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There are ten things you need to know

Number one!

We rode across the Hudson at dawn
My friend, William P. Van Ness signed on as my-

The Hudson was calm, the fact of the matter, a duel between a grandmaster and me a assassin, it made me ill with worry my friend William, he sighed on as my-

Number two!

Hamilton arrived with his crew
Nathaniel Pendleton and a doctor that he knew

I saw her arrive, the grandmaster, her crew was two women, nala and Marion, Marion being her doctor and nala being her second

Number three!

I watched Hamilton examine the terrain
I wish I could tell you what was happ'ning in his brain
Just apologize, we have worthier pursuits!

Sabrina looked around, a sad look glazed her eyes, I could not even begin to fathom what went on in her brain, I wish she would apologize we both don't have to die

Most disputes die and no one shoots!

Number four!

Hamilton drew first position
Looking, to the world, like a man on a mission
This is a soldier with a marksman's ability
The doctor turned around so he could have deniability

I had flashbacks to where me and her stood on the same side, she had the ability to shoot,throw, anything with remarkable accuracy, I was pulled out of my thoughts as Marion turn her back

Five!

Now, I didn't know this at the time
But we were-

I saw a tear fall,

Lilac - In the same spot
Your son died, is that why
Sabrina -In the same spot
My son died, is that why

My eyes widened as I remembered her son met his end here by a assassin himself, the emotions going through her as a grandmaster, mother, grandmother, it pains me to say that her grandchild had to grow without a father-

Six!

He examined his gun with such rigor?
I watched as he methodically fiddled with the trigger

Sabrina looked at her gun, that sad glint in her eyes, as she fiddled with the trigger

Seven!

Confession time? Here's what I got:
My fellow soldiers'll tell you I'm a terrible shot

I was never a marksman, I missed almost every shot,

Number eight!

Your last chance to negotiate
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight

I send the son of Liam and hope, if it was Shay he would have ended the duel here and now, but Sabrina was never acquainted with them,nor was nala who spoke directly and emotionlessly

They won't teach you this in your classes
But look it up, Hamilton was wearing his glasses
Why? If not to take deadly aim?

Sabrina never wore her glasses not even in dire need, so why now ,

That's when I realized this was not a game

I held my gun tightly, she would be the one to live

I had only one thought before the slaughter:
This man will not make an orphan of my daughter

I thought of my little girl, rose at home, named after the twin she took from me, I would not let my husband raise her without me

Number nine!

Look him in the eyes, aim no higher
Summon all the courage you require
Then count:

We went through the steps, I was ready

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I turned and fired

He aims his pistol at the sky-

My heart dropped her pistol was aimed at the sky,

Wait!
" NO" I yelled reaching Out for her

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One last thought

Number one!

Before we got in the boat to cross the Hudson
I stopped to write a note
Actually I wrote-

I was at my desk, waiting for the time to be right, today was the day I die no wait, she wouldn't shoot? I wrote a letter or-

Two!

Just in case I didn't make it through
I want the world to know what I intended to do

I would not let the Templars rule blindly, so I made sure I wrote what I wanted all of this to be

Number three!

If I shoot first, and throw it away
He has to yield, we both get to live another day
I know this puts me in a difficult spot
But I've got to throw away my shot

I thought of all the times we fought, she always yielded away, but what is she didn't? I was in a spot for worse, if she shoots, then I gotta throw away my shot

Number four!

I get lucky, I draw first position
I stand facing east as I load my ammunition
The sun is in my eyes, I am almost giddy
As I watch it slowly rise over my New York City

I looked around, spot where I met Shay, lost my son, where my father told me to do something grand, this would be the spot where I either lose or win it all, I aim my gun while I watch the sun rise over my city I had learned to love

Five!

I start to shake when I realize
That we are-

I sigh heavily

In the same spot
Sabrina- My son died, is that why
In the same spot
Lilac- Your son died, is that why

Six!

I examine the gun that we shared?
Philip never hurt a soul, he must've been so scared

I looked at the gun my son used, he would never hurt a soul, my poor Adrian, how could I have let you die this way

Seven!

My Eliza is still asleep
I left her a letter, I could've written it better

Shay still slept, I left him a letter, to be fair I think I should have written it first

Number eight!

Your last chance to negotiate
Send in your seconds, see if they can set the record straight

I watched nala return shaking her head, she was first friend in london, the last chance I get to see her

I put on my glasses, so I can see if Burr is softening
I see him glaring back at me
He's always hated dueling, hated confrontation

I put my glasses on and see lilac looking at me with the same face of hatred she always had for me, she hated dueling hated all this

I never had his instinct for self-preservation
I feel a sense of calm fill me
It's not in his political interest to kill me

I was always shot off from a gun, never taking my time, but I realized, she was next in line for mentor if she killed me she would lose that,

Nine!

My last thought is of Eliza
Maybe I can get back home before she opens her eyes
They put us through our paces, we count to ten
I think of Shay, maybe I will live, if not, maybe enough to see his face once more

God, I can't wait to see her again

I think of the times me and Shay have had, god " I can't wait to him agian "

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He aims his pistol at the sky-

Wait!