Chapter Four: The Shadow Unleashed
written by Eya Grenwyne

Ranno? she thought, looking out the window. When I find your bane and torture him to madness and slow death, first then I will mourn you. I cannot do it yet, my dear cousin, for my severed love for you has crippled me enough. If I let go now, and come to join you, it will all be for naught.

Arms folded beneath her breast, Eya Grenwyne looked towards the doors of her study as they swung open. In walked two Asha'man... one dark-haired with green eyes and one with light hair hanging to his shoulders. Castar and Trean, she thought, a smile coming to her lips. I had no idea? Both White Ajah men bowed to her in unison, "By the will of the Great Lord, we submit ourselves to you. Our lives are yours, and we follow you in blood and death to His resurrection," they said by old and secret ritual. When they straightened, they stood impassively with their hands behind their backs.

Trean spoke up, his Andoran accent much alike her own, "What is your command?"

Eya stopped smiling. "You will leave, and together you will purge the Grey Tower of its Sitters and Ajah Heads. Kill as many of them as you can, including any form of resistance you meet, and then create a Gateway to the Claw Stone, where I will wait for you with further orders. Do you understand?"

Castar and Trean looked to each other briefly. The former spoke up. "Why? The power a Sitter or Ajah Head hold is small in comparison to the M'Hael or Amyrlin."

A scowl creasing her brow briefly before her Aes Sedai face resurfaced, Eya spoke in short words. "Because should one of them die, another will have to take his or her place. Thus, we can make sure one of ours is instated. And I assure you, the power of the Hall is no small a thing. Now go. I will await your report in the Claw Stone."

The two looked to each other again. "Yes mistress," said Trean, and Castor was but a heartbeat behind. Turning about, they left Eya looking after their imposing frames. She had faith in the Dawn of Blood when he had said they would be provided for her task, and that they would not fail her command. There is so much to do, and so little time. By the next day, as hard I have to imagine it, I will be able to walk these halls again. Embracing the source, she made a Gateway which severed the back of a chair.

Stepping over it, she left, though she did not travel for the Stone just yet...

Chapter Four: The Shadow Unleashed
~Ripple One: To the Claw Stone
~Ripple Two: Chance
~Ripple Three: Continued Hearing
~Ripple Four: Fate
~Ripple Five: Death in my Wake
~Ripple Six: True Purposes
~Ripple Seven: The Wait and the Pain
~Ripple Eight: Darkness
~The Final Ripple

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