Outside of Hamah,
October 19th, 1191:
The day had started earlier, with our tents disarmed. Then, we had a meeting and I send Aisha and the others on their way…
At first, I could keep my distance of Maria… but at that present time, I had to confront her…
I looked for her and found her near a small stream… then, I walked to her.
"Maria?" I called.
She turned, but didn't say anything. I approached carefully and squatted beside her.
"Is it time?" She asked.
"We have to wait a few hours…" I said.
"Altaïr…" She said after a few moments.
"Maria, it's ok… I didn't want to put pressure on you…" I said, looking at her.
"You didn't…" She said. "I realized on the last few months, before we even met that I was attracted to you… and now I know that I feel the same way…"
I smiled.
"As a Templar I had to hide feelings… pains… everything that could give away I was a woman…" She explained. "I was quite successful, until Robert found me…"
I nodded, understanding.
"And even then I had to avoid them…" She said, looking at him.
"It must have been difficult…" I said.
She nodded.
"You have no idea…" she said.
I looked in front of me.
"I think that we should talk more after all of this finishes…" I said. "Until then, I'll wait for you…"
"Yeah…" she agree.
She then kissed me on the face and got up.
I just looked at her as she was leaving…
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Hours later, we were at the city entrance… it was time for us to act…
"Ready?" I asked.
"Bollocks!" She said adjusting her false pregnant belly. "It's not you who has to act like a pregnant woman…"
I smirked.
"Well now I know what you'll look like when pregnant…" I said.
And the look I received was deadly. I didn't know my mother but I remember once my father saying that she sometimes gave him "the look"… maybe it was normal of English women…
"If I weren't like this, I would kick your ass…" She said.
"You can try and do it later…" I said.
"Bite me…" She said.
I smiled and put an arm around her.
"Come on habibah…" I said. "Let's go…"
She didn't said anything as we went to the entrance. She was carrying her false belly as I talked to the guard… Hamah was well-guarded city, so there was guards all over…
The guard looked at Maria, noticing she was in 'pain', and let us through…
After we passed the guards and into the city, she finally took of the false belly made of sheets and threw it on the street as I looked at her.
"You're good…" I say.
"Well, if he didn't noticed I was in pain, he wouldn't let us through…" She said. "What do we do now?"
"Let's go to the Assassins Bureau…" I said. "If the men aren't there, they are in the city…"
She nodded and we came here…
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