The Fairies' Summer Solstice Festival opened with an enchanting dance... Wearing headdresses of all kinds of flowers, the Flower Fairies danced gracefully in midair. Their beautiful wings beat rapidly as they changed formations, and their perfectly synchronized movements drew delighted cheers.
From the Fairies' chaotic praise, Hill pieced together why Vera was so sure she had an advantage over Titania: since the Court of Delight had ascended to the Astral Plane, no opening celebration at the House of Shade had featured a group dance by Flower Fairies.
Fairies offered their most beautiful group dances only to the god of their race. After Vera disappeared, even though some Flower Fairies had joined Titania, there were never enough of them for an opening dance. It took at least 108 Flower Fairies willing to follow directions.
No one knew better than the Fairies how much chaos they could cause when they refused to obey. Even Titania did not dare force the Flower Fairies to dance for her as a show of loyalty.
After all, even a queen would grow weaker if every Fairy mocked her. The Fairy Throne gathered the faith of their entire race.
Each loss might be small, but they would add up until Titania could no longer bear it. That was why Vera was certain some Fairies would try to assassinate her. They might seem obedient to the Fairy Court now, but Fairies had the shortest memories of any creature. If the Court of Delight stayed out of their sight for a few years, they would forget the reverence they had once felt.
Vera glanced back at the beautiful castle in the sky... All those scares she had endured lately had not been for nothing! The two goddesses had shielded some of their conversation from her, but she had still