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"Yelena, we can go"

"What?" I looked at Rand

"If this is upsetting you We can go There’s a spectacular new fire dance"

"We can stay I was just…reo along"

"Re an acrobat"

"Oh no, I loved everything about it Flying through the air, the complete control over oing to land the perfect disround" I stopped The confusion on Rand’s face h and cry at the same time How could I explain to him that it wasn’t the acrobatics that upset ered? Reyad’s cruel punish out to participate in the festival the following year, which had led to Reyad’s death

I shuddered Those memories of Reyad were like a trap in the corner ofit "Someday, Rand, I’ll explain But for noould like to see the fire dance"

He hooked his arroup left the tent and joined in the flow of people Sa over his shoulder that he would save us soood seats A drunken y and salutedto make a bow, he landed in a heap at my feet I would have stopped to help hi staffs of wood I felt a pulsating rhythh the soles ofprops around their heads and paraded into the tent Amazed by the dancers’ intricate movements, I stepped over the drunk

But with the exciterip was broken I wasn’t concerned until I found myself surrounded by four immense men Two of the men wore blacksmith’s unifor myself, I tried to slip past the me

Chapter Thirteen

Terror welled in loved hand cla into the leather, I tasted ashes, but couldn’t reach skin The blacksrabbed my arms and pushedht In all the commotion around the dance tent, nobody noticed ed ed farther away fro my neck, I looked for a way to escape The blackser view His thick beard was filled with soot and half of it had been singed off

We stopped behind a dark tent The farmers stepped aside and I saw a shadow pull away from the fabric