#I also have this headcanon that similarly to Elise; Mariane also writes letters to Arno

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I don't know what's worse, that Arno would go to Mariane first to break the news of Bellec's death before going to the Council because he knows how much he meant to her, and Mariane just remaining deadly silent and quietly leaving the room because if she doesn't she *will* kill Arno and she cannot risk her place within the Brotherhood.

Or Arno going to the Council first because it's about a Master Assassin and it's about making sure Elise is not wrongly accused of a crime she did not commit, and Arno explaining to the Council what happened, and the Council scolding and Elise standing there trying to defend him and an Assassin telling her to wait downstairs because it's not the business of a Templar and Arno trying to make sure Elise is safe while also trying to convince the Council of what happened and some assassins witnessing the scene unable to decide on what to do, intervene or stand still or leave, and in the middle of all that chaos... no one noticing the shadow standing in a corner.

Another Assassin in the room. And she is standing still, still and quiet. She is one with the crowd, as she was taught. and she listens. she listens to the Elise trying to defend Arno, and Arno trying to defend Elise, she listens to the Council scolding and screaming about murders and vengeance, and Arno screaming back about justice and truth.

And she stands still. Quiet as a shadow. Until the Council asks for everyone in the room to leave, everyone except Arno and Elise.

She knows where the body is. She heard Arno talking about the tracks he followed, the tracks leading to the Sainte-Chapelle.

So she becomes one with the crowd. She weaves out of the room, out of the headquarters, and she runs.

She runs like she never has before.

She runs, climbs, jumps, falls. Gets up, runs. Runs.

Runs.

Until she sees it.

The Sainte-Chapelle.

And she never tells anyone that she came here, that she found him first. She leaves long before anyone else comes by to find the body.

A few days later, she follows Arno in the underground tunnels. She is quiet, she is patient. She makes sure no one is around, makes sure he is alone. And when the moment comes, she grabs him by the shoulder, slams him against the cold hard wall, presses her hidden blade against his throat and mutters a few words. Words that will haunt Arno as much as it will haunt her.

"I wonder why I have not killed you yet."

Not me being this close to writing a fic set in AC Unity where my Assassin is part of Arno's crew and creating more drama-