Luke Matthews has always led a troubled life; he was abandoned by his parents as a baby and has never been able to settle into the various orphanages and foster homes he's been sent to over the years. Now aged 16, he's beginning to fit into an ordinary life for the first time. All of that changes when Luke is attacked by a vampire, only surviving thanks to two mysterious strangers with extraordinary powers who come to his rescue. Taken to Underworld, a secret city of mages hidden deep below London, Luke discovers he possesses light magic - a power unseen for millennia. It soon becomes clear that there are people who want to take advantage of Luke's powers, and it's not just him in danger. With the return of light magic, the fate of the whole world hangs in the balance... ~NOTE~ Kind of stalled with this, but I haven't abandoned it. I may end up doing a partial/total rewrite over the summer and try to actually finish it, if I do then I'll probably start posting the rewrite as a separate book. With that in mind, any criticism/advice/general comments you might have will be really useful, so please speak up if you've got anything to say. ~RL

"I think my scars are like battle wounds," she said. He frowned and said, "What does that mean?" She gave him a small smile and said, "I mean, my scars like battle wounds, they are beautiful in a way, they show what I have been through and how strong I am for coming out of it," she paused. "They remind me of when my enemies tried to break me but failed." He simply smiled, a slow beautiful smile that made the corners of his eyes crinkle and put dimples in his cheek. Despite herself, she felt her breath hitch in her throat. She found his beauty disarming in way. When she could finally breathe again, she said, "What is it?" "What?" "Why are you looking at me like that?" He shook his head, still smiling that smile that made her feel as if she would melt into her chair, "It's just that-it's just that I have never met anyone like you before." She felt a strange fluttering in her stomach and a slow smile crept across her face. She simply flipped herself and said, "I know, I am rather extraordinary."