“feyre and nesta it was so easy for them. like nature picked right”

“i want to explore the concept of free will”

138 DAYS UNTIL ELRIEL BOOK 🌸🦇

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The shadowsinger’s brows lifted, but his scarred hand extended to take the present.

Elain turned from where she’d been speaking to Nesta. “Oh, that’s from me.”

Azriel’s face didn’t so much as shift at the words. Not even a smile as he opened the present and revealed—

“I had Madja make it for me,” Elain explained. Azriel’s brows narrowed at the mention of the family’s preferred healer. “It’s a powder to mix in with any drink.”

Silence.

Elain bit her lip and then smiled sheepishly. “It’s for “the headaches everyone always gives you. Since you rub your temples so often.”

Silence again.

Then Azriel tipped his head back and laughed.

I’d never heard such a sound, deep and joyous. Cassian and Rhys joined him, the former grabbing the glass bottle from Azriel’s hand and examining it. “Brilliant,” Cassian said.

Elain smiled again, ducking her head.

As for the special edition, dtv confirmed to me that it will have sprayed edges. I believe this is also mentioned somewhere on one of the websites

Acotar 1-5:

“I should go,” Elain said, but made no move to leave. “Yes,” he said, his thumb sweeping in long strokes along the side of her throat. 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. But Azriel just stroked her neck again. Elain shuddered, drifting closer. So close one deep breath would brush her breasts against his chest. She looked up at him, her face so trusting and hopeful and open that he knew she had no idea that he had done unspeakable things that sullied his hands far beyond their scars. Such terrible things that it was a sacrilege for his fingers to touch her skin, tainting her with his presence. But he could have this. This one moment, and maybe a taste, and that would be it. “Yes” Elain breathed, like she read the decision. Just this taste in the dead of the longest night of the year, where only the Mother might witness them.

Follow-up to this post

He just finished reading the scenes where Azriel saved Elain and gave her Truth Teller.

"There was no pushback about Azriel going on a suicide mission to save Elain...even though he's one of the most essential warriors...and it's right before a massive battle where he's needed."

"The group had this whole cost benefit analysis discussion that made it seem like not everyone was worth saving...some of them would've left Briar behind. But they saw the value of saving Elain." It's almost like...she's integral to the future of the story and has an important place within the IC, and not just as Feyre's sister.

"Azzy boy gave Elain Truth Teller and then told her she wouldn't need it? [Laughs] He's still going to find a way to protect her even if he's injured. He's obviously into her."

"If it was just platonic, why not give Truth Teller to Nesta? Or Feyre? Like if it didn't mean anything, then why did he give it to Elain specifically?" Indeed.

"I know that Cassian and Nesta will obviously end up together, but I think the author has done even more to set up Elain and Azriel. There has been so much in this book to connect those two together, from him realizing she's a Seer to the rescue scene to giving her Truth Teller."

Bonus: I asked him what's on the cover of the book.

"Um, Truth Teller, shadows, and Elain's flowers?"

When I told him some people don't think it's Truth Teller, he said: "Is there definitive proof that it's Truth Teller? No. But a reasonable person would assume that it is because that was such a pinnacle scene in the book."