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"Ta’veren," Loial rumbled

Rand threw up his hands

Uno ca rain off his cloak "Not a fla soul to be found, s Livestock’s all gone, and there isn’t a bloody cart or wagon left, either Half the houses are stripped to the flaer my next month’s pay you could follow them by the bloody furniture they tossed on the side of the road when they realized it was only weighing down their flatar asked

Uno blinked his one eye in surprise "Just a few bits and pieces, my Lord Mainly what they didn’t think was bloody worth taking with them"

"They will have to do Hurin, I mean to dress you and a few e, so you won’t stand out I want you to side, north and south, until you cross the trail" More soldiers were cotar and Hurin to listen

Rand leaned his hands on the mantel over the fireplace and stared into the flames They made him think of Ba’alzamon’s eyes "There isn’tme to Fal him, and added harshly, "Not that It’s Fain I have to find It has nothing to do withthat"

Verin nodded "The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, and we are all woven into the Pattern Fain has been here weeks before us, perhaps months A fewto happen"

"I’ up his saddlebags "They can’t have carried off all the beds"

Upstairs, he did find beds, but only a few still had ht be more comfortable to sleep on the floor Finally he chose a bed where theelse in the roo

He took off his wet things, putting on a dry shirt and breeches before lying down, since there were no sheets or blankets, and propped his sword beside the head of the bed Wryly, he thought that the only thing dry he had for a coverlet was the Dragon’s banner; he left it safely buckled inside the saddlebags

Rain druain a lightning flash lit the s Shivering, he rolled this way and that on theif the banner would not do for a blanket after all, wondering if he should ride on to Falme