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I hate seeing "I just want Lucien to be happy so I don't want him to end up with Elain." If we're allowed to sit here and wish for a future for a character then why wouldn't someone wish for him to end up with his mate? Why wouldn't someone wish that what we're seeing is no different than what we saw for Rhysand and Cassian, knowing that their temporary struggles resulted in the best possible outcome? What sort of true HEA is there for Lucien if he lost who he thought was his mate to death then lost his actual mate to a rejected bond? And why would anyone want him to have a girl fawning all over him, making it easy for him to get with her (of which there would be many) instead of him having to put in the time to earn the one girl who would always be "THE" girl? I can't wait for Lucien's HEA but I'm also ok knowing he's got to go through it before he gets there. Elain isn't "some girl" in this series, she's an Archeron who was blessed by the Cauldron, she's the most beautiful girl he's ever seen, she's hope and joy and has a great sense of humor. Of course he's not getting the full effect of that at this point in time but nothing worth having is easy to come by and Lucien should be putting in the work if he wants the best of the best (for him) even if that is a girl who is giving him a hell of a time.