Unconsciously he reached out, as though he could stretch his arm across the intervening distance and pull her away. Rhuarc stood there idly examining the point of one of his short spears. Seizing Elayne's shoulders, he pulled her away from the carriages a little distance. Not to the exclusion of her duties as a Red, but superior to them.
Any woman who can channel does it. Are you sure you didn't tell him anything? she demanded. The wisest women are chosen for the Hall or to be ambassadors or advisors, the most skillful anyway, not those with the most strength. return to the days before the Trolloc Wars, when no ruler held a throne without the Tower's approval.