A/N- Sorry that this chapter is a bit short. Oh, and for those wondering, I chose that song from Voran's point of view, and this chapter should explain quite a few Items I need to discuss.
Chapter 4- The Flight of the Sparrow
After Mino's back had removed itself from her presence, Sopika seemed to awake from a stupor, leaving only a startled sparrow. She removed a silk brown rose from her drwaers. That flower, a wedding gift so many years ago from Voran, perpetually in the perfection of peak bloom, like her love for her husband, would be hidden in a dress; one of many silk dresses she would leave behind, so Voran knew where she had flown. Taking Mire and leaving, the note read, flying on sparrow's wings to TR. I am sorry. Keep WC away. I do not wish to lose you. Sopika d'ai Voran wishes you to follow tomorrow. Do NOT tell WC. DO NOT. Sopika nodded her approval. It mentioned all she wanted it to, in a way, some might see gibberish, but the only person she wanted to know would understand the encryption.
Mire, a mare she had owned for several years, always seemed to know when an immediate, unscheduled flight was happening. A smile slowly caressed her lips, leaving a smug-like smirk waiting as the weave for Traveling fell into place. Snow ran through the gateway as donned her cloak, and walked Mire through. These were the Mountains of Mist.
Voran gasped from the shudders of Healing as Sopika rushed into the Two Rivers, combining two shocks into one large disturbance. The Healing, as always, left the Warder starving, and exhausted. Light, why would Sopika leave him for an idiot Whitecloak? Light, why?
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The Whitecloak stared a Voran and smiled a secretive smile, hiding a multitude of thoughts, before acquiescing, "She has left? You would not act so otherwise."
The deadened gaze of a heartbroken man matched his emotionless voice as he replied, "yes."
The Whitecloak smiled again, noticing for the first time a set of five lines on each of Voran's hands. A line was centered on each finger and thumb, meeting at a heart in the palm. Mino could swear that Sopika's hands bore similar scars, with a few added puckers. Did the Aes Sedai mark themselves and their Warders similarly to avoid conflicts? Was it something else entirely? He did not seem to remember anything about scarred hands to be a sign of Darkfriends. Light, what was happening?
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The fellow Brown sisters, Verin and Edwyn, were surprised to hear Voran was still back in Tarabon. It was just something that Sopika did not do, leaving Voran behind. The world knew the Voran and Sopika had married before the bond happened, something rare in the Brown Ajah. What was going on? What did she need to think on? Voran did not arrive until the next week, and then the sparks flew. The sparks flew rapidly, waiting for a fire to light.
