After Nynaeve’s Healing goes off without a hitch, Aviendha says she owes her a Coke. Better than a Coke, Nynaeve asks for a ship in Jurene. That is, uh, is there one? And yes, as of yesterday! So hop to it!

The Aielwomen are on their way to Tear to seek “He Who Comes with the Dawn” (Rand, duh) because he will get them out of the Aiel Waste once and for all. It’s in the prophecies, you see. Also, he’s a sexy piece of ass and they’re looking to get their lady-dicks wet! I’m half joking.

The go their separate ways, the Aiels and the Aes Sedaiseses. Egwene starts to wonder if Rand’s mother was a Maiden of the Spear. It makes sense, right? Maidens and the spears and the like. The ladies don’t get very far before they’re ambushed by rock-in-sling-wielding psychopaths. Egwene gets knocked out and wakes up tied to a horse. She gets very worried, having been a damane in a past life and is not too keen on being a prisoner to anyone anymore again. She has too much of a headache to channel, so she’s stuck bound to this horse like a real sad-sack. A man notices that she’s awake and she gets hit in the head again! Such is life.

Egwene wakes up in a makeshift cell, sorta, with Nynaeve and Elayne. Outside the “cell” a man named Adden and his merry band of outlaws muses over selling Aes Sedai “to the right buyer”. After confirming that the girls have been doped up enough to not wake for several hours, days, maybe even years, the men go about their business. Egwene, not doped up enough, jostles Nynaeve awake. They notice Elayne’s skull looks fractured, and Nynaeve starts crying that the men stole her herbs. She gets super angry about this, grabs Elayne and cures her. Hooray.

Now that everyone is cool and good, the three lasses channel their saidar energies and brace themselves. Peeking through the cracks in their cell, they notice three Fades with the men. They are the right buyers, all right! Time to procure some lovely Aes Sedai! Adden will be rewarded with Fade blowjobs and, if he’s lucky, a nice steak afterwards.

Egwene attempts to pick the lock with saidar, which catches the Fades’ attention. When the locks falls to the floor, the door leading outside crashes open with a horde of Aiel. Fighting ensues, Adden and his men are killed and/or wounded, and the Fades are surrounded by five Aielmen. The three women break through their own door and channel the SHIT out of saidar, killing the Fades with fire and whatnot. Nynaeve hits them with some incredible energy and they completely vanish into thin air. Egwene thinks it was balefire. Bye bye Myrddraal.

The Aiel (including Aviendha, as it turns out) and the Aes Sedai exchange friendly pleasantries and they all spend the night together in the camp. The next morning, the Aes Sedai take a few horses and ride toward Jurene while the Aiel follow (and keep up) on foot. They make it to Jurene, the two factions part ways, and the women secure a ship to Tear. Enjoy the trip, ladies, it will make you TEAR up! Ha!

This chapter was super fucking long and I did my very best to summarize. It didn’t work very well, this shit is nearly 600 words! That’s more words than you’ve written in a lifetime!