Chapter 2

Ezio:

I shifted back to human, standing in front of Iris who nodded before she walked into the woods, giving me the time to both get dressed and get this mess cleaned. 

The best way to get rid of the bodies right now was to burn them. Burying them would take me a longer time, and that was time that I didn’t have and didn’t want to afford losing. Therefore, I walked toward the bushes where I had kept my clothes. Getting dressed in my pants, shirt, and hood, I moved on to the cage which was latched to the caravan. Snapping the door open, I didn’t see the need to go searching for the key, I set the girls who were in it free, letting them run and save themselves from the doom that they were to face at that pack. 

Taking sight of the dead bodies, neither one of the girls seemed phased by their state. Actually, they seemed to be thankful for their fate. Nodding at them, I watched as they left before I opened the caravan’s trunk, checking for any oil, and knowing that the bastard couldn’t just go to a gas station, I knew that he would have it in his trunk.

I smirked at the sight of the gas tank and opened it, spilling it over their bodies, pulling out my lighter; I lit the thing and threw it over the men’s bodies before walking toward the woods, following Iris’s scent.

“It seems like you’ve been busy” Iris said as she most probably caught the scent of the burning bodies. I sighed and shook my head at the state of her stomach. She had put her spare shirt on, but I could still see the bandage on her stomach through the shirt.

“And you keep forgetting that this is dangerous, Iris” I said looking her in the eye. My brown eyes met her silver-blue ones, and it took everything in me not to melt in them, confessing my feelings toward her. She glared at me, her eyes hardening at the reminder which seemed to annoy her even more now that we were close to our target “it is my job to keep you safe…”

“I am not backing away from this, Ezio” she snapped, making me sigh. I nodded and went to clean the blood from her face, but Iris was quick to push my hand away, not wanting me to touch her. Taking her hand in mine, I tightened my grip on it before she pulled it away, bringing it to my lips as to kiss her knuckle.

“My loyalty is towards you and our revenge, Iris. But it is also my duty to remind you of the risk that you’re taking” I said, pulling her closer to me. Despite us practically growing up together and me being her guard, the two of us considered one another as more than just simple friends. If anyone knew me in this world, it was her, and vice versa. I wrapped my arms around her before she could say a word, smiling when I realized that her anger had somewhat vanished.

I slowly cleaned the blood off her face, fighting the urge to lean toward her and press my lips against hers, and for a second, I chose to believe that she was fighting the same urge as she closed her eyes once our breaths started mixing. Ignoring the clench in my chest, I pulled away from her lips and kissed her forehead “come on, crazy assassin, you need to rest, we have a big day ahead of us tomorrow”

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It took everything in me to wake up the next morning, seeing as Iris slept peacefully in my arms. Her head lay on my chest, right over my thumping heart where she had settled a long time ago. Running my fingers through her curly hair, I twirled my finger in one of her curls before waking her up. 

The way she looked up at me, the freckles on her face only added to her beauty. I smiled at her innocent expression before reminding myself of this revenge. I have held myself back for this long, I wasn’t going to screw this for our pack now, not when we were as close as we were. 

Both Iris and I entered the Silvermoon Pack’s ground. Their Alpha, catching sight of us walking in, walked toward us, frowning in confusion when he only saw one girl “where are the others? The men?”

“Tried to escape, had to kill the men for setting the girls ‘free’” I said glaring at the man. My necklace which dangled from my neck shone in the day’s sun, somewhat blinding his vision as its light reflected on his face “caught her before she managed to escape, though she is wounded”

“Where are the men?”

“Burned after being killed” I said as a woman walked toward us. Her eyes scanning Iris with a raised eyebrow “the other girls which have escaped would be found and killed later”

“And of all girls, you only managed to get her?” The woman asked, raising an eyebrow at Iris, looking her up and down “Alpha, I’ll be taking care of this here” 

“I’ll leave you to it then” the Alpha said, walking away, leaving me, Iris, and the woman alone. The woman walked around Iris, smelling her, raising her arms over her head, pinching her side, not even caring that there was a bandage on her stomach. Iris stayed quiet, letting her do her thing, making her believe that she was being obedient.

“She is obedient enough to comply with orders. She was well trained to know her limits” I said answering the woman who didn’t seem satisfied.

“Hmm, send her back, we’ll ask for another batch of these slaves next week. I believe that your company has dealt with us enough to know what we’re searching for. Glaring at me, Iris shook her head at our failure, we couldn’t have possibly gone this far for us to go back empty handed. 

I wasn’t going to allow it. 

She attempted to walk away, looking at Iris one last time before shooting her a disgusted glare. However, finding me in front of her, blocking her way, stopped her from moving. Her frown was evident as she showed displeasure and distaste to what I just did.

“Get out of my sight before I make you regret having the balls to stand in front of me” she threatened.

“First, we talk, then, you decide on whether you want to kick us out or not” I said looking her in the eye, watching as her expression shifted from that of anger to one of surprise “please”