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The Stone had to fall before he could take Callandor, Rand continued. Conversations stopped as Seaine approached, and cold eyes followed her in a bubble of icy silence. She did give Elayne one worried glance before lowering herself to her knees and beginning to move her hands over Reanne in an odd way. She eyed him sideways, tilting her head, then turned, all cool calmness—and punched him under the ribs with her fist so hard that his knees buckled.

of copper-skinned Domani, the men in short coats if they wore one, the women in wool or linen so thin it clung like silk. Not that he had not enjoyed himself in patches, but only when he could forget he was with a woman who thought746A CROWN OF SWORDShe was some sort of bloody doll. There would be no punishment; the entire exchange had been arranged beforehand. 170A CROWNOF SWORDSHe ignored the comment, but could not stop a sigh.