<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/50/BlueAjah.jpg)</div><strong>Character name:</strong>Aleana Schiller (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=234819.msg11575159#msg11575159)<br/><strong>Position:</strong>Keeper of the Chronicles, Blue Ajah<br/><strong>Bondmate:</strong>None (As yet!)<br/><strong>Tag:</strong>Ardan<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Evening, Saven 5, 990NE<br/><strong>Place:</strong>Dining Room (Continued in Basement (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=235756.msg11606175#msg11606175))<br/><strong>Warning:</strong><br/><hr/>Despite the seriousness of the situation, Aleana couldn’t help feeling inwardly pleased as Ardan spoke, asking the Yellow Sister to back up a bit.  While there was every possibility that it was meant for nothing more than her own safety, she quietly hoped that he wasn’t as interested in Maradyl as she was him.  Watching as the younger Aes Sedai slipped back a few steps, puzzlement dancing across her striking face, Aleana turned her attention back to the situation, not a bit of her internal thoughts showing on her expressionless face.<br/><br/>Keeping her distance until the knife clinked to the shining floor of the dining room, Aleana once again reached for Saidar, weaving a small amount of air around the knife, a minor shield that would protect her in case the blade was coated in poison.  It was quite clear that the darkfriend was here to kill and she suspected, though she didn’t quite wish to believe it, that she was the target.  While there were others in the dining room, not many of them, as far as she was aware, had nearly as much experience with darkfriends as she did.  Swallowing her rising concerns and growing fear, she met Ardan’s gaze for a moment.  Together, they would get to the bottom of what was actually going on and, hopefully, determine if there was a larger plot afoot.<br/><br/>Scooping up the protected knife, she watched Ardan gruffly handle the darkfriend, inwardly pleased by the rough treatment that the would-be assassin was getting from the Valdar.  Stiffening at his words, Aleana paused only for a moment.<em>Where you lead, I will follow, Keeper</em>.  The words struck a chord with Aleana and, not for the first time, she chided herself for not having offered Ardan the bond.  Even before he began training at the Tower, he had been there for her and other Aes Sedai when they needed it most.  After, he had stayed and dedicated himself to the rigorous training of the Valdar, his skill enough that he had skipped out of time as a trainee.  Even with all of that, Aleana had waited.  By the Light, what was she waiting for?  Someone else to snatch him up?  Gaze flicking on last time toward Maradyl, the Keeper left the Dining room with Ardan and the prisoner.<em>Where you lead, I will follow, Keeper.</em>