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But Nynaeve al’Meara That wo to be bound in her service She would take her in the flesh, perhaps ask the Great Lord to grant her i Moghedien She and Elayne were scheitte, were they? That was another she had reason to punish Birgitte had not even knoho Moghedien was, so long ago, in the Age of Legends, when she foiled Moghedien’s finely wrought plan to lay Lews Therin by his heels But Moghedien had known her Only, Birgitte -- Teadra, she had been then -- had died before she could deal with her Death was no punish on here

Nynaeve al’Meara, Elayne Trakand, and Birgitte Those three she would find, and deal with From the shadows, so that they would not know until too late All three, without exception

She vanished, and the banners waved on in the breeze of Tel’aran’rhiod

Chapter 26

(Serpent and Wheel)

Sallie Daera

The halo of greatness, blue and gold, flickered fitfully around Logain’s head, though he rode slumped in his saddle Min did not understand why it had appeared er even bothered to lift his eyes from the weeds in front of his black stallion to the loooded hills rolling by all around theether a little ahead, Siuan as aard on shaggy Bela as she had ever been, Leane guiding her gray mare deftly, with knees ht ribbon of ferns, poking through the leafcovered forest floor, hinted that there had ever been a road here The lacy ferns ithering, and the leaf mold rustled and crackled dryly under the horses’ hooves Thickly woven branches gave a little shelter from the noonday sun, but it was hardly cool Sweat rolled down Min’s face, despite an occasional breeze that stirred from behind theard, guided only by Siuan’s insistence that she knew exactly where they were heading Not that she shared her destination, of course; Siuan and Leane were as close bear traps Min was not even sure that Leane actually knew Fifteen days, while towns and villages greer and farther between, until finally there were none Day by day Logain’s shoulders had sagged a little more, and day by day the halo appearedthat they were chasing Jak o’ the Mists, but Siuan had regained her leadership without opposition as he turned more and more inward For the past six days he had not see or whether they would ever get there

Siuan and Leane talked quietly up ahead, now All Min could hear was a barely audible ht as well have been the wind in the leaves And if she tried to ride closer, they would tell her to keep an eye on Logain, or simply stare at her until only a stoneblind fool could keep her nose where it did not belong They had done both often enough Froh, Leane twisted in her saddle to look at Logain

Finally Leane let Moonflower fall back beside his black stallion The heat did not see her; not so much as a sheen of perspiration ive her roo now," Leane told him in a sultry voice He did not look up fro his arainst it, really "A little while longer, Dalyn You will have your revenge" His eyes stayed dully on the road

"A dead man would paynotes in her head of everything Leane did, and talking with her of an evening, though trying not to let on why She would never be able to behave the way that Leane did -- not unless I had enough wine in ht colare that could have frozen a rushing stream, but Min merely looked back She had never had the problems with Leane that she did with Siuan -- well, not as rown less since the other woun discussing men How could you be intimidated by a woman who had told you in dead seriousness that there were one hundred and seven different kisses, and ninetythree ways to touch a man’s face with your hand? Leane actually sees

Min had not estion of a kiss Leane had been cooing at hi him smiles that should have made steam rise from his ears, since the day he had had to be hauled out of his blankets instead of rising first to chivvy the rest of the for the h she did find it hard to credit even the possibility, or was just trying to keep hi, to keep him alive for whatever Siuan had planned

Leane certainly had not given up flirting with others besides him She and Siuan had apparently worked out that Siuan would deal oard Her sotten them rooms where the innkeeper had said there were none, lowered the bill at those and three hts earned barns instead of bushes for sleeping They had also gotten the four of them chased off by one fare thrown at theht the incidents funny, if no one else did The last few days, however, Logain had stopped reacting like every other man who saw her forto her or anything else

Siuan pulled Bela back stiffly, elbows out andoff anyher, either "Have you viewed hiain

"It is still the same," Min said patiently Siuan refused to understand or believe, however many times she told her, and so did Leane It would not haveof it in Tar Valon Had Logain been lying in the road, rasping his death tattle, she would have wagered all she had and more on a miraculous recovery, so What she saas always true It always happened She knew the same way that she had known the first time she saw Rand al’Thor that she would fall desperately, helplessly in love with him, the same way she had known she would have to share hilory such as few men had dreamed of

"Don’t you take that tone with"It is bad enough we have to spoonfeed this great hairy carp tosulky as a fisherbird in winter Iret it in short order Do 1