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Perrin growled to hiround He hated the scent of that tra dead plants It wasn’t nearly as bad as the Blight disease, but it seemed to him the whole land was only a few steps away frouard post Two men--Hu Barran and Darl Coplin--stood watch here There would be additional scouts, of course: Two Rivers round But Perrin had learned that a few iven posts around the cauards saluted hiave off an odd ret, frustration, disappointment And embarrassment That last one was faint, but still there Perrin’s supposed dalliance with Berelain was still recent in their minds, and Faile’s return seemed to increase their discomfort In the Two Rivers, one did not easily live down a reputation for infidelity

Perrin nodded to the If the men kneould walk by sometime each day, they’d keep theht, he had needed to prod sleeping Berin Thane aith his boot, and he was always careful to watch for the scent of strong drink aar to sneak a nip or thile on guard

"All right," Perrin said "The Whitecloaks have our people and our supplies" He gri to fill Whitecloak bellies "Could we sneak in and free the," Grady said fro this a larger problem than it is"

Perrin looked back at the leathery e problem"

"They won’t have anyone who can channel the One Power" Grady shrugged, hands clasped behind his back as he walked With the black coat, the pin and the increasingly soldierlike attitude, he was looking less and less like a far better He and I could pound those Children down until they give us ant"

Perrin nodded He hated the idea of letting the Asha’man loose with impunity The scent of burned flesh in the air, the earth ripped apart and broken The scents of Dumai’s Wells However, he couldn’t afford another distraction like Malden If there were no other choice, he’d give the order

Not yet, though There are no coincidences with ta’veren The wolves, the Whitecloaks Things he had been outrunning for so to hunt him He’d pushed the Children out of the Two Rivers Many of the men who had been with him then now followed him here

"Perhaps it will co "But er force than they do, and with that blasted wolfhead banner finally taken down, they may not realize e are We fly the banner of the Queen of Ghealdan, and they’re passing through Alliandre’s territory Likely they saw the supplies in our people’s carts and decided to ‘protect them’ Soh to persuade them to return our people"

Elyas nodded, and Grady seeh Perrin wasn’t convinced by his oords The Whitecloaks had haunted hi with them had never been simple

It felt like the time had come Time to make an end to his troubles with the at the Aiel section of the cauard with relaxed alertness They didn’t stand up or salute--which suited hireat ji in their eyes by the way he’d planned, then accomplished, the attack on the Shaido

The Aiel uard posts, and he had no reason to inspect them But he included the to visit the other sections of camp, he should do it here, too