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After Eshonai's messenger's arrival and confirmation of the meeting place, Kaladin wants to evacuate the palace, as he feels it is unsafe, even though the highstorm is just ending. As they move to do so, [[Szeth]] arrives. Dalinar sends Renarin with Elhokar to protect him while he, Adolin and Kaladin face off against the Assassin in White, not knowing that he is there to kill Dalinar. Adolin wants to take on the assassin himself, but Dalinar says they'll fight him together. During the fight Adolin gets Lashed to the ceiling by Szeth and later falls when the stormlight runs out, landing on his shoulder, and is removed from the fight, appearing unconscious to Kaladin. {{book ref|wor|32}} After the fight, Adolin seems to doubt Kaladin's account of how he survived. He is particularly curious as to why Kaladin's arm seems fine but the sleeve is cut after the arm had been cut by Szeth's blade. {{book ref|wor|33}} The next day, Adolin reflects on the night's encounter more and finds Kaladin to have been suspiciously effective against Szeth. After watching the Soulcasters create a new windbreak he grills Kadash, the supervising ardent, about the Radiants and tells him to do more research into them. {{book ref|wor|35}}

At the meeting of the Highprinces, Adolin worries about his effectiveness in protecting his father from the Assassin in White when he was useless the last time. While the meeting is on break he goes to [[Relis]], current duelling champion, son of Highprince Ruthar and full Shardbearer, and tries to goad him into a duel. While Relis refuses, even with five of the KholinKholins's shards on the line, he manages to hook Relis's cousin Elit. Afterwards, he is cornered by Sadeas, who tells him that what he did at the Battle of the Tower was done as a kindness to Adolin's father. Adolin threatens Sadeas with a slow death and reflects that you can abandon an ally on the battlefield and leave them to die, but an offense in person is considered worse in the eyes of society. He almost punches Sadeas in the face, but is stopped by [[Amaram]]. Adolin tries to convince Amaram to secede, but Amaram says he must remain with Sadeas to help bridge gaps. He also says that he and Sadeas have an understanding. Adolin doubts Amaram's sterling reputation. He is distracted, however, by the arrival of [[Shallan]] and is struck by her beauty. and whenWhen he approaches her, he overhears her informing his aunt and father of Jasnah's death.{{book ref|wor|37}}

Adolin and Shallan meet and flirt for a while before Adolin is sent away by his father. Dalinar reveals to Shallan while Adolin is away that the reason he agreed to the causal betrothal of his son was to make Adolin seem unavailable to those who would manipulate him for political gain. She has to persuade him, Navani and Adolin to turn the causal into a full betrothal. At the meeting, Dalinar tells the gathered Highprinces that Adolin will win their shards from them, which they take to be a joke. {{book ref|wor|38}}

While at the training grounds, Adolin and Kaladin come to a silent understanding that they both need to train harder if they were going to best the Assassin in White when he inevitably returns. When Shallan arrives, Adolin assumes she is there to watch him. After taunting Kaladin a little, Adolin reveals, when asked, that he doesn't mind being betrothed, hoping that the formality of the arrangement will keep it from falling apart. When Shallan ignores Adolin, it's Kaladin's turn to mock Adolin. When Adolin asks Shallan if she needs him to pose so she can sketch his plate and blade for her records she declines, saying his mother's sketches were more than adequate. {{book ref|wor|44}} Later Adolin, leading the Kholin army, wins a plateau run alongside [[Bethab]]'s army. {{book ref|wor|46}}