She refuses to bond Gawyn Trakand as a Warder due to his inadvertently disrupting her plans to trap Mesaana while fighting a Seanchan assassin lurking in the White Towere since the failed Seanchan attack in The Gathering Storm.
She refuses to bond Gawyn Trakand as a Warder due to his disobedience and continual foiling of her plans. He sets off Egwene's alarms and wards intended to trap Mesaana while fighting with a Bloodknife, a Seanchan assassin left during the attack in the book The Gathering Storm.