"You take that side, I'll do this side." Ezio pointed to the guards that patrolled the tower, signalling the left side for me and the right side for him.

We jumped over and any guards that heard us coming, barely had time to alert the others before they were taken down. Ezio had experience with punch ups before so this wasn't much of a problem but I was still recovering from the shock of finding out my fiance and his father and brother were arrested so I went for my knife out of habit.

"Elisa! You're not meant to kill them!" Ezio blurted as I dragged the blade out of one of the guards chest.

I should have been more aware of what I was doing and should have shown more compassion to the man I just killed, but I was angry and afraid, so I tossed the body to the floor and darted to the tower.

"My father's up here. Federico must be on the other side." Ezio pointed up and began to climb.

I followed Ezio's suggestion and pulled myself up the opposite side. I leapt from side to side, gripping to every purchase I could find. As I found the bars of the window, my stomach flipped.

"Federico?" I called into the darkness.

"Elisa?" A voice called back. It was raspy but it was definitely him.

"Oh, grazie a Dio(thank God), what happened?!"

His face approached the bars and I gasped. His lip was cut and he had bruises across his jaw, coupled with plenty of cuts.

"Father's been arrested for treason and Petruccio and I are labelled as conspirators! It's ridiculous!" He cried, his eyes bloodshot and panicked.

"You'll get out of this, won't you?" I bit my lip.

His hands wrapped around mine as they gripped the bars.

"Of course, Bella. We have to get married, remember?"

"And there's another thing you need to be with me for. Something big."

"Oh? What's that."

I took a deep breath.

"I'm pregnant."

In that brief pause, my mind whirled, imagining him curse, growing angry, damning me, our child-

"Elisa! That's wonderful!" He laughed and I pushed my face up to the bars so we could kiss.

"You'll be fine, won't you?" I asked, desperate for assurance.

"Yes, I'll be fine. Now go, keep that precious body safe, we don't want the baby trying to climb before he can walk."

"He?" I asked, amused at his certainty for the gender.

"I have a feeling." Federico shrugged.

I smiled and kissed him once more.

"Alright. Arrivederci."

"Arrivederci." He replied and I flung myself backwards,soaring through the air until I landed safely in the cushioned hay piles that were scattered around.

I sat up to see Ezio do the same before he jumped up and raced away, probably receiving some instruction from his father.

I was sure now, sure that they could come to no harm. They'd be released and life would return to normal. I'd marry Federico and have his baby, starting a life together as a proper family.

Playing with my ring, I rushed home, happy in that knowledge. The sooner their release, the better.