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[deathsweetblossoms]

This passage is about Elain and Grayson, but it’s also about Elain and Azriel.

The conversation with Grayson is incredibly revealing, as Elain argues that she belongs to NO ONE. Revealing how she feels about mating bonds. She argues with Feyre (can’t remember when, might be in Frost and Starlight) that Lu isn’t entitled to anything from her just because of the bond. Clues—all very subtle clues.

But what really strikes me is THAT PASSAGE: “that love would trump even a mating bond”

Elain views the mating bond as something to trump, she does not want it. This explains WHY she is disinterested in Lu. She wants a deep love, where she is seen and understood — something L has not been able to give her. (It took him THIRTY MINUTES to find the thread in their bond, to see if there was something wrong with her. Thirty minutes of digging into the thread binding them, and AZRIEL is the one who realized she was a Seer. Come on y’all, I can’t do this anymore lol).

The thing is, she WILL get that love, the love to trump a mating bond. It just isn’t with Grayson.