The Grey Tower

And so it continued.

They were blessed to not have any more strange interactions and to not enact what his mother had sometimes thought of as her family's curse to always have some sort of danger, trouble, or combat whenever she went anywhere. Truth was, Miahala had once said, she felt like she ...

Haeden's hand drew itself toward hers as she reached out for him, almost as if operating of its own accord. Like a magnet being drawn to its own kind when a hint of proximity presented itself. Although he never lost his innate watchfulness of what was around them, he intertwined his fingers with ...

Haeden followed the line of sight to where she pointed and then nodded once. "Where you go, my Aes Sedai," he said with another small smile curving the corners of his mouth.

With their destination in mind, the Gaidin glanced back at his items on the shore one more time before turning to join Liaran ...

The informal "eyes and ears" of the training yards could be rather hit-or-miss, as Haeden had known for many a long year. Sometimes, the clutch of students was observant and eager to please. Sometimes, they were observant but also recalcitrant and looking for a way to rebel quietly, which often ...

For a moment, Haeden took in their height difference and chuckled to himself. "As long as there aren't any sudden drop-offs in the sand, I can probably make it a ways out without having to even take up my feet," he responded with amusement. He lifted his eyes for a moment and took in the water. "The ...

Although Haeden did not choose to toss himself off the edge of the cliffside into the ocean like his wife and Aes Sedai, he enjoyed watching as she and the others did so. He did not trust his own skills in the water to take that tumble, but there was something so...carefree and joyous in the act ...

As a woman not naturally inclined to outward shows of emotion, Haeden took a moment to enjoy the look in her eyes as she held his gaze.

He wasn't sure that he wanted to jump off any cliffs himself just yet, but he wanted to encouragement her enjoyment and he kind of also wanted to see such a moment ...

The Gaidin could see the progression of her thoughts and feelings on the matter in the micro expressions in her demeanor. She was an Aes Sedai, through and through, so certainly no one else could possibly have seen what he did. But he was her warder, and her husband, so that got him +5 to Perception ...

The look on the Aes Sedai's face at his greeting, however transient it was, caught Anaris a little by surprise, given what he knew of the woman standing here before him. That surprise was not reflected on his own face...or maybe it was and the beard hid it. Who could say? Okay, he could, but he ...

"I suppose it's that last part that has me certain that they will not be there," he said, his voice a low, thoughtful rumble. "The law will always want to present itself well outwardly, so they'll take our report and go out there, but if they are somehow on the side of...whatever is going on here ...