Mat continues trying to escape Seanchan controlled territory while courting Tuon, the Daughter of the Nine Moons, the woman whom he has kidnapped and who, it has been prophesied, will become his wife.
Rand, rests after the ordeal of cleansing the One Power. He sends Bashere, Logain , and Loial to negotiate a truce with the Seanchan. They return to tell him that the Seanchan have accepted the truce, but demand the presence of the Dragon Reborn. Egwene leads the rebel Aes Sedai in maintaining the siege of Tar Valon she is kidnapped by agents of the White Tower.