The Templar Informant

Chapter 6: Traitor of Two Kinds

January 5, 1778

So I continued my investigations into Benjamin and his very suspicious activities. Shay himself was getting worried by how troubled I always seemed, but I insisted there was nothing and he dropped it, knowing I would tell him when the need arose. After a month of following Benjamin almost everywhere, I finally got the information I was looking for, despite wishing my suspicions were not true. I followed him to the docks of New York where he met up with a few Templars that I had never met personally, but knew were members. It was their conversation that gave me what I needed, "We have the supplies."

The Templar who said this was one who I had only seen in passing once, and like the others present, I did not know his name. He was standing to Benjamin's right, the one to his left spoke next, "Are you sure this is a good idea? The Patriots are going to notice the missing supplies, probably long before they reach the British."

I could not believe it, Benjamin was also a traitor to his country, stealing supplies from the Patriots; what a plonker. "It does not matter, soon, we will join the British and it will be too late for the Patriots or the Templars to do anything."

Benjamin's words sent a chill down my spine; he was indeed a traitor to the Templar Order, on top of being a traitor to his country. "Where are the supplies now?"

I listened closer, hoping to use the information, and the Templar standing in front of Benjamin gave me exactly that, "There is a small town on the South Road near Valley Forge, they are there."

I knew exactly where that was.

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I had hastily made my way back to Fort George, where I knew Haytham was for the next few days. I did not take time to stop after walking through the gate or even acknowledge the guards who nodded in my direction. I headed straight for Haytham's study, hoping we could fix the problem before Benjamin made another move. I should have knocked, but I felt I did not have the time, so I barged in, "Haytham, we have a problem."

If he was annoyed by my barging in, he did not show it; he seemed more concerned by the worried look on my face, "What is the problem Norah?"

I took a second to think about how exactly to word it and decided that coming right out with it was best, "About a month ago, I found Benjamin snooping around your study, looking for some papers, I followed him afterwards where I found him give the papers to a Redcoat. I decided to continue to follow him to get hard evidence of his possible betrayal, and that is exactly what I just discovered," when it looked like he was not going to interrupt me, I continued. "He just had a meet up with a few other Templars, all four of them are defecting and Benjamin has also betrayed the Patriots. They have stolen supplies from them and are giving them to the British. I know where he and the supplies will be."

He lets the information sink in before standing, "I think we best be off."

January 7, 1778

Leaving my children in their father's capable hands, Haytham and I had immediately set out for that little town near Valley Forge. When we finally reached our destination, it appeared we were too late, the town, and the church which clearly had the supplies, were empty. We stood together in the church, and I was beyond pissed to know that we were too late to catch him here. We paused when we could vaguely hear footsteps in the snow, we only locked eyes and I knew exactly what he would do without any words. As he climbed into the rafters above the doorway, I took a seat near the altar; our guest would see me and never suspect Haytham would be in waiting. Of course, I never suspected it would be Connor that walked through those doors and he looked just as stunned to see me. "Missus Cormac, what are you doing here?"