Two years after the battle underneath Hogwarts, an uneasy peace has gripped the countryside. The war is won, but the losses are heavy. When a student goes missing during their seventh year, Ominis, Sebastian, and the Hero of Hogwarts, Eleanore Malfoy, must put aside differences and personal trauma to work together against a new threat. But secrets, lies, pureblood politics, and betrayals loom. Peace is never really won. It's fleeting. It is bestowed in small increments of time at the cost of bloodshed. Everything has a price, and heroism must too often look like villainy. Content warnings: descriptive depictions of violence and torture, mental illness (heavy on the PTSD), smut, mentions/references to rape/non-con, and struggles with trauma. *All characters are aged up. * All characters owned and trademarked by Warner Bros and Portkey Games all rights to them. Cover art is by Degma (@degma_ on Tiktok)

** Companion to Shadow of the Heir. Same universe, same timeline, read alongside sort of deal** Collection of Sebastian's POV chapters

It had been over a year since everything unfolded with Ranrock, but there were so many loose ends. Poachers out for revenge, the ancient magic that still slumbered inside the now seventh-year Slytherin Elena Varris, and of course, Sebastian. What had been perceived as an eighteenth birthday owl from Ominis turns out to be a request for help. Sebastian had been doing much better after the incident with his Uncle, but has suddenly appeared to begin slipping again. But she doesn't know how she could possibly help. Sebastian hasn't spoken to her in over a year. Did she really even *want* to wrap herself up in that again? ...Did she even really have a choice? **Some spicy content/ongoing revisions. I publish a chapter when it's 'finished', but sometimes I go back to add bits here and there when I think of it.** TW's// Sex, Blood, Violence !!**Posting schedule is going to be a little inconstant over the next month or so. I try really hard to get out a chapter a day, but as I am moving across a couple states at the beginning of April, it's going to become harder and harder to maintain that until I'm settled in at the new place. Thank you for the patience!**!!

Sebastian Sallow is a tortured soul with the world on his shoulders whose only mission is to save his sister Anne - at any cost. Atley Barlowe is a budding new witch who also carries the world on her shoulders as she travels the road less traveled to unlock the secrets of her connection to ancient magic. Will the burdens of their lives, minds and souls prove to be too much or can they save each other? Sebastian Sallow x Fem!oc (but please feel free to replace "Atley" with your oc's name and "Barlowe" with your oc's last name in your mind if you'd prefer to read it that way.) Slow burn romance but will slowly become a deep and dark fic filled with heart swelling fluff, chaos, angst, magic, dark magic, romance, friendship, family, twists, turns and all sorts of soul crushing. This will be a LONG fic in order to keep the entirety of the story together - but for new or slow readers - do not worry, chapters are fast paced and kept at a manageable length. Will contain spoilers from the Hogwarts Legacy game. Characters aged up to year seven (18 years old). - *SPOILERS - There will be MANY spoilers for the HL game so read at your own risk ** TW: This story will contain themes of death, struggles in mental health, depression, PTSD, anxiety, violence, a bit of intimacy, terminal illness, blood, alcoholism, injury, self harm, "foul" language - if you are uncomfortable with any of these, please do not read! *** All characters aside from Atley and their likeness are owned, created and trademarked by Warner Bros, Portkey Games, the Wizarding World, etc... all rights to them. Story / original character owned by me. Occasional scenes be taken from the game and use quotes, but my own additions will be added to them. Lastly, thank you for reading and all your support! I don't plan to add many notes of my own but I would LOVE if you would leave your own thoughts, commentary and votes. It's always exciting to feel like I'm reading an annotated book passed around among friends! :)

Isabel Marant is childhood best friends with Aaron Fox. He just happens to be the hottest movie star since Brad Pitt and Hollywood's new Golden Boy. Now after eight months filming abroad he's back and Isabel's life is about to get a whole lot more complicated....