A Crown of Swords: Chapter 27

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To Be Alone

Author: Atarah al'Norahn

Characters: Perrin, Loial, Karldin, Faile, Aram, the Two Rivers men, Jur Grady, Fager Neald, Aiel Wise Ones and Maidens, Cha Faile, Seonid Traighan, Masuri Sokawa, Berelain

Setting: Cairhien, Ghealdan

Point of view: Perrin

Perrin is walking through the halls of the Sun Palace, thinking of all that has transpired. He has just been ordered out of Cairhien by Rand. When Perrin questioned Rand's treatment of the Aes Sedai prisoners, Rand became angry, and, using the One Power, picked him up and threw him across the room before ordering him to get out of Cairhien. "Get out of my sight, Perrin. Do you hear me? Get out of Cairhien! Today! Now! I never want to see you again!"

Perrin runs into Loial and Karldin, who is an Asha'man. Loial is very upset, saying that Rand is trying to push all of his friends away from him; Perrin has been ordered out of Cairhien, Loial is to visit all of the stedding about the Waygates, and he even refuses to see Min.

Perrin reaches the stables and saddles Stepper before heading north. He meets up with Faile, Aram, the Two Rivers men and the Aiel and two Asha'man who are to accompany him. There are also two Aes Sedai with the Aiel.

Fager Neald opens a gateway, and Jur Grady, the other Asha'man, goes through it. The Maidens follow, and then Perrin, Faile and Aram. Faile is also brining with her several of the Cairhienin and Tairen youths who pretend to be Aiel. The Two Rivers men are next, and then the two Aes Sedai, followed by the remounts and the supply carts. Perrin wishes that Neald would close the gateway so as to stop the next group of people, but he knows he cannot: Berelain and her Winged Guards ride through.

Going to a slight rise so that everyone can hear him, Perrin tells everyone that, as far as everyone back in Cairhien knows, the following is happening: He has been banished, Berelain is on her way home, and the rest of them have simply disappeared. He tells them that in actuality, they are now in Ghealdan and they have two tasks to accomplish. The first is convincing Alliandre, the Queen of Ghealdan, that they are not invaders. The second is to find Masema, the Prophet of the Dragon.

Perrin prays that everything goes quickly and smoothly. More than anything he wants to put distance between himself and Faile, and Berelain.

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