Connor and Luna stayed in bed for two days, only getting up to eat and shower. Any time he would start to think about what had gone on while he was on the mission he would get quiet before he'd pull Luna back into his arms, loving her body to forget about Carlo and what happened. She was starting to see a pattern to his behavior so she pushed him gently.

"Tell me what happened." He turned to her, his eyes showing his pain for a moment before his lips crashed into hers. Her hands were firm on his chest as she pushed back on him, breaking their kiss. He gave her a puzzles look, but he knew what she was talking about.

"Do you really want to know?" Luna sat up, turning to face him, pulling at him so he would sit up too. He put his back up against the headboard as she moved closer to him. He could tell by the look in her eyes that she meant it, she wanted to hear what he had witnessed. He started talking, taking her hand in his, playing with her fingers as he started telling her his tale.

"Your father wanted us to retrieve some of these pieces of Eden, so we started on our way. We got four of the seven pretty easy, but the last three were going to take some planning to get to. We made camp and started planning, but Carlo seemed to be distracted. Ezio and I knew something was going on, but we were not sure what he really up to. We never though he was conspiring with the Templars, but that is exactly what he was doing. That night I was sleeping when I heard him talking to someone. I woke to find him standing just outside the tent, gun in his hand as he told his friend he was going to eliminate us. I laid quietly waiting on him, and when I heard him coming in, I struck him before he could shoot Ezio. He fought back, but I was able to take the gun from him and I tossed it aside. Ezio picked up the gun, holding it to Carlo, only shooting him once he tried to kill me by his blade. Once we tried to find who he was talking to we found that there were five men waiting for him. We fought them, leaving them dead as we traveled deeper into the woods, not knowing who would be coming for us. We waited for five days, finally your recovery team found us and brought us home. The part I feel most troubled with is the four pieces of Eden we did manage to find Carlo gave to his allies, one of the men must have left immediately before Ezio or I could stop him. They have weapons to use against us now." Luna sat there in stunned silence, Carlo was dead, he was working for the templars. How could that be? She had known him nearly ten years and there was never any hint that he was working against them. She felt the tears on her cheeks and Connor pulled her into his arms.

"You mean he gathered secrets against us for ten years? Oh God, all the things he saw, he heard. No wonder they were able to find Desmond so fast, he must have told them. I'm so sorry Connor, I don't care what artifacts they have now, I'm just happy you and Ezio made it back alive. Artifacts can be recovered or destroyed, but I couldn't do this without you." Her arms slid around his chest, holding onto him tightly. He pressed his lips to her temple, Holding her as she cried softly.

That evening Connor opened up more about his time away, telling her what specific artifacts were found and how they had found them. He told her about his abilities in more detail, not just what she had read from books and journals. They settled in for the night, neither of them getting a restful nights sleep. The next day they both went back to work in the pit, Connor and Ezio both giving Hugh their full statements on how their week progressed in the field. Luna was in her office trying to keep busy when there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." She never bothered looking up, figuring it was Ruth coming to ask for her to tell her father about anything Connor would have discussed with her, but she was wrong. It was Shaun coming over to talk to her, check on her.

"How are you fairing Luna." As she looked up to him she noticed he looked tired. She realized he knew how she felt, he had been there.

"How can you know someone so long and not know? Are we blind? I guess it's true. He who increases knowledge, increases sorrow." Shaun could see her eyes were pink and still puffy from crying and he remembered how badly it stung to find out Lucy was working for Abstergo.

"Hold on to the good, let go of everything else. That is what I've learned to do and it works." Luna couldn't help but smile, looking into his brown eyes as she leaned forward.

"Is that why you still work so closely with Rebecca?" His cheeks pinkened as a tiny smirk appeared on his lips.

"I suppose I keep her around because I owe her, for saving my life." Luna shook her head, not really understanding why it was so hard for him to admit that he loved Rebecca. He got up and walked towards the door, turning back to her and smiling before he left her to work.

That evening Luna and Connor were joined by her father for dinner, and for some reason that made Luna more nervous than anything. Surely he wouldn't say anything about her and Connor living together, after all she wasn't a child anymore. Connor was nervous as well, not knowing Hugh's intentions for that evening, as well as not being accustomed to current day social norms. He knew that in his time, men and women lived together once they made a commitment to each other, but now that seemed to come later. Surely he thought that the older man would not insist that they marry, although he was not opposed to the idea, he was just unsure how Luna felt. Hugh however shocked them both with his revelations that evening.

"I wanted to talk to you two about our plans to infiltrate Abstergo." Luna and Connor both looked at each other, wondering why he had come to them. "I want Ezio to work with me, watching from the pit as Connor, Edward and Yusuf go inside. We have a pass card to get in that we acquired from one of their spies. Luna you will help Rebecca hacking into their cameras, watching as well as trying to find a weakness in their mainframe where we can extract Juno, locking her back away. William said he is going to create some sort of distraction so that we could get our guys in." Luna shook her head no as she stood up, clearing the dishes from the table.

"No, no. I'm not letting him go. No, I just got him back and I'm not letting him go now. Edward and Yusuf can handle it, I know they can." Connor gave Hugh a sympathetic look before he stood up and walked to Luna's side.

"Have I not always returned?" He waited for her to face him, to answer him in some way and her small nod was enough. He then turned to Hugh, looking at him with a great inquisitiveness. "How did you acquire the pass card to Abstergo?" Luna turned around and looked at Hugh, telling him with her eyes that she had yet to tell Connor his father was there. Hugh took a deep breath as he returned his gaze to Luna, wanting her to be the one to explain.

"I suppose I need to tell you something Connor, something that happened while you were away." Luna sat down at the table, looking at Connor, knowing he was not going to be happy about this. "Connor, like Minerva and Jupiter brought you here, Juno brought her own army, so to speak. The pass card was taken from Haythem, your father." Connor leaned back on the counter, his voice raising as he spoke.

"My father is here, and you neglected to tell me until now. How long have you known? Where is he now?" Luna tried to understand he was upset because this was his father, a man who was a Grand Master Templar, he had every right to be upset.

"He's being held in the pit, they have a prison area. I'm sorry, I was just so happy to see you I forgot to tell you." Her voice was soft, and Connor knew he was harsh on her, but he needed to know where his father was. Connor came to stand by her, his hand heavy on her shoulder as he looked at Hugh.

"Can I see him?" Hugh thought about it for a moment, not sure if it was a good idea or not, but finally he caved.

"I suppose you can, but I don't know what you think to accomplish, he's refused to talk to us, even Edward." Connor nodded at Hugh before turning to Luna, getting down on his knee to invade her line of sight, lightly turning her chin towards him.

"Will you come with me?" Luna nodded as she offered him a smile, leaning down to press a kiss to his lips, thankful he wasn't really angry with her. She forgot though that when Haythem saw her, she was half-naked and Edward was in her apartment.