A Crown of Swords/Chapter 31

Nynaeve is on a boat in Ebou Dar on her way to meet with Nesta din Reas Two Moons when she feels a flash of saidar. Suddenly she is in the water, her ship sinking. She is trapped in the cabin, on the bottom of the river with only a small air pocket and the door blocked by mud. She tries to make herself angry so she can channel, but she is too fearful. She surrenders knowing she will die, gives up hope, gives up seeing Lan, and as she loses consciousness she finally surrenders completely for the first time in her entire life. Saidar rushes into her and she bursts the cabin apart, drifts upwards, and weakly tries to swim towards the surface. Just before she thinks she is going to drown, she is plucked from the water by someone and pulled onto the deck of another ship. She vomits water, lunch, and breakfast. She hears Lan's voice and thinks herself dead. Completely embarrassed, she embraces saidar to dry herself, flush away her vomit, and turns to truly see Lan on the deck of a ship. 
They embrace and Lan eventually explains that Myrelle currently holds his bond. Nynaeve beats him in frustration. He attempts to explain the suicidal depression that consumes Warders when the bond is broken and why he was bonded to Myrelle. Thinking he'll die soon, he is glad Nynaeve would be spared the pain of the bond saying, "My last gift to you, Mashiara." which means his lost love. Nynaeve, stubborn as ever, refuses and instead resolves to make him her warder, heal him, and marry him immediately. They are reminded that Myrelle can feel everything through the bond until it is passed on, including the activities between a man and his wife. Lan bursts out laughing. Lan wants to take her back to shore but she insists on continuing on to Windrunner, the ship of the Sea Folk. He tells her that he saw the ship sliced in half with balefire and Nynaeve suspects Moghedien. Lan promised to protect her when she's not angry enough to channel. Finally, she notices she is not angry, yet still holds saidar. Her block is gone. As she thinks about the wedding and meeting Nesta on Windrunner, she realizes she is still seasick.
Elayne leads Merilille, Adeleas, and the Salidar Aes Sedai to surprise the Kin at their home. She is very satisfied when Reanne and the other Kin learn that she is a full Sister. Elayne tells the Kin they are free to return to their training in the Tower, and have the potential to become full Aes Sedai, but they will not be forced to do so. The Kin are surprised, grateful, and tearful. Reanne reveals that there are 1,783 women on the rolls of the Kin. Reanne also states that she is 412 years old, and Merilille faints.
Mat arrives and states he followed a member of the Kin to a house in the Rahad, where the Bowl of the Winds likely is. Elayne states that they already know (which is not precisely true, although Reanne was about to reveal its location) but thanks him anyway.
==Characters==
* Nynaeve
* Lan
* Elayne
* Merilille
* Adeleas
* Sareitha
* Birgitte
* Cedora maid for Kin
* Reanne Corly
* Vandene
* Careane
* Ivara
* Sumeko Karistovan
* Mat
===Referenced===
* Nesta din Reas Two Moons
* Aviendha
* Carridin
* Amathera as Panarch
* Tylin
* Rand
* Mandarb
* Calle Coplin
* Myrelle
* Moiraine
* Moghedien
* Riselle
* Garenia Rosoinde
* Berowin
* Derys Nermala
* Alise Tenjile
* Egwene
===Groups===
* Kin
==Places==
* Ebou Dar
===Referenced===
* Waterwood
* Tar Valon
* Two Rivers
* Rahad