Rand was relieved, but he missed her presence, too. The final battle, the last that counted, was fought outside the Shining Walls, in the shadow of Dragonmount. Why is this Darkfriend important enough for them to risk what they did to rescue him? Much easier for them just to steal the Horn. The confidence reached his eyes, too.
But up the street from the harbor came a formation of Seanchan soldiers, a hundred or more in ordered ranks, with an officer at their head in his painted armor. Daughter, tell him the story. Show that, and you will have guestright, and help if you need it, from any lord in the Borderlands. None of the soldiers even looked back.
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