We practiced until I finally felt something different inside me. That power, the one I had so hard to hide from and then to grasp into, finally connected to me. I could feel Draven and hear him talking, although I couldn't understand what he was saying.
Stop! I heard her say, but I ignored her.
Lillian smiled softly as if she could sense the shift in me. “You’ll get there, Hope. One step at a time.”
And I believed her for the first time in what felt like forever.
I let my guard down and trusted someone who wasn't myself. I trusted that she wouldn't hurt me or try to use me as they had done before. I closed my eyes, and I could see the snowy mountains before me; if I extended my hands, I could go there, and the pull I felt meant that Draven must be on the other side, but before I coul
