Ava had not been prepared for the sight of the fairy king. She thought they had more time. That they would be the ones taking the fight to him once they were ready. Having him casually stroll into her work with a mad look in his eyes, talking as if to the original fairy queen when they were the only two people there was terrifying.
Oh, why did he have to show up when Ian was out at a business lunch? Of all the rotten luck!
He would have been able to sense the fairy king coming and could have gotten her out of there. She really thought she was going to die until Zeldris appeared out of nowhere and teleported her away.
Too fast. This was all going too fast!
Putting her pets in the boarding center, putting on the gas mask, and heading to the demon realm all happened in the blink of an eye. She didn't even get the chance to recover from her terror of finally meeting the man who wanted to kill her before she was in an unfamiliar world.