WARNING:

The following chapter contains a sex scene and I know it's not a rated M story, but I wanted to add a part where Ezio and Rosa have sex on their wedding night. Reader discretion is advised.

Chapter 10: Marriage

Venice, Italy, 4 March 1516

14:10 pm

The year was 1516, and Ezio was aged thirty-nine. He had been inducted into the creed of the Assassins twelve years ago where he had learned of the motto and how it is their duty to preserve peace and open other people's minds. He had grown into a wise and strong thief/Assassin. All the training that he got made him strong, muscular, and agile. He was wearing the Armor of Altair which he had found in Monteriggioni while looking for tombs outside of Venice. Antonio had allowed Ezio to go out of Venice for assignments in different cities but not in Rome, because he knows that Ezio is not ready to go back and face his past. Rosa had given him a ribbon to tie his hair since almost twenty-two years ago, he threw away his old one.

Ezio had been romantically involved with Rosa and everybody accepted their relationship, even Valentina, Flora, and Diana. They already knew that those two would become a great couple. Ezio was thinking of asking the big question to Rosa, but he was nervous, and he wanted to ask Antonio for his blessing for Rosa had no father. He waited when Rosa and Antonio were both in the study, so Ezio would gather up his strength to propose to her. He went inside and they all turned around to see him.

"Yes, Ezio? Is there something you need?" Antonio asked. He had gotten older and was balding as the years went by. He may not have been young as he used to, but he still felt agile and strong.

"No, it's just that, I, uh," Ezio was sweating and nervous at what he was going to say. His face was turning red. It seemed silly that a thirty-nine-year-old man was feeling nervous about asking for a blessing of a woman that he loved a lot. "I wish to ask you to let me marry Rosa." Antonio and Rosa widened their eyes. Rosa blushed a little and smiled when she heard what Ezio had said. Antonio laughed and Ezio joined his eyebrows together making a questioning look. Was it what he said that made Antonio laugh and Rosa blush?

"Why do you need to ask me to let you marry Rosa?" Antonio asked as he finished laughing.

"Well, it's because I thought since Rosa has no father or a parental figure, I'd thought if I asked you for your blessing."

"Ezio, I know you and Rosa love each other. Everyone here knows that too. You go on ahead and ask her to marry you."

Ezio then went to Rosa and held her hands. "Rosa, I have been meaning to ask you."

"Go ahead," she gleefully asked.

Ezio got on one knee and pulled out a ring from his breeches' pocket. Rosa ogled at the bronze ring as it was beautiful. "Will you marry me?" he finally asked.

"Yes, I will!" Rosa said in between tears. Ezio got up and was hugged by the thirty-eight-year-old woman. He hugged her tightly never wanting to let her go and they both kissed passionately. They both looked at Antonio who was tearing up on seeing those two happy.

"Now you have my blessing," he said while wiping his tears. "When do you wish to get married?"

"Would tomorrow night be okay?" Ezio asked to Rosa.

Rosa thought a little and agreed. Antonio would announce to everyone tonight that Ezio and Rosa were to be wed. When Rosa announced that Ezio proposed to her to the three grown sisters, they screamed in excitement and group hugged her. They all were happy. It was dinnertime and when Antonio made the big announcement, everybody cheered from the children to the adults and from the young to the old. The couple who were about to be married smiled more at each other. Everybody ate and danced happily. Soon, there was to be a wedding. Rosa already had a wedding dress made by the finest seamstresses. They also made Ezio a wedding doublet for him. Everybody rested up for the big day tomorrow.

Venice, Italy, 5 March 1516

17:25 pm

It was finally the wedding day, and everybody was dressed up and prepared to see Ezio and Rosa getting married. Antonio hired a priest to say the lines and perform the ceremony. Ezio was standing in front of the priest wearing a white doublet with red breeches and brown boots. Ezio was amazed at what Rosa was wearing: a long flowing white wedding dress with a flower crown on top of her head. She joined Ezio and everybody were silent to hear the priest.

"Dearly beloved, we are all gathered here today to unite these two people in marriage. Now I'm sure the couple have written their own vows, so let's hear from them. Rosa, you go first."

Rosa was a bit nervous, but she chinned up and looked up at Ezio. "Ezio, when I first met you, I thought you were just this arrogant, pampered villa brat, but I was wrong. I learned more about you and your past. When you came here, you were very honorable in saving Valentina, Flora, and Diana from brigands. That's what I like about you. You are one of the greatest thieves/Assassins that I have met, and I wish to spend every day with you."

Ezio smiled and his heart grew big when he heard those sweet words and it was his turn to say his vows. "Rosa, when I first met you, I thought you were amazing. I admired your wits and your quick thinking. That's what makes you different. When you escaped from Rome, I thought about telling on you, but I didn't. Something inside me told me to let you go and be free and I'm glad I did. I'm glad to have met you and I love you."

Everybody cheered, and Rosa felt tears in her eyes as Ezio spoke his vows.

"Let's get down to the real business," the priest said as he quieted everyone down. Ezio and Rosa both carried the wedding rings that were for each of them. Ezio took the bronze ring that he used for the proposal and put it in Rosa's right ring finger. Rosa then placed the wedding ring on Ezio's right ring finger. After they both placed the rings on each other, it was time for the official wedding vows. "Rosa, do you take Ezio as your lawfully wedded husband for as long as you both shall live?"

"I do."

"And Ezio, do you take Rosa as your lawfully wedded wife for as long as you both shall live?"

"I do."

"Then, by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Ezio grabbed Rosa closer and they kissed. Everybody cheered and applauded. After they kissed, they touched their foreheads to each other and Ezio couldn't have felt happier. There was a big feast full of food and even cake. Everybody ate and danced, and the newlywed couple joined along. Antonio met with Ezio in privacy and gave him a necklace as a gift. It was beaded just like the one he wore back at Rome, except this one was black and white. Ezio felt his neck as it was a long time he hadn't worn a necklace. Ezio put it on and liked it. He thanked Antonio for all that he has done and they both went back to enjoying the festivities.

After the wedding, the priest and everybody who attended left. The thieves and their families went to their rooms and slept. Ezio held Rosa in her arms and took her to their room that they shared together. Ezio opened the door and they all went inside. He then put his wife down. "I love you so much, Rosa. We were made for each other."

"Is that a sword in your pants or are you happy to see me?" She joked as she looked at Ezio's bulge.

"Guess I better put it back in its sheath," he continued joking with a smirk on his face.

"Then do it."

As Ezio joined his lips with Rosa's, they started taking off each other's clothes. Rosa laid on top of the bed and Ezio was on top of her. They both kissed and Ezio thrusted inside Rosa. They both moaned and sweated and they both enjoyed it. The bed squeaked as they thrusted and Rosa almost screamed when Ezio thrusted deep inside her. They continued like this for six minutes. Ezio was about to release inside Rosa and that's what he did. He released his seed inside her and she climaxed. Ezio shook a little, but it felt good. He rested his face on Rosa's boobs and she put her hands on his head playing with his hair and comforting him. They both were mated for life and that's how it would be.

Author's Notes:

I haven't uploaded a chapter yesterday because I was working on this one. Soon, I will work on the next chapter which I'm excited to write about.