[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=WH,Ch33'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/tar_valon_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Tar Valon Chapter Icon'}] ''[WH|Winters Heart]: The Hummingbird's Secret'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=WH,Ch35' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Nynaeve__ POV Waiting down the street, [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] sees a hundred guards rush past and gather at the bootmaker's shop. The [jeweled belt|Jewelry Set] is now less than half full of %%ot [saidar|Said]%%. Just as she starts to do something foolish, [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] and [Alivia] grab her arms. [Min|Min Farshaw] is with them. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] is angry, telling [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] that the Counsels are in a panic after detecting %%ot [saidar|Said]%% being used within the city. As they drag [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] away, [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] says she will somehow help [Rand|Rand alThor] and [Lan|al'Lan Mandragoran]. \\ \\ More [Nynaeve POV] ! __Rand__ POV [Rand|Rand alThor] wakes in pain in a dark cell. [Lews Therin|Lews Therin Telamon] howls at being caged again. [Rand|Rand alThor] knows that they will hand him over to [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan], but it might take months. Hardening himself, [Rand|Rand alThor] lists the women who died because of him, [Moiraine Damodred], [Colavaere Saighan], [Liah] of the [Cosaida] [Chareen], [Jendhilin] of the [Cold Peak] [Miagoma] who died guarding his door... \\ \\ More [Rand POV] ! __Cadsuane__ POV That night, [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] arrives at the [Hall of the Counsels] with [Merise|Merise Haindehl], [Corele|Corele Hovian], [Daigian|Daigian Moseneillin], [Kumira], [Eben|Eben Hopwil], [Damer|Damer Flinn], [Jahar|Jahar Narishma], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Alivia]. [Min|Min Farshaw] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] complain until [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] puts them in their place. She wishes that [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] had been taught more, particularly about enduring what must be endured. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] learned that lesson in the [Black Hills] from a toothless [wilder] shortly after she was raised to the shawl.[1] [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] barges into a closed meeting of the Counsels. She hopes that she can accomplish what she needs to without disrupting their government. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] asks [Aleis Barsalla] to release [Rand|Rand alThor], but she refuses saying she will wait to hear from [Tar Valon]. [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] then notes that the three men with her are [Asha'man]. They step forward looking very fierce. The Counsels, particularly [Cyprien], [Sybaine] and [Cumere Powys], look abashed. [Aleis|Aleis Barsalla], however, still refuses. Resorting to her final weapon, [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] reminds her that the [guardian] detected someone [channeling|True Source] inside the city, the she draws from her own Well, the [golden hummingbird|Paralis-net] in her hair, and lifts the crown from [Aleis|Aleis Barsalla]' head. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] then sets it back on her head. [Aleis|Aleis Barsalla] is thoroughly shaken and agrees to release [Rand|Rand alThor]. Seeing the looks of the other Counsels, [Cadsuane|Cadsuane Melaidhrin] knows that [Aleis|Aleis Barsalla] is through as First Counsel. She adds that to the account she is building because of [Rand|Rand alThor]. \\ \\ More [Cadsuane POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] That must have been interesting! Her name was [Norla]. ([CoT,Ch23]) %% ---- More [Category.Chapters], [Tar Valon Chapter Icon]