She wiped his tears away with the backs of her fingers, and the silence stretched long before she answered.
"Because she thinks she has the right." And Mab intended to disabuse Gaia of that notion. Only she commanded the Fae and had the right to punish them so. Gaia's interference would no longer be tolerated. With this gesture, Mab officially declared war on the goddess. She would gain her true form and powers back and then make the Earth Mother pay.
She drew away from him, a linger touch reassuring him that she intended to return.