Ezio Auditore da Firenze is an Italian assassin and fictional character in the video game series Assassin's Creed. He serves as the protagonist of the franchise's series of games set in the Italian Renaissance. He appears in Assassin's Creed II, II: Discovery, Brotherhood, and Revelations, as well as the animated short film Embers. He also makes a brief animated appearance in Assassin's Creed III alongside Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad.
First appearing in Assassins Creed II, a young Ezio is yanked from his life of ease after the execution of his father and brothers at the hands of Templar conspirators. After killing the man responsible for their deaths, a confused and vengeful Ezio begins a journey to free Italy from Templar control. While rebuilding the Assassin Order almost single-handhedly, Ezio breaks the Templar dominance in Italy. In his later years, Ezio begins his search for Altaïr's library in Masiyaf. After discovering Altaïr's piece of Eden, he decides to retire from the Assassin order to live a more peaceful life. The character as such, his depiction, personality and development, as well as the chronicling of his entire life have received critical acclaim.
Just when she's decided to leave the Town, Lady Cressida Belverst is forced to marry Lord Calan Haverston, the man who coincidentally knows a way out. Agreeing to marry for all the wrong reasons, can Cressida and Calan find out where their hearts truly belong?
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It is impossible to leave the Town, but one woman is determined to escape with the help of her betrothed.
Lady Cressida Belverst has always been judged as a walking scandal. Oh, how she tries (on some rare occasions) to be proper! When her parents arrange for her to marry a rich lord, Cressida has had enough. She has to leave the Town because she will not be forced to live with a man she doesn't love. But what happens if the very man she's betrothed to is the only one who can help her get out?
Calan Haverston, the Lord of Easton, takes the risk and helps his betrothed by using his knowledge of the Town's secrets because he is as willing as she to stay free of marriage for reasons completely different. He has dark secrets he cannot share with her, and his life is not one he can likewise open to anyone. But what happens when she leaves after awakening desires he thought he has under control? And what happens when he finds himself longing for her?
Cressida goes to a completely different place, one she has only heard in stories and read in books, with hopes of finding what her heart has always longed for. But love, mystery and secrets will chase her and it will only be a matter of time before she realizes what her heart truly desires.
*This story is a standalone title in the Haverston Family series.