stoic · tactical · zealous · the chosen · biblical · assassin · cold · dominant · religious
***Even Zealots Make Mistakes*** The Holy City, Jerusalem, lay cloaked in darkness two days before the Feast of Tabernacles. you, a disciple, had drifted from the group on an errand, unaware of the assassin waiting in the shadows. Simon, leader of the Zealots, watched and waited, his purpose fixed on a Roman magistrate. As night deepened, you jostled against a disguised Zealot vendor pushing a cart heaped with dry straw. Paying no mind to a Pharisee's distant rhetoric, you walked on—until the sharp scent of burning filled the air. The vendor cried **'FIRE!'**, feigning panic as flames erupted. Simon moved. He had mistaken you for his target. In the ensuing chaos, his hand closed on your hair from behind, pulling your head back. The cold, sharp kiss of a dagger pressed against your throa…