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Renna wore a fixed stare of horror Seta’s shoulders shook as she sobbed into her hands Nynaeve hardened her heart -- It is justice, she told herself It is -- and herded the others out of the roo out than they had co in Nynaeve supposed she had the sul’dae into so would feel cleaner on her skin

The girls were silent, walking close behind her, until they were out on the cobblestone street again She did not know if it hat she had done or the fear that soht stop them She scowled Would they have felt better if she had let the the wowene said "We will need horses I know the stable where they took Bela, but I don’t think we can get to her"

"We have to leave Bela here," Nynaeve told her "We are leaving by ship"

"Where is everybody?" Min said, and suddenly Nynaeve realized the street was en of the the street were shuttered tight But up the street from the harbor came a formation of Seanchan soldiers, a hundred or more in ordered ranks, with an officer at their head in his painted armor They were still halfway down the street frorim, implacable step, and it seemed to Nynaeve that every eye was fixed on her That’s ridiculous I can’t see their eyes inside those heliven an alarm, it would be behind us She stopped anyway

"There are more behind us," Min murmured Nynaeve could hear those boots, now "I don’t knohich will reach us first"

Nynaeve took a deep breath "They are nothing to do with us" She looked beyond the approaching soldiers, to the harbor, filled with tall, boxy Seanchan ships She could not make out Spray; she prayed it was still there, and ready "We alk right past theht, I hope we can

"What if they want you to join the that dress If they start asking questions "

"I will not go back," Egwene said grimly "I’ll die first Let ht olden nimbus suddenly seemed to surround her

"No!" she said, but it was too late

With a roar like thunder, the street under the first ranks of Seanchan erupted, dirt and cobblestones and arlowing, Egwene spun to stare up the street, and the thunderous roar was repeated Dirt rained down on the woood order to shelter in alleys and behind stoops In ht, except for those who lay around the two large holesthe street So the street

Nynaeve threw up her hands, trying to look in both directions at once "You fool! We are trying not to attract attention!" There was no hope of that now She only hoped they could e to work their way around the soldiers to the harbor through the alleys The damane must know, too, now They could not have wene said fiercely "I won’t!"

"Look out!" Min shouted

With a shrill whine, a fireball as big as a horse arched into the air over the rooftops and began to fall Directly toward them

"Run!" Nynaeve shouted, and threw herself into a dive toward the nearest alleyway, between two shuttered shops