“You will get as much action as you need when the time is ripe to move against the rebel city-states I’ve mentioned. “Sentry duty! Hardly the sort of work for a man of action like me!” I want you to have messengers on horseback ready to bring news to me here the instant you have anything to report.”īartolomeo snorted. I want to know about any suspicious ships coming into, and, especially, leaving the harbor. “I want you to take a force to Ostia and keep a sharp eye on the port. I have a more pressing job for you.” Oh, God, thought Ezio, why does my heart still skip a beat when I mention her name? Caterina Sforza’s army is not strong enough to attack them from Forlì, but I have sent messengers requesting her to keep a close watch on them. “Barto, you know as well as I do that a handful of city-states in the Romagna remain loyal to Cesare. “You are too cautious, Ezio! We have won!” cried Bartolomeo. “And as long as there are pockets of Borgia diehards, both here and in the Papal States, there is still seed from which a Borgia revival may grow.” “And Cesare may indeed be muzzled, but he lives,” said Machiavelli quietly. “We all know that a victory is not a victory until it is absolute.” And the Romagna is back in papal hands!”Įzio held out a hand to quiet them. “And the French are driven back!” put in Bartolomeo. “And we have a new Pope who has always been an enemy of the Borgia,” added Claudia. The others, all except Machiavelli, looked at each other in surprise. “My friends,” he started, “I know how hard we have striven, and I believe that victory may be in sight, but there is still work to do.” Perhaps no one could ever fully master it-except a member of the race of ancient Adepts who had left the world in trust to humanity, to make or break it, as their will elected.Įzio summoned a meeting of the Brotherhood on Tiber Island that night. He still had his friends-the girls of the Rosa in Fiore, La Volpe’s thieves, his fellow Assassins-and with their help, how could he fail?Īnd he knew that the Apple would-in ways he could not fully comprehend-help him, as long as he respected its potential. Only if he failed-within three days-to unearth them, would he resort to its power again. He would hunt down the Borgia diehards in Rome without it. He had to keep his own instincts and powers of deduction sharp, against the day when the Apple would no longer be in his possession. He would use the Apple next only when he had to. He intended to seek out Cesare and kill him, or die in the attempt.
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And while he lived, he would do his utmost to free his evil master-Cesare!Įzio had not told Pope Julius his full plan. He had always sensed in his heart that Micheletto lived.
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He must learn to live by the code without it.
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