The Hidden One

IX

It was ten in the evening in Monteriggioni and it was the moment when Ezio asked Marcella the question which made him think two days straight. "Tell me Marcella, when I heard Vieri saying that to you it made me worried." Ezio said and Marcella hid herself even more with just a towel. "We had a personal fight between us." Marcella said as she went behind the changing board and started wearing her dress which Paola gave it to her as a gift. "You're hiding something di sicuro, tell me Marcellina, tell me what has he done to you?" Ezio asked as he walked towards her and gave her a warm hug. "Ti prego Ezio, if I tell you, you'll take it against me." Marcella said as she looked at him with eyes of fear. "Can I tell you when the time is right? I feel a lot of tension and I don't like it."

"Sì Marcellina, mi dispiace tanto bella mia." Ezio tried to make her feel as comfortable as possible as she sat on the bed and had the thoughtful look, facing the ground as her face rest on her hands. "Did I make you feel scomodo?" He asked her as he removed his armour and stepped in the bathtub. "A little, but I don't blame you asking me." Marcella cried. "This is what I'm capable to tell you, after I ran away, I was completely lost with fear and without any knowledge of danger." She said as she rested on the bed as she starred at the ceiling.
"But do you regret when you ran away?" Ezio asked as he looked at her. "Sì." That was the only think that Marcella had to say because her thoughts never left her mind after the tragedies she went trough the past two years.

Another day passed and it was five in the morning as Marcella was still struggling to sleep, but at this moment she was getting really uncomfortable as her thoughts came into nightmares. "NO please stop!" Marcella started murmuring as she was still asleep. "Ti prego! Please stop it! I've done anything wrong to you! I don't know you!" She must have been dreaming nightmares of her past.

__________The Dream__________

"Basta! Or I'll make you!" A blurred figure appeared in Marcella's nightmare and trying to take the money from her that she only sixty five florin, the only things that she had to live her difficult living in a homeless life. "NO please I beg of you this is all I have." Marcella cried with fear. "That's all I need and your body bella." The man said as he grabbed her face and she spat on his face. "Figlio di puttana!" She shouted and he slapped her face hard. "Don't get on my nerves, principessa." He said as he choked her as she went unconscious...

"Marcella, wake up!" Ezio's voice appeared along with it, he got terrified that something was wrong with her. "Per favore Marcella wake up!" He cried and she woke up breathing heavily, but when she realized that she was safe in Monteriggioni, she got relieved.
"Marcella speak to me!" Ezio was still in fear of what happened to her.
"Ezio, I'm fine now," Marcella said her first words after a tragic nightmare. "I... just had a nightmare." She smiled at him as he looked at her confusingly. "Are you sure? You were screaming 'leave me alone' and especially this, 'that's all I have'. What's going on?" Ezio asked her and she laid on his chest and covered herself with the bed sheets.
"I will tell you after the first practice with your uncle." Marcella told him as she tried to smile but Ezio wasn't the fool of that.
"Marcella if there's something wrong tell me now." He told her as he knew that he's going in the deeper thought after this incident. "I know you're curious, but please, ti prego Ezio I'm not asking a lot." She cried.
"Va bene, if you say so." He sighed as he went to bed again. "Buona notte."
"Buona notte." They went to bed and Marcella was able to sleep in peace.

"Ben fatto nipote! You just need to use more defense, that will help in the up coming future." Uncle Mario told Ezio while he trained his nephew the skills with the sword. "I know zio,"