Meredith.
"Back in Draven's room… you said my most powerful form won't be unlocked until we return to Stormveil. How? What does that even mean?" I asked.
"If I tell you now," Valmora replied, calm and sure, "you will lose focus on the present important things and cling to it instead of growing into it. Some things can't be handed to you, Meredith. They must be lived into. And I think I've explained this to you before."
Her answer only tightened the knot in my chest. But I pressed my lips together and nodded to myself because she wasn't going to budge, no matter how many times I had tried to get the answer from her.
"Fine," I murmured. "Then tell me this. Besides the matebond itself… what are the benefits of Draven and I marking each other?"
I refused to accept that the matebond was the only thing I gained from last night.
