Outside Orléans
Outside OrléansIt had been comparatively simple for Rafael to return to his familiar trade. Despite Malcolm’s warnings, passage across the Channel had been easy to arrange, though more than one man who remained in the Sable League jested that it was because the English wished to be rid of them. They had word of Rodrigo Villandrando immediately in Calais and rode to seek him out. L’Écorcheur was where he had been reputed to be, though newly established as a nobleman with a title to his name.
L’ÉcorcheurRafael had been struck by the change in the man he had known for years. Rodrigo was jovial where once he had been calculating. It seemed that service to Charles the VI suited him well. He had welcomed the Sable League with gusto, hiring them all at a fair price on the spot.
