“Oh, that man…” Elayne said. “Rand?” “I think I may strangle him one of these days.” Aviendha set her jaw. “If he’s offended—” Elayne turned the letter around. “He insists that I return to Caemlyn to see to my people. He gives a dozen reasons why, going so far as to ‘release me from my obligation’ to meet with him tomorrow.” “He should not be insisting on anything with you.” “Particularly not so forcefully,” Elayne said. “Light, this is clever. He’s obviously trying to bully me into staying. There’s a touch of Daes Dae’mar in this.” Aviendha hesitated. “You seem proud. Yet I gather this letter
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