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Morgase’s eyes snapped back into focus "I have not!" The next instant her voice softened again "My daughter, Elayne, is training in the Tower She has already been raised to the Accepted"

Altei out on her forehead If Morgase did not know her own feelings toward the Tower, there was no way to speak safely Her plans teetered on the edge of a precipice

Then Morgase rescued them, and her "You say your husband was of two hed with relief Morgase irl over this Gaebril, but she still had her sense when it caers to her realm "I observed him closely, of course, in the Stone" That should plant the seed, if it needed planting "He can channel, and a on Reborn There is no doubt The Stone fell, and Callandor was in his hand when it did The Prophecies I fear I on Reborn to those who are wiser than I I only know that I ah Lady of Tear cannot oldenhaired woave her a shrewd look that made her afraid she had overdone the flattery Soase merely leaned back in her chair and sipped her wine "Tell me about hi it"

Success Or at least, the beginnings of it "He is a dangerous man beyond any question of the Power A lion seees; then he is all speed and power Rand al’Thor seems innocent, not lazy, and naive, not asleep, but when he charges He has no proper respect for person or position at all I did not exaggerate when I said he has hanged lords He is a breeder of anarchy In Tear under his nes, even a High Lord or Lady can be called before a es of the meanest peasant or fisherman He"

She kept strictly to the truth as she saw it; she could tell the truth as quickly as a lie when it was necessary Morgase sipped her wine and listened; Altei indolently, except that her eyes showed she was taking in every word and storing it "You must understand," Alteima finished, "that I have only touched the surface Rand al’Thor and what he has done in Tear are subjects for hours"

"You will have thease said, and in her mind Alteima smiled Success "Is it true," the Queen went on, "that he brought Aiel with hies with their faces hidden half the time, and even the wos, terrorizing everyone, and took whatever they wanted from the Stone"

"I had thought it ase reflected "There have been rumors this past year, but they have not come out of the Waste in twenty years, not since the Aiel War The world certainly does not need this Rand al’Thor bringing the Aiel down on us again" Her look sharpened again "You said ’followed’ They have gone?"

Alteima nodded "Just before I left Tear And he ith thease exclaiht this --"

"You have a guest, Morgase? I should have been told, so I could greet her"

A big olde massive shoulders and a deep chest Alteiase’s face to name him as Lord Gaebril; the assurance hich he had interrupted the Queen did that He lifted a finger, and the serving woase’s permission to dismiss her servants from her presence, either He was darkly handsos of white at his te her face to co smile, suitable for an elderly uncle with neither poealth nor influence He ase, he was not aunless she absolutely had to There was perhaps even ase

Gaebril stopped by Morgase and put his hand on her bare shoulder in a very fa her cheek on the back of his hand, but his eyes were on Altei at her, but these eyes , saw far too much

"You cole through her; her skin, even her bones, felt as though she had been dipped in icy water, but oddly her ase who answered; Altei her "This is the High Lady Alteion Reborn She was in the Stone of Tear when it fell Gaebril, there really were Aiel --" The pressure of his hand cut her off Irritation flashed across her face, but then it was gone, replaced by a s up at hih her again, and this tiued you, Morgase," he said without shifting his gaze "You do too much Go to your bedchamber and sleep Go noake you when you have rested enough"

Morgase stood i at hilazed "Yes, I alided frolance at Alteima, but Alteima’s attention was all on Gaebril Her heart beat faster; her breath quickened He was surely the handsoest, the h her ase’s leaving than she did Taking the chair the Queen had vacated, he leaned back with his boots stretched out in front of hiain the chill ran through her "The absolute truth, but keep it brief You can give me details later if I want them"

She did not hesitate "I tried to poison my husband and had to flee before Tedosian and that trull Estanda could kill me instead, or worse Rand al’Thore Not because it was a truth she had kept hidden so much as because she found she wanted to please hi else in the world, and she feared that he ht send her away But he wanted the truth "I chose Caeh Andor is little better, Cairhien is in near ruins In Caemlyn, I can find a wealthy husband, or one who thinks he is my protector if need be, and use h