The London Institute : A Shadowhunters Novel

The London Institute

Sebastian loved training. He always liked to be the best in the institute. Sebastian had just walked into the training room after changing into a plane white shirt and dark blue jeans for his morning training as usual. He picked up three blades from the table and glared at the target with his Aqua blue eyes. He lifted his skinny but muscly arm and propelled the blade through the room and it landed right in the centre of the target. He lifted both arms with blades in each hand and he launched them across the room like soaring hawks and both of the blades smashed into the target. "I did it! I finally did it!" he smiled slightly. Suddenly an applause came from the door way and Sebastian quickly turned his head towards the sound. He saw a tall, petite woman with dark brown hair standing there in her leather ankle high boots with a black tank top and black plain leggings. "Aline! when did you get here? how long were you watching?" Sebastian sounded startled and he turned his body towards Aline. "Well I was watching long enough. your really good at this blade throwing thing cuzzie. I sill don't understand how your so good at it".

Aline has always called Sebastian 'Cuzzie' since she was little because Sebastian was her cousin and she just liked the word.

"Practice makes perfect, Aline" he smile a little. Aline walked into the room, picked up a blade and stood beside Sebastian and ruffled his light blonde hair. "You've got this Aline" He said positively. She nodded her head slightly and raised her arm and threw the blade across the room just missing the target and hitting the wall. Aline gasped "Oh no! Élodie is going to kill me!".

Élodie was Sebastian's auntie and is also the head of the institute, she had raised Sebastian after his parents death.

Sebastian walked to the blade that Aline had threw into the wall and pulled it out. "Relax Aline. I can easily fix this." he started examining the hole the blade had left in the wall. "Are you sure?" she had a sign of panic in her voice. Sebastian looked towards Aline. "I'm pretty sure I can fix this. It will be easy to fix" he smiled slightly. "Okay Sebby. I better get out of here before I cause any more damage" she laughed a little and started walking towards the door. "I might as well come with you. I haven't had breakfast yet so how about we go for some Starbucks or something" Sebastian walked to Aline. "Yeah! I'd love a good caramel frappe right now. I've been craving one lately" she smiled happily. Sebastian smiled and they both walked out of the training room and walked down the hallway. The new wooden white floor boards shined on the floor and the smell of freshly painted sunset orange walls was overpowered by Sebastian's fresh smell of aftershave. As they both reached the end of the hallway Sebastian turned to face Aline. "I'll go get changed into different clothes. meet me outside the institutes entrance in 15 minuets" he said in a smooth, warming voice. Aline nodded her head "Okay Sebby" she smiled. They both walked to there rooms and Sebastian got changed into a red polo shirt and black jeans with dark grey brogue shoes. Aline changed into a white tank top and pink leggings with her leather ankle boots she had on earlier.