So very wrong, Shai’tan, Rand’s voice whispered in Mat’s mind. Then the voice was no longer in Mat’s mind. It could be heard distinctly by everyone on the battlefield. That one you have tried to kill many times, Rand said, that one who lost his kingdom, that one from whom you took everything … Lurching, bloodied from the sword strike to his side, the last king of the Malkieri stumbled to his feet. Lan thrust his hand into the air, holding by its hair the head of Demandred, general of the Shadow’s armies. That man, Rand shouted. That man still fights!
