I stood up, crossed in front of Penelope and told her I needed to stretch my legs. In truth, I wanted to check on my crew. There would probably not be any incidences on a flight to Florida, but I had enemies like Peterson, who deemed me a danger to society. There were even graver issues with the Queen’s Court. The rivalries among the Faerie went way back. When a Queen showed favoritism, that opened the recipient to jealousies and revenge.
Behind the seats were Penelope and I had been sitting, I saw that Bob was sleeping. Terry, beside him, having sensed my shift in position, eyed me as if wondering if I needed something. In the middle section, in the seat closest to me, Ben was alert and also watchful.
I suppose I should view Ben as a traitor, his allegiance obviously foremost to his Queen, but I trusted the Fae. He’d stood by me for many years. Unless Queen Moragana directly ordered Ben to interfere with Penelope and myself, he’d stand by us.
In front of my wife, in the seat by the window, the other member of my team, Daniel, the Thunderbird, was reading a book. The moment he felt my eyes on him, he lifted his face to scan mine. I knew what his eyes were asking: “Problems?”
I shook my head and watched as he once more lowered his gaze and continued reading his book. Daniel was sitting beside a rather heavy-set man who bulged out over the seat. Thank goodness I’d been able to get us seats in First Class.
But Daniel’s seat buddy was certainly not Fae, nor someone who looked like he was ready to scream Vampire Alert in the middle of our skyward cruise.
My eyes shifted back to Ben’s placement. Although all the seats on the plane were supposedly full, Ben had no one seated beside him. That was a good thing, I thought, but it made me slightly suspicious.
It had been a long time since I’d really relaxed. Not everything needed to be of a suspicious nature. I sighed heavily, decided to visit the WC, and motioned for Terry to move forward so he could sit beside Penelope. Maybe, there’d be smooth sailing, or flying, as the case was. I hoped so.