Look what I brought home (Solo)

[Edalene]

77th Winter 510AV Eda had not been able to stop the torrent of tears that ran down her cheeks when Ayira had chosen her for her own. It had seemed so unlikely - why would one of the majestic Striders choose Edalene Sunblaze of all people? She was nothing special, not good at anything, too nervous and timid to be a proper Drykas clan warrior. Her father and her cousin had told her many a time that she was nothing, a nobody, and would never live up to Hiya's memory. And she had believed them. The two men in her life had told her she wasn't good enough, and if they said that, then it must be true. She didn't have anything or anyone else to prove to her otherwise. She had grown up with feelings of inadequecy, just because that was what she had. She accepted it.