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More shouts rose from the house they had just left; a wo

I will come back for her Somehow Rand sped after the others as fast as he could

Chapter 46

(RubyHilted Dagger)

To Come Out of the Shadow

Nynaeve and the others heard distant shouts as they approached the buildings where the da to pick up, and there was a nervousness to the people in the street, an extra quickness to their step, an extra wariness in the way they glanced past Nynaeve, in her lightningpaneled dress, and the wo her bundle nervously, Elayne peered toward the noise of shouts, one street over, where the golden hawk clutching lightning rippled in the wind "What is happening?"

"Nothing to do with us," Nynaeve said firmly

"You hope," Min added "And so do I" She increased her pace, hurrying up the steps ahead of the others, and disappeared inside the tall stone house

Nynaeve shortened her grip on the leash "Reh this safely as much as we do"

"I do," the Seanchan woman said fervently She kept her chin on her chest, to hide her face "I will cause you no trouble, I swear"

As they turned up the gray stone steps, a sul’da down as they went up After one glance to wene, Nynaeve did not look at theain She used the a’dam to keep Seta close by her side, so if the damane sensed the ability to channel in one of the down her spine, though, until she realized they were paying her no ave theray dress, the woth of an a’dairl hurrying along behind with a bundle belonging to the sul’dam

Nynaeve pushed open the door, and they went in

Whatever the excitement beneath Turak’s banner, it did not extend here, not yet There were only wo about in the entry hall, all easily placed by their dress Three graydressed da the bracelets To, and three crossed the hall alone Four dressed like Min, in plain dark woolens, hurried on their ith trays