Bound By Fate (Revising/Editing)

Chapter: 33 Feelings and Determination

Chapter: 33

Madeline's POV:

I look around as I was on the rooftop of the building overlooking the city of Paris. Everything has change so drastically that there was hardly any time for me to get a breather. It was always this and that. It was so different and now there is going to be a war between the two organizations. A war that I may have started when I was with the Templars and now I look at myself to see that I have join the Assassins for a better cause. It was the right choice as I knew my death was around the corner when I was in the Templars. Thomas would have not quit with just injured me. He wanted to make me suffer and by doing that he would have end my life.

A shiver went through me as I had felt alone when I was there and in the Assassins. It felt like I wasn't alone and we were working thoughs the same goal. Some of us have personal goals, but mostly all of us have the same goal. We would like people to be free and not be rule as in monarchy or something worse like dictatorship. Everything had change when the Revolution War had came and when Elise was still alive. I look around noticing the change in the people and we strive for a greater good as I want nothing, but my Freedom. I'm free from the Templar's and it's all because of the Assassins who made that possible for me, but I wouldn't be truly free until they are gone.

This new threat will be a difficult one and I'm still searching for my mother's killer. I hope I can find who killed her as well. My time made have been cut down to where I only can do it in my spare time as all of our time will be preparing for this war and try to break down their plans as best as we can. We will stop them one way or another and try to prevent this war from happening. I don't want to see anymore bloodshed as I have when I was in the Templar's. It was constant as we had to dispatch people who have heard word of us or anybody that was helping the Assassins. I have blood on my hands because of them, but I could never taken a life. I didn't try and stop either. I'm guilty as they are.

My thoughts turn to Arno as I remember his hands on my cheeks and the way I felt when he was leaning thoughs me. I knew it was going to happen, but I didn't think it was going to happen again that soon. Does he really have such feelings for me? Am I just dreaming all of this or something? How can I live with myself if I went forth with him? How could Elise forgive me? He was his lover, but I guess with everything they went through with each other. Arno must have love her deeply. How can he feel such feelings for me when I don't even know if he still love Elise? It doesn't matter right now. We have bigger things to worry about than some feelings that probably mean nothing.

I shook my head it's not helping me think about what needs to be done and how we are going to do it? My thoughts keep wandering and it would probably be easier talking with Arno and William, but I feel too self-conscious around Arno right now. I am the one who pulled away from him when he was going to kissed me right there and then.

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Arno and I were discussing what to do with Marcus as William was in here as well. We didn't know whether to strike him tonight or if we should wait a little longer, but I don't think we should. He would probably already have their plans and we need those to stop the Templars from getting what they want. We need to stop this war as fast as we can before it gets out of hand and then we will probably have to fight against them. Some of the students here aren't ready for such a thing and the older ones will fight if they have to. We don't know what to really do to take the first step, but it only seem logical that we should go after Marcus.

"This is frustrating" I let out an annoyed sigh as I leaned back into the sofa that I was sitting on.

"We also have to remember about Thomas and how he appeared when you were about to assassinated Alexandre" Arno put in.