"You want me to flee," Owain said through clenched teeth when he finally looked up from the pile of documents. The rest were logistical, granting him command of twenty soldiers and formal Charter of Mercenary Arms that permitted him to keep up to fifty men at arms under his command for the purposes of hunting demons along the frontier. There were even letters of credit, authorizing him to borrow substantial sums with the Lothian treasury committed to repaying his debts.
"You want me to go so far north that no one will recognize me, that's why there's no letter introducing 'Gawain' to Marquis Crew," he realized. After all, Owain had competed against the knights of Crew in a number of tournaments in the years past, and lords from both the March of Crew and Keating Duchy had attended his wedding to Ashlynn.
