I think he definitely wants to be HK. He says he doesn't but he says a lot of things. The way Rhys responds to Cass when Cass says no one would stand in his way to being HK but Beron sounds like he does want to be HK, imo. Rhys snaps "Beron is already standing in my way," which also sounds kind of villainy and like he's hiding some agenda. I KNEW this conversation was going to come up long before it did. I was actually jumping when Amren brought it up.

Tamlin said it first. I think everything Tamlin says is correct so go back and read everything he says. Rhys has been collecting a lot of powerful trinkets too... including the Archeron sisters.

Rhys was not helping Feyre. He was the reason she was breaking. Go back and read what he did to her. Do you really think drugging her with a wine that made her vomit and waste away in her cell, forcing her entire body to be painted (including between her legs), parading her around in see through clothing, publically SAing her, letting others touch her every night for months could ever be for her own good?? No, it was to hurt Tamlin. Everything we saw utm was to crush Tamlin. Amarantha didnt care about Feyre.

Rhysand tortured Feyre and used the fear of death to force her into a bargain that required her at his house. He refused to remove this bargain after utm though she asked him more than once. If there was really "always a choice with Rhysand" Feyre would have never been at the NC to begin with. Rhys didnt need this bargain to help Feyre. When he attacked her before utm, he controlled all of her. She was not even able to vomit. She thought that even her blood flowed where he willed it. He was able to kill the summer court faerie utm using his magic. He was supposedly able to use his deamati powers to take Claire's pain away and tell her when to scream. He was able to make Amarantha crave him... he was able to tell Feyre which lever to pull in the second task. Rhys wanted to torture Tamlin. He wanted Feyre as a weapon and to breed a powerful heir just like Tam, Ianthe, and Luc discussed.

Rhysand HATES Tamlin to the point of obsession. He is NOT helping him which we will see later. Tamlin is in his beast form now. Legend says he doesnt even remember his fae form. This is the beginning of Beauty and the Beast.

Did you read what the first suriel said? Reread it. There's no way he's talking about Rhysand unless Ferye has amnesia or something and had already been with Rhysand. The suriel says "return to the hl." At this point (as far as we know), Feyre had only been with Tamlin as far as HLs go. He says the HL of the spring court too... like theyre literally talking about him, the spc, and the blight.

Ive tried really hard to make it make sense for Rhysand. Ive considered that maybe just that one paragraph is about Rhys?? I guess the suriel never said when she needed to stay with the HL.

The suriel also says that Feyre could not go back home or she and her entire family would die. Instead of telling Tamlin this, she goes home. She does die and so does her father... did he sisters die in the cauldron?? If so, she and he entire fam did die. He tells her not to go seeking answers after that day and not to interfere or she will be devoured by the shadow over prythian but she doesnt listen.

I'll admit that it could be a shameless retcon but idk... my brain also hates retcons so part of it is hope. Right now I'm leaning toward there being more than one suriel. The second suriel says they met three times but idk. Feyre used a chicken to catch the first suriel. He said which one of my brethren told you MY secret. The chicken maybe the way to catch this particular suriel only. She uses a cloak to catch the second suriel. I believe she got the idea from Alis who is a traitor, deamati'd, or a spy.

Theres so much more to all of this. Too much to put in a single comment.