Le Bossu: Aventures de Cape et d'Épée. Volume 3

Aurore, a bright‑spirited young woman with a penchant for joy even amid hardship, lives with her steadfast companion Henri in a modest farmhouse near Pamplona. When a shadowy figure lingers at their window all day, Henri decides it is time to leave, promising a new life far from the poverty that has plagued them. Their hurried departure is marked by a mixture of youthful optimism and the weight of an uncertain future.

As they wander through a deserted street, Aurore’s curiosity draws her toward a dark silhouette cloaked in a somber coat. The figure is a fallen man, his blood staining the cobblestones, evidence of a fierce struggle that has just taken place. Henri, ever protective, rushes to her side, warning that hostile companions are already closing in. The tension rises as the pair must decide whether to flee deeper into danger or confront the looming threat that now shadows their path.