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"A dangerous decision," he told her calmly She wished she could make out his face in the darkness Only to read his expression, of course "You heard hi way I can believe it, in a man with those eyes Like a beast I was surprised he let that fellow go; I thought he’d rip his throat out! If he discovers who you are, who you used to be Balwer ht betray you He never really explained why he helped us escape Aive him a new position Now he knows there’s no chance of that, and he ht want to curry favor with his new master and mistress"

"Are you afraid of Lord Perrin Goldeneyes?" she dehtened her! Those eyes belonged on a wolf "Balwer knows enough to hold his tongue Anything he says will reflect on him; he came with me, after all If you’re afraid, then ride on!"

"You always fling that inback on his heels She could not see his eyes, but she could feel them "Ride on if you wish, you say Once, there was a soldier loved a queen fro he could never dare speak Now the queen is gone, and only a woman remains, and I hope I burn with hope! If you want hdin, say it One word ‘Go!’ A siht Light, it’s only one word! Why can’t I say it! Light, please! For the second tiht failed to hear She sat there huddled in her blankets like a fool, herhotter and hotter

If he had chuckled again, she would have put her belt knife in hin of triuently kissed her eyes She made a sound deep in her throat; she could not seem to move Wideeyed, she watched hiht She was a queen -- she had been a queen -- used to coht then the pounding of her heart druo,’" he told her, "I’d have buried hope, but I could never leave you"

Not until he was back in his own blankets could she make herself lie down and draw hers around her She breathed as if she had been running The night was cool; she was shivering, not treht Burn hi to affect events, and if the Dragon Reborn’s wolfeyed killer learned that he had Morgase of Andor in his hands, she could be used against Elayne instead of helping her He had no right to be right when she wanted hiht infuriated her There was a chance she ood! There had to be!

In the back of her head, a sase Trakand, it told her scornfully, and even after she’s abdicated her throne, Queen Morgase can’t stop trying her hand in the affairs of the hty, no matter how much ruin she’s o away, either, because she can’t stop thinking how strong his hands are, and how his lips curve when he smiles, and --

Furious, she pulled the blanket over her head, trying to shut out the voice She was not staying because she could not walk away from power As for Tallanvor She would set him firmly in his place This time she would! But What was his place, with a woer a queen? She tried to put hi voice that would not be quiet, yet when sleep finally came, she could still feel the pressure of his lips on her eyelids

Chapter 9

(Serpent and Wheel)

Tangles

Perrin woke before first light as usual, and as usual, Faile was already up and about She could make a mouse seem noisy when she wanted to, and he suspected that if he woke an hour after lying down, she would still e to be up first The doorflaps were tied back, the side panels raised a little at the bottoh the venthole in the peak, enough to create an illusion of coolness Perrin actually shivered while searching for his shirt and breeches Well, it was supposed to be winter, even if the weather did not know it

He dressed in the dark and scrubbed his teeth with salt, needing no la his feet into his boots, Faile had her new servants gathered around her in the deep grayness of early hter needed servants; he should have arranged for it before this There were Two Rivers folk in Caemlyn that Faile had trained herself, but with the need for secrecy there had been no way to fetch theo howin and Breane with hihtened froed beside the tent, and waited silently on Perrin If Perrin had not stopped hi his coat was striped redandwhite, though the white was a trifle dingy, and even here that wolfheadpommeled sword hilt rose over his shoulder Perrin had left his axe in the tent, and grateful to be rid of it Tallanvor still wore his sword belted over his coat, but not Master Gill or the other two

Faile , because no sooner did Perrin co orders Maighdin and Breane ca past hi of determination for some reason Neither curtsied, a pleasant surprise Lini did, a quick bend of the knee before she darted after the other twotheir place" Perrin suspected Lini was one of those woe Come to think of it, most women did That was the way of the world, it seewin followed close behind the wo as Tallanvor, as alave a start, gaping at him A curt shout from Lini jerked them into the tent

With only a quickly flashed s alternately to Basel Gill on one side of her and Sebban Balwer on the other The ht her way Of course, a double handful of those idiots kept pace where they could hear if she raised her voice, strutting and stroking sword hilts and staring about in the dih they expected an attack or hoped for one Perrin tugged at his short beard She always found plenty of work to fill her hours, and nobody took it out of her