I Was Wrong?

"Red, are you sure about what you saw?"

Ari's question made Red doubt herself. More so, Ari questioning her had let her spirits down.

How could Ari of all people not believe in her? She was bothered that Lexus and all the others didn't believe her, but if Ari wouldn't as well, then what is the sense of all this?

She felt dejected.

How could Ari doubt her when she ran and did all her best to warn everybody?

He was the very first faey to ever believe in her, even as she was the last of the queen candidates to awaken. He pushed her, encouraged her.

Ari gave her confidence with what little she had.

Red looked at Lexus and wondered, 'Why can't this faey detect a swarm of daemons if he was really the strongest warrior in the kingdom?'

There was something odd about everything that was happening.

The pieces of the puzzle didn't fit and the gears were not moving in place.