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Several of the Maidens charged in to help Alliandre, throwing stones at the knives, dodging spears that lunged for the half a fool for helping the woman she hated--Faile ju her strength to that of the First Together, they wrenched the dagger to the side, toward the ground, where they could drive its point into the earth When they did, re
Faile released it hesitantly, then looked up at the disheveled Berelain The wo the blood from a cut she’d taken She nodded at Faile "Thank you"
"What stopped it?" Faile asked, heart thus fro her fingers into the loa with alarh others had felled several of the flying spears Faile tossed her handful of soil at one that was still whipping about
When the dirt touched the spear, the weapon dropped Sulin saw it, eyes widening behind her veiled face She dropped the stones she’d been wielding and took up a handful of soil, spraying it over her head as a spear drove for her heart
The dirt stopped it, and it fell to the ground Nearby, the soldiers who had been following along to guard Faile and the others were having a worse ti their shields to block inco weapons, hunkered doorried expressions
"Quickly!" Faile said to the Maidens, digging both hands into the soil "Spread the word! Let the others kno to stop the weapons!" She threw soil at the daggers beside Alliandre, dropping tith one throw, then began running for the nearby soldiers
"There is no need for you to apologize, Galad," Morgase said softly "You couldn’t have knoas happening in the Fortress of the Light You were leagues and leagues away"
They sat in his tent, chairs facing each other, late-afternoon light shining on the walls Galad sat with hands clasped before hihtful She reo when she’dchild had siase had adopted him, she had alorried that he felt less loved than his siblings
Galad had always been so sole But unlike other children--Elayne especially--he had not used his knowledge as a weapon She should have seen She should have realized he’d be attracted to the Whitecloaks for their vision of a world that was black and white Could she have prepared him better? Shown hiray It was full of colors that sometimes didn’t fit into any spectrum of morality
He looked up, hands still clasped, eyes troubled "I accused Valda wrongly When I went to hiht because he had abused you and killed you Half rong I have done soardless of that fact, I’ht in her throat Valda had reputedly been one of the greatest swordsmen alive And Galad had bested hier Galad hadhim for them In some ways, they seemed more admirable than her own choices
"You did well," she said "Valda was a snake I am certain he was behind Niall’s death Galad, you did the world a service"
He nodded "For what he did to you, he deserved death But I shall need to release a state his hands behind his back as he walked, his white clothing seeht "I will explain that my accusation of murder was false, but that Valda still deserved death for his other offenses Dire offenses" He stopped for ayou could have done, son," she said "My captivity wasGaebril, if what you have heard is true As for your captivity, you did not trust your enemies You were betrayed, like all of us, by Valda The Children are never the eneht"
"And Perrin Aybara?" she asked
"Shadon"
"No, son I don’t like soood man"