down once more at the coppery
threads glinting in the bottom of the bath. “Find me if you dare, king of the ghosts.”
He turned toward the mosaic wall and touched a tile. A glowing mark appeared—a Greek ?—and the
wall slid aside. The princesses gasped.
“You never told us of secret passages!”Aelia said. “You have been busy.”
“TheLabyrinth has been busy,” Daedalus corrected. “Do not try to follow me, my dears, if you value
your sanity.”
My dream shifted. I was underground in a stone chamber. Luke and another half-blood warrior were
studying a map by flashlight.
Luke cursed. “It should’ve been the last turn.” He crumpled up the map and tossed it aside.
“Sir!” his companion protested.
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“Maps are useless here,” Luke said. “Don’t worry. I’ll find it.”
“Sir, is it true that the larger the group—”
“The more likely you get lost? Yes, that’s true. Why do you think we sent out solo explorers to begin
with? But don’t worry. As soon we have the thread, we can lead the vanguard through.”
“But how will weget the thread?”
Luke stood, flexing his fingers. “Oh, Quintus will come through. All we have to do is reach the arena,
and it’s at the juncture.Impossible to get anywhere without passing it. That’s why we must have a truce
with its master. We just have to stay alive until—”
“Sir!” a new voice came from the corridor. Another guy in Greek armor ran forward, carrying a torch.
“Thedracaenae found a half-blood!”
Luke scowled. “Alone? Wandering the maze?”
“Yes, sir!You’d better comequick . They’re in the next chamber. They’ve got him cornered.”
“Who is it?”
“No one I’ve ever seen before, sir.”
Luke nodded.“A blessing from Kronos. We may be able to use this half-blood. Come!”
They ran down the corridor, and I woke with a start, staring into the dark.A lone half-blood,