Brotherhood was collapsing...

The Templars had tracked down the Assassin families and began to exterminate them. Many of them families died in those weeks before the Templars took full control of London.

The Anson family, the Horne's, the Newton's, the Prices, the Frye's and my family the Hawkins.

The night the Templars invaded our household my father had held a meeting for the remaining assassin families, everyone attended and many died.


"Wrenn, come on love!" Robert Hawkin called up the stairs to his daughter.

"I'm coming father!" The young blonde girl rushed out of her room and along the hall to the staircase that led to the grand entrance of their home. She smiled brightly to her waiting parents at the bottom of the staircase.

"Oh Wrenn, you are a vision." Her mother gushed taking their only daughter's hands as she reached the end stair. "But I wish you would take off that silly necklace, it looks atrocious."

Wrenn shook her head furiously, "No mother, it doesn't matter what it looks like only what it means." She took another step to stand beside her parents but tripped on the blue skirt that surrounded her. Gripping onto the banister she managed to steady herself with a few curses. "Mother, why must I wear a dress? It is only the families' coming." she complained trying to reorganise the layer of material that had now twisted.

"I must agree with Wrenn, love." Robert grumbled tugging at his shirt to loosen it. "This bloody thing is strangling me."

Ester Hawkin sighed before helping her daughter straighten her dress and her husband tighten his shirt again. "Enough complaining both of you, we must look presentable tonight." stepping back the matriarch of the Hawkin family smiled triumphantly at the sight of her well dressed family.

"Ma, will the Frye twins be accompanying their father tonight?" Wrenn asked trying her best to conceal her excitement.

Ester's eyes glinted with mischief, "I don't believe they are." she said watching her daughters face fall in disappointment, she chuckled and pulled her daughter into a hug. "Wrenn Hawkins do you believe for a minute that young Mr Frye would miss an opportunity to see you?"

Wrenn blushed furiously, "Mother!" she groaned trying to push away from her mother to hide her reddened face.

Robert looked up from his battle with his shirt to catch his daughter's red cheeks, his wife's devilish smile and the mention of a certain 'Jacob Frye' raising an eyebrow, a crease appeared on his brow. "What's this is hear about that boy?"

Robert Hawkin was like most fathers, Wrenn was now eighteen years old but in his eyes she was still five years old. Much too young to be consorting with boys.

Wrenn looked at her father in horror, how on earth did she get away with this one? The memory of a few years ago when she was thirteen came hurtling back. She had just finished her training in history, learning about assassins and Templars when she went outside to play with Edward her puppy. The poor pup heard a gunshot and ran away into the busy street. The Frye family were staying with them for a short while, Jacob and Evie helped get him back but not before they had a little adventure before returning home. Evie got away with only a telling off but Wrenn and Jacob not so lightly the two had a more fiery streak when it came to authority and when they argued back to their parents it earned them a whole day shut away in their rooms. However Wrenn hated being inside and alone for that matter, so when she climbed out of the window and snuck into Jacob's room they laughed about the grief they would give Evie when they got out, they laughed do much they were caught again. Jacob and Evie were one of few friends Wrenn had when she was growing up, her parent's secretive lifestyle meant she had a very sheltered childhood.

That evening The Frye family packed up and went back to Crawley. It was only a few years later when she was sixteen she accompanied her father on a business meeting in Crawley that Wrenn saw the twins again.


"I'll see you later father!" Wrenn called, waving a goodbye to the older man as she ran away from the tavern and towards the centre of the town.

"Be careful, love." Robert called to his daughter as he watched her disappear into the crowd. He trusted his daughter not to get into trouble for a few hours while he left her unattended

Wrenn darted in and out of the crowds of people that had accumulated in the town. "The highest vantage point." she whispered to herself, looking at the town's skyline. There was nothing but houses and taverns and..."A-ha! the church." Wrenn took off towards the church that stood proudly in the middle of the town. Walking into the grounds of the church she looked up at the height of the church, it would be the tallest building she had climbed yet. Her fan reached for the small silver disc that hand from her neck. A shilling. Taking a deep breath she began to climb. Churches were always easy to climb, many foot and hand holds but you had to be careful of the weathered corners, loose bricks could slip or give way under minimal pressure but Wrenn had no problem scaling the old building. Nearing the top she heard raised voices.

"For God's sake Evie, would you give it a rest?!"

"I'm merely pointing out you are very agitated, perhaps your scared she won't turn up?"

"And why would that bother me in the slightest?"

"Because, Jacob Frye you are in lo-"

Wrenn hopped onto the roof of church, cutting Evie off mid sentence. "Do you two ever talk civilly." she smiled at the twins despite her teasing. It was true she had never heard the twin's converse without arguing.

"Wrenn!" The twins chorused, Evie rushing over to hug her friend.

Wrenn laughed and hugged Evie back, despite how long it had been without seeing each other the two girls acted as if they had never been apart. The sister each of them never had.

Jacob soon followed suit, "Hello little bird, how have you been?" he said crossing his arms.

"I am very well Mr Frye, I would ask you the same but I can see from you bloody knuckles and that nice cut on your jaw you have been having a whale of a time." Wrenn laughed, reaching out to inspect the cut on his jawline.

Jacob laughed, "Only a little scuffle."

Wrenn shook her head but didn't question him further, "And how about you Evie, how have you been?"

The three young assassins talked for hours on the church roof, talking about their adventures...Well mainly Jacob's as he was the only one that seemed to get up to any fun. Before long Evie had to return home to the Frye family home for a lesson but promised to return as soon as she could. Wrenn waved goodbye as the oldest Frye twin climbed down from the church and legged it home.

"So birdie what shall we do to occupy ourselves." Jacob asked with a mischievous tone.

"I'll remind you Jacob Frye that we may not be inside the house of God; we are in fact on top of it which means we are closer to the big man himself." Wrenn preached crossing her arms.

Jacob held his hands up as if he were surrendering. "I don't know what you are implying Miss Hawkins." he mocked.

Wrenn laughed and walked to the edge of the roof, "I should be getting back to my father soon, he'll be expecting me."

Jacob moved across the roof to stand beside her. "Wrenn I've not seen you for three years, another hour won't hurt." he implored, tilting his head to the side as a puppy would.

Wrenn raised her eyebrow at Jacob surprised by his unusual tone, "Mr Frye leading me astray once again, what would my mother say?" she taunted.

Jacob smiled triumphantly, "She would say, Wrenn the handsome young man is worth risking the wrath of your father." he replied with a smirk

"Well when you put it like that...Race you to the bottom!" Wrenn laughed and took a step forward, on the ground laid a large haystack for the horses. With a cocky smile back at Jacob Wrenn leapt over the edge and sailed through the air, landing in the hay she breathed a sigh of relief, that was the highest leap she had ever made and without the aid of her father.

"WRENN?!"

Wrenn jumped in fright as she heard her name, sifting through the hay she reached the edge and leapt out to find a flustered young Frye. "What an earth are you shouting about?" she asked.

"Christ woman you gave me a fright!" Jacob chuckled relieved to see she was unharmed.

Wrenn smiled wickedly, it was rare to see the youngest Frye so unsettled it was quite hilarious. "Come on, we best leave before we attract more attention." she suggested, gesturing to the forming crowd staring at them from beyond the church fence.

"Best make it sharpish." Jacob groaned pointing at the two police officers racing towards them.

The duo split up, racing away from the cart of hay and out of the church grounds. Wrenn scaled the side of a building, while Jacob slipped into the alley ways. The police offers could not keep up with either of them and soon Wrenn was alone. She came to a halt and looked back to try and located the church, she could just see it in the sky was starting to fade to orange and pinks, she would have to find her father soon he would be furious with her, but she couldn't leave without saying goodbye to the twins first. A sharp whistle caught her attention, scanning across the rooftops she saw a figure a few metres away. Jacob! Leaping across the rooftops she made her way over to him.

"That was fun." She breathed, slightly out of breath from her exertion

. "Indeed it was." Jacob smiled, "Evie should be finishing her lessons soon."

"Wrenn Hawkins, Where are you?!"

Wrenn cringed as her father's voice bellowed through the air. "I'm sorry Jacob, I really have to go."

"Ah damn it." Jacob cursed, taking off his flat cap and smoothing back his hair before replacing the hat. "Let's not leave it three years again."

Wrenn nodded, "I wished we didn't live so far away."

"Wrenn?!" Her father called, he was getting closer.

"Goodbye, Jacob." Wrenn whispered, she turned away from him ready to climb down into the alley below.

"Wrenn, wait!" Jacob dashed after her, "Take this, and remember today." he handed her a small silver disk; rolling it in her palm she saw it was a button from a police uniform.

Wrenn pulled a small amount of wax cord from her pocket and slipped the button on to it before tying it around her neck. She then set to yank free her shilling necklace. She reached up and tied the cord around Jacob's neck, "A lucky shilling, and you can remember me next time you get into a bit of bother." she smiled as she admired the shilling on him.

Jacob moved forward quickly and placed a kiss on her cheek "Thanks, love."

Wrenn's cheeks flushed furiously as she quickly turned away and clambered down into the street.

"Wrenn! There you are I was worried silly." Robert chided, pulling his daughter into a crushing hug.

"Sorry Pa, I was just admiring the skyline." Wrenn gushed, looking up at the rooftops again.

"We need to get home; your mother will be pulling her hair out." Robert groaned at the thought of facing his wife. "Come on, love." He called after her.


"Well? Is anyone going to inform me?" Robert grunted, clearly displeased.

Ester took her husband by the arm and guided him away from their daughter. "Nothing, Dear." she cooed, smiling at her daughter before taking her flustering husband out of the room and away from Wrenn.

Wrenn breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of her parents leaving the room. It was her father's over protectiveness that drove him to train Wrenn to be an assassin, despite her mother's protests. Ester herself was an assassin but she wanted different for her daughter but Robert wanted to know Wrenn could protect herself if she ever needed too. From the age of five Wrenn had laws, codes, history, battles, phrases, weapons, tactics, plans, techniques drilled into her. Despite this she never despised her father, she felt powerful to know what the brotherhood was and that she was a part of it made her immensely proud.

"They are here!" Ester called coming back to the main entrance of the house to stand beside her daughter, Robert following soon after still grumbling about boys.

One by one, members from the families began to arrive, all except the Frye's. Wrenn committed herself to door watching, she sat on the staircase facing directly opposite the front doors so she would be able to greet them first. The minutes soon slipped into an hour and an hour into two. Ester found her daughter slumped against the banister disappointment etched deeply onto her face as she absentmindedly fiddled with her necklace.

"Come on, love you can't stay out here all night." Ester began as she sat beside her daughter, "The Anson lad has been keeping an eye on you from the door way but the poor boy hasn't the courage to speak to you."

Wrenn looked up to see a lad around her age looking at her from the dining room door way as her mother said, but quickly scurried away when they made eye contact. "Huh, some assassin he'd make." Wrenn scoffed.

Ester stifled a laugh, "Now dear that's not polite."

Wrenn gave a defeated sigh before standing, "I feel very tired, Ma." she yawned "May I retire early?"

Ester raised an eyebrow, she knew it was bad manners to let her disappear off when there was company present but she couldn't deny her daughter looked exhausted. "Go on then, off with you know before I change my mind."

Wrenn gave her mother a hug before slowly ascending up the staircase.

A loud creak filled the entrance hall as the two large wooden doors swung open, three people walked into the entrance room.

"Ah the Frye family what a pleasant surprise, we feared you weren't going to make it." Ester chirped.

Wrenn turned on the stair so quickly it made her head spin; looking down into the entrance hall she saw two slightly taller Frye twins and their father. Without wasting another second the blonde haired girl raced down the stairs to greet her friends. "Evie! Jacob!"

The twins looked up just in time to brace themselves for Wrenn to come flying towards them, she stopped just short and held out her hand to their father, "Good evening Mr Frye, I trust your journey wasn't too ailing?" she asked politely.

Mr Frye smiled vacantly, "My Wrenn, you have grown so much since a last saw you." he took her hand in his, "The journey was rough but our destination more than makes up for it, the Hawkins home is always a heart warmer."

"Wrenn, take Evie and Jacob to the study I'm sure you three have much catching up to do...that is if you are feeling up to it?" Ester question with the same glint in her eyes as earlier that day.

"Yes, Ma I feel much better now." Wrenn replied with a smile.

Ester simply nodded before taking Mr Frye into the living room where the other guests were.

When they had left Wrenn turned round to face the twins, Evie stepped forward moving cautiously but gracefully in her green gown and enveloped her in a hug. "I've missed you Wrenn!"

"I've missed you too." Wrenn replied warmly stepping back slightly. She glanced up at Jacob who stood very close behind; she noticed a small silver coin on wax cord sitting on his chest. He kept it! He kept the shilling.

"I'm going to check on father, I'll be back soon." Evie said before disappearing off into the living room with the rest of the guests.

Wrenn watched her go; she became acutely aware it was just her and Jacob now. Although it had been another two years since she had seen him it was always the same...as if they'd never been apart.

"That's an interesting necklace you have there, Miss Hawkins." Jacob teased breaking the silence, looking at the silver button tied around her neck.

"I could say the same for you, Mr Frye." Wrenn replied, "Which reminds me, I have a debt to repay." Wrenn pushed herself up on her tiptoes and kissed the younger Frye twin.

Jacob grinned like an alley cat as she stepped back, "I suppose that makes us even." his eyes sparkled with intention.

Evie waltzed back into the main entrance hall, a smile on her face as she made her way over to her brother and Wrenn. "What have you been up to now?" she gibed at the two. "Never mind, Mrs Hawkins is calling everyone to the dining room." She continued waving her hand at the two in a gesture to follow her.

Wrenn complied and followed Evie into the dining room, Jacob following suit.


Hi Readers! ill make this brief because no one reads these - I hope you enjoyed the prologue to this story, the first chapter is coming up soon and trust me it will be one full of twists and turns! This is a first draft and I shall edit it later on but if you see any mistakes please comment kindly and I will set to work on fixing it! -