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I’ve always enjoyed reading books; the fact that can go to another world only by reading words was amazing, and reading in the nature also, it was one of the things that I loved most. But by brother didn’t think the same as me, he says that the books are a waste of time perhaps he never read (or tried to read)one with a theme that he liked, it were always theorical books, maybe that’s why he doesn’t like to read, even I couldn’t enjoy reading all time theorical books, well… Not a lot. My thoughts were interrupted by a letter above my book; I looked up to see Henry.
-“A man brought this here, he said that he found it on the floor, maybe the messenger lost it, It’s for you Evie”- He said, I muttered a ‘thanks’ as he went to another side.
I started to examine the letter, there was no name of the sender of the letter but the address of who sent it was very curious, The tower of London, that place was in the power of Templars so it was weird to have a letter that came from there. Then I heard a tiny voice talking me.
-“Who sent that letter Evie? Can I see?”- The little girl stretched to see better.
-“It has no sender, Clara”- I said showing the letter.
-“Well then, do you think I can read it with you?”- She said.
-“I think there’s no problem, so you can”- Clara quickly sat down by my side and waited for me to open the envelope.
-“Come on, read it Evie!”- I laughed at her comment and I glanced at the letter.
-“Okay, then, I’ll read It. Mon amour…” that two words left me surprised, in the entire world there was only one person who called me like that, and I thought that he would never come back.
-“Uh… Evie I didn´t know you had boyfriend, I don’t understand many words in French but I know what that means”- she tried to be funny but at the time I couldn’t think in another think that weren´t the sender of the letter. After that I heard Clara’s father called her and she gone muttering ‘I’ll be back’.
I didn’t said nothing, just started to read the entire letter.
Mon amour:
I´m writing this letter maybe to apologize, but maybe I don´t deserve it, I recognize that, and the worst thing I could do was to left you there alone, I know you are angry at me and you have all the reason.
But if you are still reading this let me explain myself. That night a new enemy raised, and he was there Evie, that night, I’ve saw him waiting for me to take down my guard, like a vulture, I promised myself to never let anything happen to you. So I followed him, and… he lead me to a trap, now, I’ve been here for ten months they are planning to kill me tomorrow Evie, I just wanted to say a last goodbye, Je t'aime Evie.
Arno Victor Dorian.
Was that real? Is he here and they trapped him?!
The only thing in my mind that time it was to go to the tower of London. I left the book by a side and went where they had to Arno.
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I arrived at the seven bells and look around, my sister usually was there in the afternoons, but she wasn’t. I went to the garden were Clara was doing something that I really didn´t care to ask, by my right side there was a book above the bench, I went to see which book it was, the title was “Night side of nature” by Catherine Crowe, I never understood my sister´s love for the books, she knew that I really look at them as a waste of time. I took the book in hands and started to turn the pages until I found a makeshift separator, it was a letter, there was no name of the sender but to have a letter that came from the tower of London was very weird, so I open the letter and started to read it.
Word by word the letter show me only lies, that letter was fake. No, and I´m not saying that because the sender of the letter broke my sister’s heart. It was because I’ve been in contact with Arno, as I know he had to return to France to take care of the French brotherhood but he couldn’t tell Evie, as he told me, if he told her that she would insisted on accompanying him to France.
Surely he didn’t wanted that, but I didn’t take a lot of importance of the reason. Then I suddenly realized that the letter was leading her to a trap, I looked around and see Clara.
-“About how many minutes did Evie gone?”- I asked Clara quickly.
-“Maybe fifteen minutes ago, why?”- She answered.
-“No time, I have to stop her!”- I said as I started to made my way to the tower of London.
How could she get into a simple trap like this, I mean, she’s a master assassin, difficult to cheat, as she explain me someday.
As I was running faster than ever before, because the life of my sister depended on me, surely I pushed some persons, and they started to yell at me, I was going to the left when I think I pushed a man, and I think I fell on the floor.
-“For god’s sake, I have no time and you make me fall!”- I said with anger.
-“sorry but you were the one who pushed me!” The voice was familiar, with a French accent impossible to do not notice.
-“Arno! There’s no time, follow me I’ll explain later”- I said fast.
-“What?”
-“It’s Evie”
-“OK, let’s go”
We ran to the tower, and there I hoped to see Evie, but she wasn’t there, I supposed that she already get inside, so I started my way inside with Arno beside me.
-“So what exactly happened with Evie”- Arno asked while were getting inside.
-“She received a letter that came from you, and…”- then my sister voice interrupted our conversation.
-“Arno!”- She said from behind us.
Arno looked back to Evie, she was angry, I wondered why, I mean at least he was alive and not inside of the prison.
-“Why are you here, not that have you been captured?”-she said with a dry tone.
-“that letter was a trap Evie, you should know that”-I said.
-“then what did you do in this ten months?”
-“I had to get back to France to see how the brotherhood was doing”-he said calmly.
-“Why you didn’t said me that instead of leave me alone that night, like you never existed!”
-“I know you Evie and I know that if I would told you that you weren´t going to stay in London, you’ll go with me. You had to free London with your brother I didn´t wanted to be a distraction.”-he said a little bit laughter.
-“If you had told me the truth and that what you said to me right now, surely I would stayed here Arno! The thing I hate the most are lies! - She was not kidding, since we were kids she always hated lies, she was always honest.
-“But he at least, wanted to take care of you, so anything happen to you.”-I interrupted.
-“The only thing that he left me it’s a broken heart, and I don´t need anyone to take care of me, I can take care of myself”- he said looking at him with anger and sadness, I’ve never saw her like this. “goodbye Arno, Jacob don’t stay too much time with this asshole”
With that words she left in the boat that arrived a few seconds ago. I looked at Arno, more than a sadness expression he was extremely confused, I’d like to say that I wanted to help him but it was his problem.
-“man, it will cost a lot to fix things with her, good luck Frenchman”