His unstrung bow stood propped in the corner with Mat's and Perrin's, the stave two hands taller than he was. She dismounted and strode to Loial's horse. Zera said sharply, Dena wants you alive, you fool! You try to kill the King, and you'll be dead before you get within Rand studied his friend's back for a moment, then dug up a laugh.
The sun stood high on the second day when Verin suddenly sat up straight in her saddle and looked around. Some went to the outer walls and towers, but most of those that he could see milled through the garden below and the one courtyard he could just glimpse part of. The strength evident in her brother's face was in hers, too, and no less for the softer line of cheek and jaw. He smiled at her, a smile that touched only his lips, then raised his eyes above her head.
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