When Seraphine traveled with Vaelyra, everything went smoothly because the wars were still raging, making it much easier to slip through unnoticed, but now that things were starting to settle down, everything was different.
She noticed that there weren't as many conflicts as before, but there was a lot more surveillance in the demon clan territories they passed through, guarded heavily by their sentries.
This confused her since there weren't so many patrols before, just battles. Chaos is preferable when moving in secret, which is why Seraphine is a bit worried about the road ahead.
If the outskirts of the demon kingdom, where the weaker clans resided and where the wars were of a lesser scale, were already this cautious and peaceful, she didn't want to imagine what was coming next.
