 As a result, Maeve not only is able to lie to others, but to herself as well.Thus she lies to herself that Mab doesn't love her, wants her dead, and decides to help "Nemesis".This a direct betrayal of her role as the Winter Lady who is supposed to help the Winter Queen with the millennia old ongoing fight to prevent "Nemesis" from invading not only fairie, but the human world as well.