Fire Mage (Blacklight Chronicles, #1)

by John Forrester

to a lift. The workers always averted their eyes from them when they used the lift, as if they thought it wasn’t their business to notice a few royal children stalking around in the building. Talis and Mara hopped on the lift, and she grabbed his hand as the lift jolted, starting their descent several hundred feet down in the darkness. Talis always felt a thrill on the descent, as if uncertain whether they would ever arrive at the bottom. It was pitch black without a source of light. Mara cuddled close to Talis, her arms snaking around his waist, the soft exhalations of her breath landing on his neck until he felt uncomfortable and his heart raced. Her small fingers felt along his chest and she wormed her way even closer and started to whisper something in his ear. The lift suddenly jolted as they reached the bottom. What was she going to say? She jumped out of the lift and dashed down the passageway