Ar Raqqah, November 26th, 1191:
I'm still waiting for Abbas and Rashid to get back from Mosul… The others, I sent to others cities and they came back with a few others Assassins…
It was hard to wait… there was nothing for me to do, being hurt the way I am… well, not really… I could rest… everyone made it clear for me…
Even Maria didn't want me to exercise too much when we made love… she made sure I was laying down before she had her way with me…
My ribs were less bruised and hurting less, but they still were broken… the cuts on my leg and my shoulder we…
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"Altaïr… stopping writing and come to bed…" Maria said.
"I'll be right with you, Maria…" He said.
Altaïr heard her get up and walk behind him…
"What's so interesting?" She asked.
"Just updating my diary…" He said.
She just said something under her breath, then he felt her hand on his shoulder get down to his naked chest and her hot breath on his ear… He could feel she was naked because her breasts were pressed against his back and the hairs in the back of his neck stood up…
Altaïr swelled hard as he feel her cupping him through his trousers and started to move her hand…
"Maria… "He said.
"Ssshhhh…" She said as she continued her ministrations…
He could feel myself getting hard and she smiled.
"If you come to bed, there will be much more waiting for you…" She said, as she stopped and was gone.
It didn't take much longer for Altaïr to decide… a got up slowly and turned to her.
She smiled at him as he took off his trousers and approached her…
They hugged each other.
"You are a tease…" said.
Maria smiled as she kissed him.
"Well… I can be... also…" He said.
He turned her and walked to the table, pressing and laying there.
Once there, Altaïr just penetrated her vagina a little. Maria whimpered.
He smiled.
"You want more?" He asked.
"Give what you have, your goof…" She said.
He just smiled and penetrated just a little more, then gave her all of him.
"Yes…" Maria said.
Altaïr put his hands on the table as he bend himself to kiss her shoulder. The moved as one. Soon, they were moaning.
He put one hand on her breasts and the other was between her legs, pressing her.
"Altaïr, I'm going to come…" She said.
"Come for me…" he said.
He started to move faster and seconds later, as he pressed her, Maria went over the edge. Altaïr exited her and turned her around. He just penetrated her again and moved faster.
Maria put her legs around him and said:
"Look at me, Altaïr!"
He just looked at her and saw her playing with her breast and moving a hand down to play with herself.
His trusts became erratic e soon he came, filling her.
Maria just hugged Altaïr when he fell against her…
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In the morning, when everyone was taking breakfast, an Assassin entered the house.
"They are returning…" He said. "With a hostage…"
Altaïr got up and went outside as the others followed him.
Rashid and Abbas brought a hostage.
"Rashid…" He said as the men were getting down their horses. "What is this?"
"We caught him sneaking around the fortress in Mosul…" Rashid explained. "He claims he is not a Templar…"
Abbas knocked him off the horse… Altaïr looked at him.
"Abbas…" Altaïr said, sternly.
Abbas just looked at him, but did not said anything.
Altaïr made a sign to Rauf to let the man up. Raouf helped the man up.
"Who are you?" Altaïr asked.
Raouf took off the man's gag.
"Brian…" He said. "Thorpe…"
Maria widened her eyes as she approached him.
"Brian…" She said, hugging the man.
"Do you know him, Maria?" Altaïr asked.
"He is my brother…" She said, looking at him. "And he is not a Templar…"
"Release him…" Altaïr ordered.
Raouf released the man and he and Maria hugged each other tightly.
"Let's get them privacy…" Altaïr said after a moment.
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"I thought I would never see you again…" Maria said, still hugging him, tears rolling down her face.
"Me too..." Brian said, kissing her face. "You changed a lot Maria…"
"You as well…" She said.
They separate a little just to look at each other.
"It's so good to hug you again…" She said.
He nodded as the hug again. Then, Maria finally released him from her arms and they got up and went to sit on a bench.
"So, who are them?" Brian asked.
"They are Assassins and they fight against the Templars…" She said. "Did they treated you well?"
"One of them, at least…" Brian said.
"Abbas doesn't like outsiders…" Maria explained.
"You weren't with the Templars?" Brian asked after a while.
"I was… for the most time…" She said. "Something happened and I… don't want to be near them again…"
He nodded.
"So, "what are you doing here?" She asked.
"After you ran away, things got worse for father…" Brian explained. "For years we had to work for the Hallaton's… we did it for ten years…"
"What happened?" Maria asked her brother, suddenly afraid.
"An attack on Leicester last year…" Brian said. "I and some others could escape, but most of us, don't…"
"Our parents?" Maria asked. "Claire and Anne?"
Brian denied, sad.
"No…" She said, getting up.
"Maria…" He said.
But she ran away…
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