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! __Rand__ POV

[Rand|Rand alThor] goes for a walk around [Cold Rocks] Hold. [Keille|Lanfear], [Kadere|Hadnan Kadere] and [Natael|Asmodean] are at the peddlers' wagons. He decides that a gift might passivate [Aviendha], so he goes to the Roof of the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear]. He tries to buy an ivory bracelet from [Adelin], but when she hears who it is for she gives it to him saying she will accept no price. All seventy of the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] hold a brief ceremony with him. [Rand|Rand alThor] finds [Aviendha] cleaning carpets. She is being punished for her behavior at dinner. He gives her the bracelet and she accepts it. She says anything else would cause a loss of honor, but the [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] now think he is courting her. Back at [Lian|Lian (Aiel)]'s roof, [Rand|Rand alThor] tells the [Wise Ones|Aiel] that he knows [Aviendha] is their spy. [Melaine] angrily says, "I will make you know our blood for yours if I have to lay the -"[1] and [Amys] cuts her off. The [Wise Ones|Aiel] leave and a %%ot [gai'shain|Aiel]%%, [Chion], shows him to his room. She is shocked when he asks for water to wash. He goes to sleep thinking about traps.

[Rand|Rand alThor] dreams that he is in a pond in the [Waterwood|Two Rivers] swimming with [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. [Aviendha] is standing on the bank. Suddenly they are gone and there is a beautiful naked woman on the bank. She asks if she should allow him to be unfaithful even in his dreams, then she swims out to him. She mentions [Ilyena|Ilyena Therin Moerelle] and now all these others, then bites his neck to mark him. A man's voice from the bank interrupts, and the woman is standing on the bank by a man-sized blur. She chides him saying he fears risk as much as [Moghedien]. She says he would still be hiding in his hole[2] if she had not hauled him out. They both vanish.

[Rand|Rand alThor] wakes with his neck bleeding. He feels that he is not alone and [channels|True Source] a light and [Air|One Power] to bind the intruder. It is [Aviendha]. Startled, she inadvertently discloses that the [Wise Ones|Aiel] have been spying on his dreams. They have been taking her along, but they said it was too dangerous tonight.[3] Suddenly, [Rand|Rand alThor] senses wrongness. He [channels|True Source] his [One Power] sword. At the entry chamber he sees [Chion] being embraced by a man. [Chion] falls to the floor and [Rand|Rand alThor] sees that it is a [Draghkar]. He kills the [Draghkar], then another as it enters the room. [Aviendha] runs to sound the alarm. Outside, [Rand|Rand alThor] sees [Seana] lying dead. Another [Draghkar] dives at him and he burns it out of the sky. [Rhuarc] joins him and they run down to join the battle.
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! __Mat__ POV

After the battle, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] sees [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] [Healing|Weaves] those who need help. He realizes there were only enough [Trollocs] to draw attention. At the peddlers' wagons he sees [Isendre], but she slams the door in his face when he speaks to her. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] and [Rand|Rand alThor] both come up. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] tells [Rand|Rand alThor] that the attack was surely aimed at him. [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] again asks him to confide in her. [Rand|Rand alThor] agrees if she will promise not to try to control him. She says she will not hinder him fulfilling his destiny, but that is not good enough for [Rand|Rand alThor]. [Rhuarc] arrives and agrees that the [Trollocs] were a diversion so that the [Draghkar] could attack [Rand|Rand alThor].[4] They may see the [Soulless|Gray Man] next, so [Rhuarc] wants to put a guard on [Rand|Rand alThor]. The [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] have volunteered. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] asks about the [Shaido] and [Rhuarc] tells them that they left at nightfall. They went north, so [Couladin] probably means to meet [Sevanna] on her way to [Alcair Dal]. She is a troublemaker and only wed [Suladric] because he was a clan chief. [Rand|Rand alThor] says they will leave for [Alcair Dal] at dawn. [Rhuarc] says ten [Red Shields] will accompany him and ten [Maidens|Maidens of the Spear] will accompany [Rand|Rand alThor], but [Rand|Rand alThor] says all the spears will go. He tells someone to roust the peddlers, then asks [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] if he is coming. Wondering how [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] pulled loose, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] says he is.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] The rest of the sentence was probably, "- bridal wreath at your feet myself." The [Wise Ones|Aiel] want [Rand|Rand alThor] to marry an [Aiel] woman.\\
[#2] Where was [Asmodean] before [Lanfear] found him?\\
[#3] And how do they know that?\\
[#4] The [Draghkar] were a distraction sent by [Asmodean]. ([TSR,Ch57])\\
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