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- HOFAS ends with Bryce giving Nesta Gwydion and telling her to go find out what the 8-point star means. 30 Jan 2024

- SJM goes to the mountains to write

April 2024

- Sarah pictured in a Dublinbookstores, which means she was probably in London too around that time meeting with Bloomsbury and letting them know about what she planned to write for the new books. November 2024

-ACOTEN promo happens.

Giant ACOTAR book opened to Chapter 21 appears in bookstores (Chapter 21 corresponds to the Valkyrie chapter in the book Merril wrote)

May 2025

-Also had pink bags, Joy bookmarks and the Mask on display

-Emily from the marketing department at BB dreams up the Valkyrie event (safe to assume that they have had Sarah's pitch for the new books and a vague idea who will be in them at this point).

May/June 2025

- Sarah J Maas posts that she's finished the first draft

July 2025

- Her friends, who are in a chat group called the Valkyries, fly out to celebrate with her.

July 2025

-CHD podcast happens. Sarah finally tells us there are two books, and that she couldn't tell us the POV and that was surprising (because people were assuming it's Elain).

Sarah also tells us the importance of friendship and says she hates when people put down things that bring women joy.

Also mentioned she was listening to the K-Pop Demon Hunters soundtrack for this book. IYKYK. March 2026

-Bloomsbury Hard Launch ACOTAR 6 & 7 with a Valkyrie Promo event!

June 2026

Tell me something you love about our Priestess + Valkyrie Gwyneth Berdara 🩵

Do you remember the moment she stood out to you? Was it from the very first time she appeared on page or was it another moment?

I know I was hooked on her character from the beginning, and when her name was written down as the first on the list? I legit cried and just knew she was gonna be important. Not only for this book but for future installments.

Both Feyre and Azriel experiencing finding themselves arriving somewhere they had a pull too. Both have had images that stayed with them faintly glowing/glimmering/shining faintly inside of their chests.

Feyre:

- “I was pulled from sleep by something tugging at my middle, a thread deep inside.[…] I knew who summoned me long before I opened the door to the hall and padded down it,[…] and I found myself on a small balcony jutting out of the side of the mountain.” —ACOTAR chapter 46

- "Rhys still knelt, wings drooping across the white sheets, head bowed, his tattoos stark against his golden skin. A dark, fallen prince. The painting flashed into my mind. Flashed—and stayed there, glimmering, before it faded. But it remained, shining faintly, in that hole inside my chest. The hole that was slowly starting to heal over." - ACOMAF Chapter 38

Azriel:

- “Instead, he found himself at the library beneath the House of Wind,[…] Something sparked in Azriel's chest, but he only nodded his thanks and left. He could picture it, though, as he ascended the stairs back to the House proper. How Gwyn's teal eyes might light upon seeing the necklace. For whatever reason... he could see it."

- "But Azriel tucked away the thought, consciously erasing the slight smile it brought to his face. Buried the image down deep, where it glowed quietly. A thing of secret, lovely beauty.” —ACOSF Azriel’s Bonus Chapter

This is just continued support and evidence of a Gwynriel endgame 🙌

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