Okay, I am very sorry about not updating, I just have been so damn busy with life and I have a lot more ideas for new fanfics instead of what I already have done. But thankfully, I have a new chapter. It's short, but still a chapter.
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I have kept you guys from this chapter long enough (too long to be acceptable), so please enjoy this new installment of In the Heat!
Ezio stared at the woman in bewilderment. Lived too long? He could see how her eyes turned from him in an effort to hide the torment still plainly visible upon her features. He could see the frown that decided to mar her petal-like lips. Her cheeks were red from the previous tears, contrasting with her slightly tanned skin. She did not appear to be the fearsome woman he had met, as cocky and arrogant as she had acted at first. Now, she just appeared… Lost.
"What do you mean?" Ezio murmured, setting his glass down after taking a much needed sip. Luna's eyes flickered to him, then down into her own drink.
Her voice was quiet as she responded, "I mean what I have said. I have lived too long, seen too many things, experienced too much. I am no older than twenty-five summers, and yet, I have lived as much as centuries some days," Luna sighed softly. Her hair fell gently, creating a curtain. A curtain between her and the rest of the harsh world. One that she wished was as impenetrable as her heart was once. Her hand reached to clench around a pendent at her neck, biting her lip.
"I am afraid I do not understand," Ezio stated, leaning forward in hopes of catching her forlorn eyes. Luna let out a breath of air at his words and laughed hauntingly.
"Of course you do not. No one ever should. No one should understand what it means to be Luna Stonza," she spat. Her voice turned to venom at her name, though Ezio had no understanding of why. Her eyes hardened as she stood from her seat and began to pace. "Luna Stonza, the sister of Leo Stonza. A fake man who creates designs for armory, but that is just me," Luna hissed. Her eyes narrowed to slits as she spun on her heel to face him.
Ezio stared in shock at the sudden shift in her appearance. Before she had been vulnerable, but now, it was pretty obvious that her fire was once again lit.
Still, he was speechless as she glared at him. "And not only that! I have Cesare Borgia breathing down my neck to marry him," her voice choked on the word 'marry' as disgust crossed her face.
Suddenly Ezio found his voice at the name of his sword enemy. "Yes, tell me, what was that scene with you and Cesare?" he hissed, raising from his seat as well.
Luna scoffed and turned away from the Assassin. "I have no reason to tell you anything. It is my business, and none of yours. All you have to worry your empty head about is how you will end the Borgias," Luna stated.
"You are betraying us aren't you?" he hissed louder.
Luna stiffened at the accusation and slowly turned back to face the other with an eyebrow raised to her hairline.
A slow, sarcastic smile crossed her lips, replacing the scowl. "That is the second time I have been accused by someone of betraying the Brotherhood. And I will give you the same answer I gave the first."
There was no warning to her attack. Ezio found himself pinned to the floor of the Stonza household with Luna's body on top of his, with his arms above his head. Her knee dug into his stomach, to make sure that he was firmly in place as she growled loudly.
"I have never once betrayed my Brothers! I live for them and for our cause. I do not take kindly to being called a traitor," Luna hissed into his ear.
Ezio felt the cold of steel against his throat and realized that Luna was willing to kill him with her hidden blade. He stared into those cold green eyes that were as hard as ice. Once more, he was struck speechless… Both by fear and by the beauty in front of him.
In her angered state, Luna was flawless, despite the scars that decorated the corner of her mouth and eye. In fact, the light provided in the drawing room casted dramatic shadows against those scars, showing her beauty in such a way that reminded him of a dark angel.
"Have we reached an understanding, Ezio Auditore?" Luna hissed, her lip curling into a snarl. As she stared down at the man beneath her, she was struck with how much he looked like the man she once loved with her entire being. He nodded, not willing to speak in case she decided to impale his throat still.
Luna removed herself from his person and grabbed the forgotten wine glass. With a toss of her head, she downed the rest of the contents with a scowl. Ezio watched as she growled to herself, staring out the window at her namesake.
"Cesare wants connections. He believes that marriage is the way to have my brother give them to him. Threatening did not work, so he began to try to seduce my hand. I have given plenty of information to the Brotherhood about Cesare because of how close he gets," Luna spat out.
Ezio slowly sat up from the ground, not exactly ready to get to his feet as well, in case she decided she was not done beating him to a pulp.
"So you have been tricking him into information?" Ezio clarified. Luna nodded.
"Yes, but he is getting impatient. He is tired of being held at arm's length and at the loss of my plentiful reaches," Luna added. "He does not want to wait and it is becoming obvious with the amount of his visits. I have done what I can to make your job as easy as possible. It is not my fault that you have not taken it," Luna scoffed. She placed her empty cup onto a nearby table and turned to Ezio. "It is late. I bid you goodnight."
Ezio silently watched as Luna disappeared into the corridor and out of sight. His mouth was set in a stubborn frown. He simply did not understand, and he was certain he would not understand for a long time.
And that is the end of this chapter! I promise there is more to come soon. I have a Europe trip coming up and the flight is 13 hours to and from, definitely no excuse for no work to not be done.
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