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On his side One of the Forsaken loved hio, and all she wanted was for hiive his soul to the Shadow and rule the world with her Or a step below her, at least That, and try to replace both the Dark One and the Creator Was she coreal really be as great as she claihts to take

"Why would Rahvin choose now to attack me? Asmodean says he looks to his own interests, that he’ll sit to one side even in the Last Battle, if he can, and wait for the Dark One to destroy me Why not Sammael, or Demandred? Asmodean says they hate me" Not me They hate Lews Therin But to the Forsaken, that was the saht, I am Rand al’Thor He pushed away a suddenand just learning what they could do with the Power I ahedien, or Graen--?"

"But you are ihed "Don’t you knohere he is? In Andor, in Caease simpers and dances for hiust "He hastown and countryside to find new pretties for him"

For a moment shock held him Elayne’s mother in the hands of one of the Forsaken Yet he dared not show concern Lanfear had displayed her jealousyElayne down and killing her, if she even thought he had feelings for her What do I feel for her? Aside from that, one hard fact floated beyond the Void, cold and cruel in its truth He would not run off to attack Rahvin even if what Lanfear said was true Forgive-- she would weep no tears for any of the other Forsaken he killed; they all stood in the way of her own plans -- but in any event, he was done with reacting to what others did If he reacted, they could reason out what he would do Let them react to him, and be as surprised as Lanfear and Asmodean had been

"Does Rahvin think I’ll rush to defend Morgase?" he said "I have seen her once in my life The Two Rivers is part of Andor on a map, but I never saw a Queen’s Guardsenerations Tell a Two Rivers ase is his queen, and he’ll probably think you’re crazy"

"I doubt Rahvin expects you to run to defend your homeland," Lanfear said wryly, "but he will expect you to defend your aase on the Sun Throne, too, and use her like a puppet until the time he can come into the open More Andoran soldiers move into Cairhien every day And you sent Tairen soldiers north, to secure your own hold on the land No wonder that he attacked you as soon as he found you"

Rand shook his head It had not been that way at all, sending the Tairens, but he did not expect her to understand Or believe him if he told her, for that " Politeness to one of the Forsaken! Of course, there was nothing he could do except hope that soood reason not to kill her She’ll tell you more than she thinks, if you listen carefully He hoped that was his own thought, chill and cynical as it was

"You ward your dreaainst everyone" That was sih she was at least as prominent in the list as the Wise Ones

"Dreams are mine You and your dreams are mine especially" Her face reh your warding You would not like it"

To show his unconcern, he sat down on the foot of his pallet, legs folded and hands on his knees He thought his face was as calm as hers Inside him, the Poelled He had flows of Air ready to bind her, and flows of Spirit That ove a shield against the True Source The racking of his brain for the how of it seemed far off, but he could not remember anyway Without that, the other was useless She could pick apart or slice through anything he wove, even if she could not see it Asoing without a wo to practice on

Lanfear eyed hi her beauty "I have examined the Aiel women’s dreams These socalled Wise Ones They do not kno to shield thehten the yours surely"

"I thought you would not help me openly" He did not dare tell her to leave the Wise Ones alone; sheto spite him She had made it plain from the start, if not in words, that she meant to have the upper hand between the out? You aren’t the only one who kno to enter people’s dreams"

"The Chosen," she said absently For a irl’s dreas for her Do you knoho she dreaase’s son and stepson The son, Gawyn, , she put on a tone of irl could have such drea to test his jealousy, he realized She really thought he warded his dreauard me closely," he said dryly "If you want to kno close, look at Isendre’s dreams"

Spots of color flared in her cheeks Of course He was not supposed to see what she was trying Confusion rolled outside the Void Or did she think?

Isendre? Lanfear knew she was a Darkfriend Lanfear had brought Kadere and the woman to the Waste in the first place And planted ; Lanfear’s spite was cruel even when petty Still, if she thought he could love her, Isendre being a Darkfriend was probably no obstacle in her eyes

"I should have let theonwall," he went on casually, "but who knohat she ht have said to save herself? I must protect her and Kadere to some extent in order to protect Asain, a knock canize Lanfear, yet if a woman were discovered in his room, a woman whom none of the Maidens below had seen enter, questions would be asked and he had no answers

But Lanfear already had a gateway open, to sos and silver "Re, my love" It was a very cool voice in which to call so Besideher snowy skirts, she stepped through, an