@nihtfrowan asked : ‘ i’m just trying to connect with you ’ [ from Fey ]
BETWEEN YOU AND THESE BONES / accepting !
GLAMOURS NEVER WORKED ON NESTA , not even when she was human . while feyre was gone and the archerons’ lives morphed into some semblance of the luxury they used to enjoy , nesta saw through the magic . it was a phenomenon which she never neglected to study from every facet , trying to unwind whatever clarity she possessed that cut through the veil . it took her a few weeks , but she eventually came to the conclusion that GLAMOURS DON’T WORK ON PEOPLE WHO WEAR THEM . although nesta’s mask was formed without a spark of magic , with nothing but her own stubborn insistence not to FEEL ANYTHING , she wasn’t enchanted . she was quite used to seeing through glamours .
although nesta’s armor worked on elain , convincing her that her older sister was impenetrable , nesta always doubted how effectively she was fooling feyre . a little less trusting than elain , a little more daring than nesta , feyre was not easily tricked . now , WITH ETERNITY AHEAD OF THEM , nesta and feyre’s human squabbles felt at once entirely insignificant and all the more unforgivable . nesta sat gracefully on a window seat looking out at the sunrise . the world she lived in now was waking up , unfettered by the struggles nesta endured before her mortal life was ripped from her hands . she still felt that urge to claw and scrape at every change , to tear at the throats of everyone standing between her and NUMBNESS . feeling nothing was so much easier . the howling that beat at her defenses now , begging to be set free and wreak havoc , was hardly worse than the usual storm she kept contained . the increase in her sensory awareness was nothing but a taunt , a reminder that she had to HOLD ONTO THAT RAGE AND SCORCH HER HANDS . if nesta was going to live forever , she would have to make a choice : CARRY THE ANGER WITH HER or begin to unspool it .
it was clear which side of that debate feyre was on . nesta did not turn her face toward her youngest sister as she spoke , silver-blue eyes tracing the brightening sky . “ IS THAT WORKING FOR YOU ? ” words followed immediately by an internal grimace , a spark of regret . nesta’s not sure if she remembers how to be kind . it never made anything easier , so she buried it ( like everything else too complex to unravel ) . SHE TRIES AGAIN . “ why now ? ” not inviting by any means , but there’s a fraction less bite in her tone . it’s feyre’s choice whether or not she wants to engage with that .