“Rand! I need the One Power!” Nynaeve cried. “It’s … all right…” Alanna whispered. Nynaeve looked at the woman’s eyes. She was lucid. The andilay, Nynaeve realized, remembering the herb she’d used to give the woman strength. It brought her out of her stupor. It awakened her. “I can…” Alanna said. “I can release him…” The light faded from her eyes. Nynaeve looked at Moridin and Rand. Rand glanced at the dead woman with pity and sorrow, but Nynaeve saw no rage in his eyes. Alanna had released the bond before Rand could feel the effects of her death.
