Towers of Midnight by Jordan Robert; Sanderson Brandon
Author:Jordan, Robert; Sanderson, Brandon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2011-01-31T05:00:00+00:00
Chapter 28
Oddities
âWhat are you planning, husband?â Faile asked.
They were back in their tent, following the parley with the Whitecloaks. Perrinâs actions had surprised herâwhich was invigorating, yet also disturbing.
He took off his coat. âI smell a strangeness on the wind, Faile. Something Iâve never smelled before.â He hesitated, glancing at her. âThere are no wolves.â
âNo wolves?â
âI canât sense any nearby,â Perrin said, eyes distant. âThere were some before. Now theyâre gone.â
âYou said that they donât like being close to people.â
He pulled off his shirt, exposing a muscled chest covered in curling brown hair. âThere were too few birds today, too few creatures in the underbrush. Light burn that sky. Is that causing this, or is it something else?â He sighed, sitting down on their sleeping pallet.
âYouâre going to goâ¦there?â Faile asked.
âSomethingâs wrong,â he repeated. âI need to learn what I can before the trial. There might be answers in the wolf dream.â
The trial. âPerrin, I donât like this idea.â
âYouâre angry about Maighdin.â
âOf course Iâm angry about Maighdin,â she said. Theyâd been through Malden together, and she hadnât told Faile that she was the Queen of bloody Andor? It made Faile look like a foolâlike a small-town braggart, extolling her skill with the sword in front of a passing blademaster.
âShe didnât know if she could trust us,â Perrin said. âShe was fleeing one of the Forsaken, it seems. Iâd have hidden myself, too.â
Faile glared at him.
âDonât look at me like that,â he said. âShe didnât do it to make you look bad, Faile. She had her reasons. Let it go.â
That made her feel a little better; it was so nice that he would stand up for himself now. âWell, it makes me wonder who Lini will turn out to be. Some Seanchan queen? Master Gill, the King of Arad Doman in hiding?â
Perrin smiled. âI suspect theyâre her attendants. Gill is who he says he is, at least. Balwer is probably having a fit for not having figured this out.â
âI bet he did figure it out,â Faile said, kneeling beside him. âPerrin, I meant what I said about this trial. Iâm worried.â
âI wonât let myself be taken,â he said. âI only said Iâd sit through a trial and give them a chance to present evidence.â
âThen whatâs the point?â Faile said.
âIt gives me more time to think,â he said, âand it might stop me from having to kill them. Their captain, Damodredâsomething about him smells better than many of the rest. Not rabid with anger or hate. This will get our people back and let me plead my side. It feels good for a man to be able to have his say. Maybe thatâs what Iâve needed, all this time.â
âWell, all right,â Faile said. âBut in the future, please consider warning me of your plans.â
âI will,â he said, yawning and lying back. âIn truth, it didnât occur to me until the last moment.â
Faile kept her tongue with some difficulty. At least something good had come from that parley. Sheâd watched Berelain when sheâd met Damodred, and sheâd rarely seen a womanâs eyes light up so brightly.
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