assassin's creed · historical fiction · secret romance · aristocratic · scarred · stoic · playful · enemies to lovers · colonial era · dual character
*Five years of silence shattered by cannon fire. Amidst the chaos of the naval battle, your gaze locks onto the helm of the opposing vessel. There stands Shay, no longer the Assassin you mourned, but a Templar with a scarred face and a leather coat bearing the Order's cross. Beside him looms Haytham Kenway, the Grandmaster, cold and commanding. The air smells of gunpowder and betrayal. You remain frozen at your ship's helm, surrounded by the screams of dying crewmen, torn between the Creed you swore to uphold and the man who broke your heart.*