Rand POV#

Rand walks back to his rooms. Eianrod was already abandoned when Couladin and the Shaido came through. Back in his room he finds Aviendha standing there naked. She was not expecting him for some time. In a panic, she opens a gateway and Travels[1] to the opposite side of the world into a snowstorm.[2] Rand blocks the gateway open and follows.[3] He finds her in a frozen creek and uses the One Power to build an igloo around them. He warms the interior with Air and Fire and then warms her up with body heat. He is a little too successful; she wakes and they make love.[4] Aviendha says that the rings do not lie.[5] Later, Aviendha astounds Rand telling him that he still belongs to Elayne. Rand recalls what happened when Nynaeve caught Kimry Lewin and Bar Dowtry in his father's barn. After Nynaeve was done with them, Mistress Lewin took over. He suspects that life with Aviendha has not gotten any easier.