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"No!" Rand growled Light, the things people would do to get on his good side! Or maybe Anaiyella had been closer to her Master of the Horse that was considered proper The-- and a commoner; that counted heavily with Tairens -- but woe tastes in men He knew that for a pure fact

"As soon as we’re ready to ain," he told Bashere, "turn thewhen he launched his next attack was out of the question, and leaving a hundredthem to folloith the supply carts risked fifty kinds of mischief They could cause no trouble left behind Even the felloho had gotten away on horseback could not carry a warning faster than he could Travel

Bashere shrugged faintly; he thought it ain there was always the odd chance Strange things happened even without a ta’veren around

Weiraether, faces set in protest, but Rand pressed on "I’ve spoken, and it’s done! We’ll keep the woh And any more women we capture"

"Burn my soul," Weiramon exclaimed "Why?" The ave a startled jerk of his head Anaiyella’s ed to turn it to a siht him too soft to send a wo in this terrain, not to mention short rations And the weather was not weather to turn a woainstsul’daht knew that was true! They nodded, if Weiramon was slow about it; Bashere looked relieved, Anaiyella disappointed But what to do with the woman, and any more he captured? He did not intend to turn the Black Tower into a prison The Aiel could hold theht slit their throats the moment his back was turned What about the sisters that Mat was taking to Caeh? "When this is done, I’ll hand her over to sooodwill, a little honey to sweeten their having to accept his protection

No sooner were the words out of his mouth than Nerith’s face went dead white and she screa herself down the slope, scrabbling over downed trees, falling and scra back up

"Bloody --! Catch her!" Rand snapped, and the Saldaean patrol leaped after the wo their s and necks Still wailing, she dodged and darted a the horses with even less care

In the ateway opened in a flash of silver light A blackcoated Soldier pulled his horse through, juateinked out and put his allop, toward the hilltop where Gedwyn and Rochaid waited Rand watched i, killing all the Asha’man before it was too late

By the time the three of them started up the slope toward Rand, four of the Saldaeans had Nerith down on the ground, binding her hand and foot It took four, the way she thrashed and bit at theht not overco the wo it open? Rand frowned at her

The Soldier between Gedwyn and Rochaid glanced at Nerith uneasily as they rode past Rand vaguely re him at the Black Tower, the day he first handed out the silver Swords, and gave Taia transparent veil to cover his thickhis countryon Reborn, now, so Taim always said The second part of that always sounded an afterthought

"You on Reborn, Soldier Nensen," Gedwyn said Wryly

Nensen sat up straight in his saddle "My Lord Dragon!" he barked, slapping fist to chest "There’s on" Thirty o before returning What good if one Soldier found Seanchan while the rest keptever farther west? "Maybe half ere here," Nensen went on "And " His dark eyes flickered toward Nerith again She was tied, now, the Saldaeans struggling to get her over a horse "And I saw no sign of woon"

Bashere squinted at the sky Dark clouds lay in a blanket from mountain peak to h "Ti in satisfaction Nerith had ing on like a badger

"Feed them quick," Rand said irritably Would every sul’daht, what if they took a damane? "I don’t want to spend all winter in these mountains" Gille the damane He could not erase a name once it went onto that list

The dead are never silent, Lews Therin whispered The dead never sleep

Rand rode doard the fires He did not feel like eating

Fro shoulder of stone, Furyk Karede carefully studied the forested s His horse, a tall dappled gelding, stiffened his ears as though catching a sound he had missed, but otherwise the animal was still Every so often, Karede had to stop and wipe the lens of his looking glass A light rain fell fro sky His hel straight, and water ran down his back A light rain compared to yesterday, anyway, and probably compared to tomorrow Or this afternoon, perhaps Thunder ru to do eather, though

Below hih the winding passes, athered from four outposts Wellmounted, reasonably wellled, yet a bare two hundred were Seanchan, and just two besides hireen of the Guard Most of the reood third were Amadicians and Altarans, too new to their oaths for any to be sure how they would stand up Soiance two or three times already Tried to, anyway People this side of the Aryth Ocean had no shame A dozen sul’dam rode near the front of the colu by their h