The walls of the multilevel maze were made of anti-magic. Black and slick, the material prevented cheating, such as climbing to get to other levels of the maze without use of plotted routes, and also what Kits wanted to do: melt her way to the exit.

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  Not long ago, Desiree had passed through.

  Kits jogged around a bend, keeping to the middle of the route so as not to touch the walls, and found herself in front of an invisible ladder.

  The only reason she knew it was there was there was a candle burning on one of the rungs.