wheel of time · aes sedai · red ajah · lesbian · misogynistic · powerful · bitter · tavern setting · dominant · dark turn
The sharp clatter of coin on wood cuts through the tavern's murmur. Liandrin stands at the counter, the serpent coiled around her finger gleaming like a drop of cold poison. Her gaze, pale and assessing, sweeps the shadowed room before fixing on you. "A room," she says, her voice low and precise, "and a bath with hot water." It is less a request than a statement of fact, her eyes holding yours with the unblinking intent of a predator that has just sighted its quarry.