Consuming Darkness: Sebastian Sallow

Chapter 32

**violence warning**

-Ronnie

Sebastian kept ahold of my left hand as I casted revelio again. A pool of ancient magic swirled at the back wall and as we approached the wall, another room became visible. It looked similar to the rooms that the Keepers trials had been held in.

"There's a room through this wall," I told him, reaching out and touching it in curiosity.

"Let's go then," he responded. I could feel his eyes on me. The heat of his gaze causing my cheeks to redden.

I pulled him through and we walked into an ethereal looking room. The floors and walls were bronze and gold with blue marbled glass accents. In the middle of the room was a marble pedestal with a small object on top. Lining the back wall were seven stone sentinels.

"I'm guessing that's the relic?" Sebastian asked as we both surveyed the room, hand in hand.

"Most likely. And those statues will probably come to life and try to kill us the second we try to take it," I observed, remembering all of the encounters I had with them last year.

"You've done this before?"

"Yeah. To get all of the Keepers to give me more information about Isadora and the ancient magic I had to come through a few rooms that looked like this," I informed him as I tried to figure out a game plan.

"Seriously?" He asked in slight shock. "They really put you through hell to get that information."

I turned back to him. His face was hard to read but is voice had been riddled with concern. "Yeah..." I agreed. It had all seemed ridiculously excessive, considering Ranrock was hot on my heels the whole time.

"They probably won't be too hard since I have you for back up now. Just cast expelliarmus and they'll drop their weapons for a moment and then hit them with glacius and diffindo," I advised him. "It's the fastest way to destroy them, and you'll have to dodge a lot."

"Wow... you really must have fought them a lot to be able to anticipate the entire fight!" He exclaimed.

I shrugged. "These just look like basic guys. You could even sit back and watch if you want?" I offered and he laughed at my cockiness.

"Pretty confident for someone who just about died two seconds ago," he teased. "Want to make a game if it?"

I turned to him with a eager smile. "A little friendly competition? What do I get when I win?"

"Not friendly at all," Sebastian winked and my heart leapt. The feeling of his hand on mine moved my thoughts to other places that I needed his hand. "And I think when I win I just want a favor from you."

"A favor huh? What kind of favor?" I wondered hopefully.

"You'll find out after I win. I enjoy having you indebted to me," he laughed wickedly.

"Fine, but when I win I want the same," I decided and flashed him a smirk. I knew exactly what I wanted from him. I let go of his hand and said, "Whoever destroys more wins?"

"Sounds easy enough" he agreed cockily.

"Ready?" I asked.

"Ready," he got into a fighting stance.

"Accio relic," I point pointed my wand towards the pedestal. The relic flew into into my hand and the exit closed off as the sentinels came to life. I put the relic in my pocket quickly before entering the fray.

The fight went exactly as I expected as six of the sentinels began attacking. Sebastian expertly destroyed four of the six that had come to life. I knew he was a talented wizard but it still surprised me that he was able to destroy more of them than I was. He even used a few spells I hadn't seen him use before.