There is a people, the Seanchan, who live beyond the Aryth Ocean, and one day, they will come to try to conquer us. I suppose I didn't think. I have been told it is more sporting to take a pigeon on the wing, to watch it flutter, but sooner or later, a hungry bird will fly to the hand. In any case, it had begun, and if she wished she knew what it was, all she really had to do was obey.
Those blue eyes scanned the surrounding trees quickly. Narishma wet his lips; he might not have been afraid of the woman before, but now he watched her closely as a scorpion. No surprise that her voice faltered at the end. If so, Elaida would not be the first she had killed in secret.
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