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That was a lie, but a very believable one, so it cahedien suddenly channeled and every la the herself from the chair so as not to be where they had last seen her, and she also channeled even as sheto one side, a sphere of pure white that cast lurid shadows about the room And revealed the pair clearly Without hesitation, she channeled again, drawing the full strength of the little ring She did not need it all, or even e she could find Attack her, would they! A net of Cohtened on each of the, for anger’s sake, nearly strong enough to do harly, eyes wide andopen in adulation, intoxicated orship They were hers to command, now If she told them to cut their own throats, they would Suddenly Graendal realized that Moghedien was no longer eht have shocked her into letting go The servants by the door had not moved, of course

"Now," she said a touch breathlessly, "you will answeras this Moridin fellow, if there was such a man, and where had Cyndane come from, but one piqued her hedien? I a her hands She actually began to weep! "You will kill us all! Please, youyou to Moridin’s service!" The silverhaired little woht, her bosoulped breath

Suddenly uneasy, Graendal opened her mouth This made less and less sense by the moment She opened her mouth, and the True Source vanished The One Power vanished froain Abruptly the caged birds broke into a frenzy of chirruping; their wings fluttered frantically against the baround to dust "The Great Lord thought you o your oay has passed" A ball of solobe, but a silver light filled the rooht The birds went still, silent; soaped at the Myrddraal standing there, pale and eyeless and clothed in black deeper than the ball, but larger than any she had ever seen It had to be the reason she could not sense the Source, but that was ie sphere of black light come from if not from it? She had never felt the saree, yet her hands rose on their own, and she had to snatch thehedien and Cyndane, she flinched They had adopted the sa on their knees, heads to the floor toward the Myrddraal

She had to work er from the Great Lord?" Her voice was steady, but weak She had never heard of such a thing, the Great Lord sending a hedien was a physical coward, but still one of the Chosen, and she groveled as assiduously as the girl And there was the light Graendal found herself wishing her dress were not cut so low Ridiculous, of course; Myrddraal’s appetites for women ell known, but she was one of the Her eyes drifted to Moghedien oncenot to pay her any heed Its long black cloak hung undisturbed by its ht the creatures were not quite in the world in the sahtly out of phase with time and reality," he had called it, whatever that meant

"I a by her servants, the Myrddraal bent to grip them by the backs of their necks, one hand to each "When I speak, you may consider that you hear the voice of the Great Lord of the Dark" Those hands tightened to the surprisingly loud sound of cracking bone The youngwoman merely went lihtened from the corpses "I am his hand in this world, Graendal When you stand before me, you stand before him"

Graendal considered carefully, if quickly She was afraid, an e in others, but she kne to control her fear While she had never commanded arer to hazard nor a coward, yet this was hedien and Cyndane still knelt with their heads to thevisibly Graendal believed this Myrddraal Or whatever it truly was The Great Lord was taking a more direct hand in events, as she had feared And if he learned of her sche with Sa that he did not knoas a foolish wager at this point

She knelt smoothly before the Myrddraal "What would you have th A necessary flexibility was not cowardice; those who did not bend for the Great Lord were bent Or snapped in two "Should I call you Great Master, or would you prefer another title? I would not feel co even the Great Lord’s hand as I would hihed It sounded like ice cruhed "You are braver thanas you re as you do not let bravery overcome your fear too far"

As it issued its commands -- a visit to this Moridin was first, it seehedien, and perhaps Cyndane also, taking revenge for her brief use of Co than the Spider -- she decided to keep to herself the letter she had sent to Rodel Ituralde Nothing she was told indicated that her actions would be displeasing to the Great Lord, and she still had to consider her own position Moridin, whoever he was, ht be Nae’blis today, but there was always to of Arilyn’s coach, Cadsuane h to see out A light rain fell on Cairhien fro winds Not only the sky was full of wind Howling gusts rocked the coachher hand, cold as ice If the air cooled a little more, there would be snow She drew her woolen cloak closer; she had been pleased to find it, shoved to the bottom of her saddl