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The thickness vanished from Nynaeve’s mouth "I am alone, you stupid --" Pain As if she had been beaten fro at once She bellowed shrilly Again She tried to clamp her teeth shut, but her own endless shriek filled her ears Tears rolled sha hopelessly for the next

"Is she with you?" Moghedien said patiently "Do not waste ti to makeht be of some use once I train them Once I train you But I can make you think that what you just felt was a lover’s caress Now, answer ather breath "No," she wept "She ran off with a randfather, but he had hedien o back"

The other wohtful tale I can al the spirit Oh, you are going to provide reat deal of entertain the girl Elayne toher to lie at s are actually stronger in Tel’aran’rhiod than in the waking world That is why you will be a glossy whiteyou here And it is not only hurts taken here that last into waking Compulsion is another I want you to think of it for ait your own idea I suspect that the girl is your friend But you are going to bring her to hedien screamed as a silver arrow suddenly stuck its head out froround like a dropped sack The fall knocked every speck of breath fro to breathe, she struggled to h pain to saidar

Staggering on her feet, Birgitte fumbled another arrow fro shout "Get away!" Birgitte’s head wavered, and the silver boobbled as she raised it

The glow around Moghedien increased until it seeht folded in over Birgitte like an ocean wave, enveloping her in blackness When it passed, the bow dropped atop e burning off, and only the bow and arrows rehedien sank to her knees, panting, clutching the protruding arrow shaft with both hands as the glow around her faded and died Then she vanished, and the silver arrow fell where she had been, stained dark with blood

After what seeed to push up to hands and knees Weeping, she crawled to Birgitte’s bow This ti, naked and not caring, she clutched the bow "I’itte!"

There was no answer except the htbird

Liandrin leaped to her feet as the door to Moghedien’s bedcha roo her silk shift Ches an arm to keep the woman on her feet, but Liandrin remained by her chair The others were out; perhaps out of Ahedien told only what she wanted the hearer to know, and punished questions she did not like

"What happened?" Tehedien’s brief look should have fried her where she stood "You have so," the Chosen told Chesmal thickly Blood stained her lips, trickled fro stream "Do it Now, fool!"

The darkhaired Ghealdanin wohedien’s head Liandrin sneered to herself, as the glow surrounded Chesmal; concern painted Chesmal’s handsome face, and Temaile’s delicate, foxlike features were contorted with pure fright and worry So faithful, they were Such obedient lapdogs Moghedien lifted up onto her toes, head flung back; eyes wide, she shook, breath rushing froed into ice

In low around Cheshedien’s heels settled to the blueandgreen patterned carpet Without Teht have fallen Only a part of the strength for Healing ca Healed Whatever wound had caused all that bleeding would be gone, but Moghedien was surely as weak as if she had lain in bed an invalid for weeks She pulled the fine goldandivory silk scarf from Temaile’s belt to wipe her mouth as the woman helped her turn toward the bedchamber door Weak, and her back turned

Liandrin struck as hard as she ever had, with everything she had puzzled out of what the woman had done to her

Even as she did, saidar seehedien like a flood Liandrin’s probe died as the Source was shielded froainst the paneled wall hard enough tothere

Cheslances, as if they did not understand what had occurred They continued to support Moghedien as she ca her hedien channeled, and the blood on her shift turned black and flaked away, falling to the carpet

"Yyou do not understand, Great Mmistress," Liandrin said frantically "I only wished to help you to have the good sleep" For once in her life, slipping back into the accents of a commoner did not concern her in the least "I only --" She cut off with a strangled gagging as a flow of Air seized her tongue, stretching it out between her teeth Her brown eyes bulged A hair hedien studied her face, but spoke as if to herself "I think not A pity for you that the al’Meara woht only kill you" Suddenly she was tying off the shield, the knot growing ever more intricate, until Liandrin lost the twists and turns cohedien said finally in tones of satisfaction "You will search a very long time to find anyone who can unravel that But you will have no opportunity to search"

Liandrin searched Chesn of sy Chesmal’s eyes were cold and stern; Temaile’s shone, and she touched her lips with the tip of her tongue and smi