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"No," Adelorna whispered
"Yes" Gregana sly, the collar undipped froana looked stunned for a moment before she was consumed in a blast of fire
Adelorna’s eyes opened wide, and she shied away from the sudden heat A corpse in a blackened red and blue dress cru of burned flesh It was then that Adelorna beca fro shields That proved to be the wrong choice, as both wo them with dexterous speed Just a heartbeat after that, one of the wo while the other was set upon by tongues of fla serpents She screamed as she died, and a soldier shouted It must have been the cohtened woues of Air
Adelorna turned hesitantly A woman in white stood atop the rubble a short distance away, aher, her ar soldiers, her eyes intense The woeance itself, the power of saidar like a storht, and her brown hair blew frowene al’Vere
"Quickly," Egwene said A group of novices scra her to her feet She stood, arab the two unleashed wo in the hallway They could channel; Adelorna could feel it Why didn’t they strike back? Instead, they seewene said, striding over the rubble and glancing out the broken hallway gap "I want--" Egwene froze, then raised her hands
Suddenly, ht! Was that Vora’s sa’angreal she carried in her hand, the white fluted wand? Where had Egwene gotten that? Blasts of lighting flew fro in the wall, and sowene, e been captured Egwene struck again, and another of those flying monsters fell
"What if they’re carrying captives?" Adelorna asked, watching one of the beasts fall awene’s flawene said, turning to her "Trust me I know this" She turned to the others "Back from the hole, everyone Those blasts may have drawn attention
"Shanal and Clara, watch this hole from a safe distance Run to us if any to’raken land here Do not attack the up positions by the rubble The other novices hurried away, chivvying the two strange invader wowene eneral at the battle lines And perhaps she was Adelorna hastened to join her "Well," she said "You have done nicely to organize, Egwene, though it’s good that an Aes--"
Egwene froze Those eyes were so calm, so in control "I am in command until this threat passes You will call me Mother Give me penance later if you must, but for now my authority must be unquestioned Is that clear?"
"Yes, Mother," Adelorna found herself saying, shocked
"Good Where are your Warders?"
"One wounded," Adelorna said "One safe, with the other One dead"
"Light, wohtened her back "What other choice do I have?"
Egwene nodded Why did her look of respect lad to have you," Egwene said, resu her walk "We’ve only rescued six other Aes Sedai, none of the the Seanchan bottled at the eastern stairwells I’ll have one of the novices show you how to unlock the bracelets; but don’t take any risks Generally, it’s easier--and much safer--to kill the dareal storeroowene said, absently weaving as coht broke the air, then rotated around itself, creating a hole into blackness "Lucain, run and tell the others to hold I’ll be bringing real soon"
A brunette novice bobbed her head and rushed away Adelorna was still staring at that hole "Traveling," she said flatly "You really have rediscovered it I thought the reports wishful ruwene looked at her "I’d have never shown you this, save that I just had a report that Elaida has been spreading knowledge of this weave Knowledge of Traveling has been compromised Thatthey’ve taken any woht"
"Mother’s wene said, eyes like ice "We need to stop them and destroy any to’raken we see, with captives or not If there’s any chance of stopping the to Ebou Dar with someone who can Travel, we wene said "I need to knohat iteh the hole
Adelorna stood, stunned, still thinking over what she’d been told "You could have run," she said "You could have fled at any tih the portal "Fled?" she asked "If I left, it wouldn’t have been fleeing you, Adelorna, it would have been abandoning you I am the Amyrlin Seat My place is here I’m certain you’ve heard that I Dreamed this very attack"
Adelorna felt a chill She had indeed
"Cowene repeated "We rab as many channelers as possible and be off with theain Aes Sedai"
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