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Three hours after sunset, we set off. To say a Smilodon and dire wolf drew odd looks when running with wolves, foxes, and a few different big cat breeds while several breeds of predator birds flew overhead was—perhaps—an understatement. It seemed the Magi spent almost as much time staring at me and Karleen as they spent focused on their objectives. When we neared the fence, Vicki had to remind the Magi with the lead elements to check for wards not even ninety minutes after we’d finalized the plan. I was tempted to suggest to Karleen that the two of us should go back to the vehicles, change back to humans, and retrieve our clothes before re-joining the assault.
And that’s what it was. An assault. There was no way it could be anything else when over two hundred Magi combat veterans and
