Chapters 15-21 Summary

Nynaeve and Egwene are returning to Egwene's quarters when someone fires a crossbow dart that barely misses Egwene. They spot the assassin and Nynaeve confines him from a distance by channeling air. They run to the spot, but find the assassin, an ordinary looking man, is dead with a dagger protruding from his chest. Sheriam Sedai, the Mistress of Novices, arrives and identifies the assassin as a Soulless, a Gray Man.

Nynaeve and Egwene rejoin Elayne and fill her in on the mission Siuan Sanche assigned to them. Nynaeve knows that the Horn of Valere will not work for anyone else but Mat unless he dies. Nynaeve, suspecting that Siuan will let Mat die so the tower can use the horn with impunity, resolves to go find Mat and attempt to heal him herself. Elaida Sedai, who spent years helping to...