An Unexpected Offer

"Galad is here. You must remember what a monster he was as a child. Well, he is no better grown, and he is a Whitecloak besides."
— Elayne to Thom

For a chapter in Towers of Midnight with a similar title, see An Unexpected Ally.

Book Index

0 I II III IV V VI VII
VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV

Chapters

The First Sparks Fall

1	Fanning the Sparks
2	Rhuidean
3	Pale Shadows
4	Twilight
5	Among the Wise Ones
6	Gateways
7	A Departure
8	Over the Border
9	A Signal
10	Figs and Mice
11	The Nine Horse Hitch
12	An Old Pipe
13	A Small Room in Sienda
14	Meetings
15	What Can Be Learned in Dreams
16	An Unexpected Offer
17	Heading West
18	A Hound of Darkness
19	Memories
20	Jangai Pass
21	The Gift of a Blade
22	Birdcalls by Night
23	"The Fifth, I Give You"
24	A Message Sent
25	Dreams of Galad
26	Sallie Daera
27	The Practice of Diffidence
28	Trapped
29	Memories of Saldaea
30	A Wager
31	The Far Snows
32	A Short Spear
33	A Question of Crimson
34	A Silver Arrow
35	Ripped Away
36	A New Name
37	Performances in Samara
38	An Old Acquaintance
39	Encounters in Samara
40	The Wheel Weaves
41	The Craft of Kin Tovere
42	Before the Arrow
43	This Place, This Day
44	The Lesser Sadness
45	After the Storm
46	Other Battle, Other Weapons
47	The Price of a Ship
48	Leavetakings
49	To Boannda
50	To Teach, and Learn
51	News Comes to Cairhien
52	Choices
53	Fading Words
54	To Caemlyn
55	The Threads Burn
56	Glowing Embers

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Setting: Sienda

Point of view: Nynaeve al'Meara

Nynaeve wakes in the morning and reviews the numerous bad dreams she had during the night. She and Elayne are in agreement that they should now head to Tear since the White Tower is controlled by Elaida. They are not in agreement on how to go, overland or by ship. They go down to the common room to eat breakfast and are spotted by Galad, who has become a Whitecloak. He wants to escort them to Caemlyn where they will be safe from White Tower plots. Elayne says she needs time to think before she can accept his offer. As soon as Galad leaves the inn, Elayne begins making preparations to leave. She does not trust that Galad will not turn them in for being White Tower-trained witches, which are illegal in Amadicia.

When Thom and Juilin arrive she explains and accidentally lets Thom know she remembers him from when she was a child. They finally decide to sneak out of the inn and town and meet up with Valan Luca and his menagerie. There they can be his patron and hide from the Whitecloaks and Galad. Nynaeve questions Elayne on where she knew Thom before. She admits that he was court-bard when she was little as well as her mother's lover.

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