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Chapter 6

Home, Sweet Home

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"Evangeline," Altair uttered her name in a rasped whisper. "Kiss me," he whispered as he leant in. "Wake up.. Evangeline.."

"Hey ,you two, wake up."

Rich's voice stirred the two sleeping on the back seat of the car.

Just a dream. Evangeline reassured herself as she saw Altair's eyes flutter open sleepily.

It was about noon. They had been sleeping since the night before, unidentified junk food wrappers littered the stuffy car.

Altair stretched slightly and took in the surroundings.

They were driving down a narrow dirt road between neat white fences and large willow trees that grew every few meters. He could see well fed horses grazing and gamboling in the green pastures. The smell of rich soil and dewed grass replaced the cars stale city air as Richard winded down the window. Evangeline shifted next to Altair, and for the first time in hours a smile unfolded onto her pink lips.

Altair smiled too, as the scents and sounds brought forth memories of Masyef's gardens.

They drove up the driveway and parked the car in front of a large, sun-bleached house. The door opened to reveal a beautiful blond haired girl with a wide smile on her face. She had an old stained apron over a t shirt and torn jeans and a pair of muddy cow boy boots that fitted over the wide legged denim seams carried her down the few steps leading off the porch.

Altair wrestled with the seat belt, pulling and twisting the device that threatened to hold him there forever. Evangeline gave a small smile and pressed the red clip to release the metal clutch. Altair shook of the belt as if it was silver to a werewolf's skin.

Evangeline got out the car and ran towards the blond, who held her arms out to her with tears in her eyes as well. Altair watched in envy as the blond held Evangeline and smoothed her hair in comfort as Evangeline cried.

The two pulled away from each other, the blond said something under her breath, wiping her own tears. Evangeline turned to Altair who was watching wickedly as Rich struggled with three bags in one hand.

Altair approached Evangeline.

"That's him?" The blond asked in a sweet Mississippi accent.

"Yeah," Evangeline sniffed. "Altair this is Aena, Aena this is Altair."

Altair held out a hand, asking for hers in greeting. Aena, clearly a fan, ignored the hand and threw her arms around the assassin who awkwardly held his arms up in surprise. Evangeline could only chuckle. Aena released him and turned back to Eva.

"Mmm. He is even yummier in real life action. Xbox live don't got shit on this." She said in her Mississippi twang. She threw her hands on her hips.

"He is, isn't he." Evangeline gushed putting her hands on her cheeks like a true fangirl.

"I'm right here." Altair raised a hand.

"Then make yourself useful." Rich said, grumpily taking another armful of groceries and luggage.

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After unpacking and getting settled, Evangeline and Aena took Altair on a tour of the house.
"And this," Eva swung the door open and walked in and went straight to the open window. "Is my room." Evangeline leaned against the widow frame and chuckled. "I have so many memories in here."

"Yeah, we were adopted by Aena's family. My mom died when I was 6 and my father was a no show. So we were put in an orphanage. I was the shyest girl you would ever meet and I didn't have anyone to talk to besides Rich. But when I was adopted and brought here I was brought up to ride horses and, I don't know, the horses just brought out the true me." She smiled looking out the window.

"And you know it brought out your arm bone, your ribs," Aena pitched in with a cheeky twang.

Evangeline smiled looking out of the window. Clearly trapped in her reminiscence.

"Speaking of horses…"Evangeline took hold of Altair's hands and pulled him down the hallway.

Evangeline lead the way downstairs and out of the front-door. They walked down a wide cobblestone pathway, the crunching of stone under their shoes and the earthy scent of grassy meadows made everyone relax.

She led them down through a path through two riding arenas and at least eight outdoor camps being cleaned out by stable hands. A large brown building towered over the three. She slid open two large wooden doors. She stepped into the building and gestured Altair to follow.
The building was a stable, filled with more than 12 horses. The floor was concrete with a hitch in the centre used when grooming and tacking up. The stable extended upstairs into a large living room and tack room. It was beautiful to say the least.

Evangeline walked directly to a stall with a huge brown Thoroughbred inside. The stable door had a horse-shoe and the word "Flare" hung above it. She made a loud clicking noise with her tongue, causing the animal to look back at her lazily. As he noticed who was calling him, the breed sprung to life, trotting towards the door and nuzzled her cheek.

"This is Fire Flare." Evangeline stated kissing Flare's muzzle. "This is my fluffy farm hick who I raised when I was 10."

Altair walked over and placed a hand on his neck. He stroked him.

"He's well-tempered."

"Because he's a spoiled brat." Aena teased from her own stall as she combed the hair of a large white horse with a large curry comb.

"Are you spoiled my Rescue Flare?" She cooed placing another kiss on the horse's nose. The horse turned to Altair and put his nose to his cheek. "Wow, he's never done that to anyone else but me before, he likes you." She gave Altair a soft smile.
She then turned to a large Paint horse. She held the horse's head in her arms. "She's not coming back, Leonardo." The horse seemed to understand and sauntered into the far corner of the stall.

"Sasha's horse." Altair thought aloud.

"Yeah." Evangeline looked down. Flare put his nose to her cheek as if he was giving her a kiss. "I'm okay boy," she smiled wiping a tear.

Eva moved on to Aena's stall wiping the tears that stung the back of her throat. She cooed. "Hey Altair,"

"Hello..?" Altair furrowed his eyebrows.

"Would you pass me Altair's mane spray?" Aena asked pointing to a large shelf across the room.

"What, I don't have a…" He trailed off as the word on the stable door beneath the horse shoe was spotted.

"I named him after you." Aena said spraying spurts of condensation onto the horse's mane. The horse turned to Altair. He caught his breathe. The Lipizzaner looked him directly in the eye. The pure beauty of the stallion overwhelmed him. The pure white horse that is born black, an amazing sight to behold. He had only seen one as a child. When a famous Spanish king brought his horse to a gathering in Masyef. Altair could vaguely remember how the horse was trained to bow.

"He's gorgeous, we know. " Evangeline said in exasperation.

"She's just jealous." Aena said in a cute pout. Horse-Altair snorted. Evangeline rolled her eyes and introduced Altair to the other horses.

"Last but not least. My baby, Assassino." She smiled widely as they stopped outside the stable to a gorgeous Gypsy mare. She was completely white except for the horizontal strip that crossed over her eyes, making the horse look like her forelock was an assassin's hood. Hence the Italian term for assassin as her name. Evangeline stepped into the stall and lifted the hind-leg of the animal. It was bandaged up neatly.

"Aena, has Assassino's bandages been changed today?" She yelled over the stalls, making Altair and Assassino jump.

"Yeah, Brenny did it this mornin'. Left soon after, I heard his mamma is sick, so I gave him the day off. And Daniel heard you were in town, he called a minute after you arrived. I told him you weren't here." Aena had met Altair outside Assassino's stall. Evangeline rested her arm on the stable wall.

"How did Daniel find out?" She looked angry but Altair saw flashes of fear in her wide eyes.

"I don't know darlin'. All I do know is that guy is a creep. Sometimes I wonder if he has had my wall phone bugged. That or he's a peepin' tom with a death wish." Aena threw a look at Altair.

"He can't know I'm here. We never told anyone. Not even Sasha had the chance to find out." Evangeline said with her eyes a downcast.

"Who's Daniel?" Altair asked softly.

"An ex." Evangeline said folding her arms tightly.

"He was bad news." Aena said with a grimace.

"What did he-"

"He used to beat me, repeatedly." Evangeline cut him off, anger and sadness in her eyes.

Cliff Hangerrr!

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