Do Anna and Ariadne still have feelings for each other in Chain of Gold? I know that their short relationship was a couple of years ago when the book takes place so had they gotten over each other by then or do they still like each other in the same way?
I’d say again — it’s complicated. Yes, there are feelings, yes they have to some extent both moved on. While I have immense sympathy for the position Ariadne was/is in, she also hurt Anna and mishandled the situation in EET. Much of where Anna is emotionally in Chain of Gold — someone who’s got serious doubts about whether romantic love is realistic or safe — is because of that hurt. Characters do change, just as real people do, and the events of CoG2 move Ariadne and Anna into different positions regarding what they feel and want.