Moiraine's hands curled into fists. Her golden eyes shimmered with frustration and anger.
"For them to bring this many," she said, her tone sharpening with fury, "for them to parade their forces across the Folds searching for you… they truly don't understand!"
Her voice dropped to a whisper that carried the weight of paradox!
"They don't understand that they offend an Early Creature!"
She turned to him, and for a moment, her poised visage gave way to something fierce and righteous. Like someone that wanted to kill!
"These fools…"
"…"
Noah remained still, letting the moment stretch as the fires of Paradox burned brighter across the gray key in his hand.
He said nothing.
But within him, the Infinity Tower of Osmont pulsed once again.
And in the stillness of the Veiled Shore, his heart beat louder than the war drums of Existence even as Living Paradoxes arrived to search for him.
But they would find nothing.
