The Grey Tower

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 ...

The halls may have been their familiar hues, but they were not empty.

As Elia Darrow would be making her way from the classroom back to her quarters, another person approached from the opposite direction, though clearly with no intention of seeking her out. The fact that they were both in this ...

Haeden Ives, as he so often did, concurred with the plan of his wife and Aes Sedai.

It was not that he was a man who lacked either opinions or convictions, but he would not have bonded and later wed the woman walking beside him had he not felt them of similar mind, ethos, and sympathies. Thus he ...

Could it be nothing? Maybe. And yet...

Haeden offered a small, mirthless smile. "My mother has told me a time or two that when something seems too easy, there's usually a reason for it. Being easy isn't a bad thing in and of itself, but if it makes you uneasy, then there's generally a reason for it ...