Perhaps partly because it had been theirs; among Aiel, a man had little say if his wife chose a sister-wife. Her voice became slightly unsteady for a moment. Stamping his foot to settle it in the second boot, he fetched his sword belt from the wardrobe, and a red coat worked in gold, the same he had worn to the Sea Folk. Perrin patted Stepper's neck.
Her triumph! Alviarin might have her minor victory, but the future belonged to Elaida. The first look36A CROWN OF SWORDSat her showed a beautiful woman filled with dignified reserve, the second a woman of steel, stern as a bared blade. alance was much prized, supposedly, and the only reason given usually—but certainly none sought to have one imposed. Being filled with the True Power was almost like kneeling beneath Shayol Ghul, basking in the Great Lord's glory.
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