Moiraine, Lan, and Nynaeve find the Whitecloak encampment and plunge it into chaos and confusion.
We grudgingly turn back to Moiraine, Lan, and Nynaeve. Moiraine loses the AirTag trail at one point, then shortly thereafter regains it. Clearly, this runs parallel to Chapter 30: Children of Shadow where Perrin and Egwene managed to get their dumb asses captured by the Whitecloaks.
When they near the Whitecloak encampment, Moiraine makes a plan. Nynaeve will sneak over to where the camp’s horses are tied up and cut the picket line most of the way through. Moiraine will create a distraction, and Lan will use confusion to mount a rescue.
It’s a refreshing change to see Nynaeve do something other than yank her braid and berate everyone else for daring to even breathe. She steals over to the horses and accomplishes her task like a boss. She also happens to locate Bela (our savior?) just before lightning starts striking the ground near the camp. In the same moment, wolves launch their attack.
Mayhem erupts, and Moiraine itches to check off another box on her to-do list.