If Azriel is so desperate for a mate why is he showing interest in a mated female… ALSO considering that desperation how is it that his “mating bond spark” didn’t completely shift his focus and change his temperament? If he was so desperate for a bond why after that special moment is he, three days later in a bad mood? Why 7ish months later in hofas is he still a broody sad boy??

And are GAs not saying that him slaughtering every male(2 got away, so not all of them) when he saw Gwyn in Sangravah is mating language? Why did he go 2 years and pine after Mor… then grow a connection with Elain if he felt some type of mating bond (since he is so desperate you would think he would not ignore Gwyn for years)

Gwyn deserves a better mate if this is the case. 🤷🏻‍♀️

You do realise that the same thoughts Lucien had towards Elain when she was at her worst and weren't reciprocal at all (touch her, taste her, smell her)

Were the same fucking thoughts Azriel had? He wanted to taste her 😺, he smelled her arousal and her scent (his eyes rolling back btw) and he touched her nape, her neck, and her hair (erogenous zones, mind you)

You mean to tell me that you prefer Lucien's scene, where she was miserable, than Azriel's scene, in which his thoughts were THE SAME as Lucien's, except Elain was turned on, healthy and reciprocating everything.

You guys are creepy and weird as fuck.

Everything they just described is forcing his presence on her. It’s even worse on Lucien’s part because he knows she does not want him. How are normal adults rooting for this?

As I was going through some passages in the book, I came across the above quote about Lucien’s thoughts towards Elain, his mate… And I couldn’t help but notice some parallels to Azriel’s thoughts towards Elain in his bonus chapter. Maybe it’s nothing… Or maybe it adds onto the second mate theory…

Touch her

He knew it was wrong, but there he was, sliding the necklace around her. Letting his scarred fingerstouch her immaculate skin. Letting them brush the side of her throat, savoring the velvet-soft texture. Elain shivered, and he took a damn long time fastening the clasp.

Smell her

Her arousal drifted up to him, and his eyes nearly rolled back in his head at the sweet scent. He’d beg on his knees for a chance to taste it.

Taste her

No wonder she didn’t wish to speak to anyone about it—didn’t wish to bear witness on our behalf. It had been mere seconds for us while she’d gone under. I had never asked either of my sisters how long it had been for them inside that Cauldron.

Feyre thinks this in acowar about how long it had been for Nesta and Elain inside the Cauldron when it was seconds for them...

With Nesta we know from acosf prologue that it was seconds for her as well...

BUT

you can get over the verbal abuse nesta put feyre through even tho she never apologized to feyre

i hate the way sjm and the publisher treat fans like we're nothing more than cash cows. we get endless merch drops (once again just another way to squeeze money out of us) and absolutely NOTHING abt the next book even though we've been left in the dark for five years.

honestly its exhausting and RIDICULOUS. after supporting these books for years we deserved some respect. part of me wishes fans would come together and pressure them to stop this nonsense bc it feels manipulative and excessive. we all know you cant please everyone but this situation should have been addressed and contained a long time ago. but of course being transparent with your audience doesnt make money.

Eluciens want Elain to leave behind or break off her friendship with the twins that she formed all on her own just so she can become friends…with Luciens’ gang by extension of having to spend time with him.