How we cite our quotes: (Story.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
Esmé nodded, sobbing raggedly, and for a few moments they stared at each other like strangers. Then Mab wrapped her arms around her daughter and held her close, rocking her and whispering, "I'm so sorry, my darling. I'm so sorry I frightened you," and they both wept until their breathing calmed. (3.1.20)
Mab's reaction to Esmé's blue eye is scarier than the color transformation itself: She basically attacks Esmé as though she's a stranger. The whole episode makes Esmé feel as though her color-changing eye is much worse news than she initially thought.
Quote #8
Frantically, Mab followed her pointing finger, and at the same instant that she heard the first bewildered screams coming from the docks, she saw them. Black, rushing, huge. With a cry, she clawed Esmé's hand off the rail and dragged her through the doorway. (3.4.53)
Mab's terrified reaction is totally justified here. When you have vicious immortal demons in wolf form chasing you, the only reasonable thing to feel is abject terror.
Quote #9
She would never forget those eyes, or the rank smell the wind teased up from under the bridges, and she would never forget the silhouettes of the beasts' long, white arms reaching up to grope for any life thing they might pull down into their gaping mouths—cats, a fawn… her. (3.6.20)
It seems like everything about Tajbel is scary. The Druj are unpredictable, bored, and capable of great cruelty, and the beasts underneath the bridge will happily tear any living thing to shreds. Sounds like a fun place to live… not.