A Court of Frost and Starlight

Feyre and Elain go shopping together to get out of the house. At a weaver’s shop, they encounter a tapestry woven in an iridescent black fabric, and when they ask about it, the weaver explains that it is an experiment she began after learning of her husband’s death during the war. She made it to represent her grief, and she calls it “Void.” Feyre asks her how she creates after such loss, and the woman explains how she feels that she must. Feyre buys the tapestry for herself.

Feyre leaves Elain to return to the empty studio space, where she paints for hours, releasing many of her emotions through art, as the weaver inspired her to do. Ressina appears to clean the space, and Feyre is embarrassed. When Ressina suggests that Feyre buy the space, Feyre politely puts her off and inwardly thinks that she will not do so. She runs into Rhys as she leaves and asks him if it seems silly to wonder if she could help others learn to paint through their grief. He encourages her.

Feyre visits Amren to ask about Nesta, hoping for insight into what she might be feeling. Amren admits that Nesta visits her every few days, despite never visiting Feyre, but Amren refuses to betray any of Nesta’s confidences, even if Nesta does not actively confide in her.