And can I say that Nesta and Elain are isolated in Velaris?
Because they are. They never saw the worldâPrythianâoutside Velaris, they went to the Hewn city one time and Nesta went to a few meetings with Cassian when meeting with Eris. They do not have money of they own, we never even learn what happened to their inheritance from their father. As far as I know Nesta does not get paid for her work in the library or with the Valkyrie's. Quiet frankly they live on Rhysand and Feyre's money, and "kindness".
(Remember in acofas where Feyre made Nesta go to their solstice party using her rent money?)
Elain literally lives with them (how uncomfortable it must be to live with your little sister and her husband, and they famously like to solve their arguments with sex), and has nothing of her own. Her friends are their spies/maids that Feyre paid extra for befriending her and "helping" her.
They live in Velaris where Rhysand can tell any employer not to hire them, where Rhysand rules from.
But Nesta likes Velaris and Rhys offered her multiple jobs before locking her up!
Yes, he offered her jobs that most likely served him and where he would be her full-time boss. As a girl with a brother in law(that is like a brother to me no matter how much i shade him) I would not want him to be my boss, and do as he says.
If they wanted to escape the city they couldn't, because they do not know anyone outside of Velaris(someone they could trust). The reason they could lock Nesta up was because she had no other choice, had never saw the rest of Prythian or the Night Court.
The concept of it all is just wierd and uncomfortable for me. They live on Rhys and Feyre goodwill, and we all saw what happens when they do something they do not like.
And while we're here: WHAT THE FUCK IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT VELARIS?