Huge paws left prints on the loose earth by the marsh. The blackened trees continued to span toward the horizon as they walked across the place. Among the huge wolves walking on all fours along the forest was a pair of young witches that wore matching outfits of blue and pink. They seemed to be twins and trainees for the Sanctum.
In fact, instead of taking someone else, Solar asked her assistants to come with Nicholai when she heard about the plan. No wonder the boy wanted to learn about that particular magic circle. The twin witches were masters of protective and support magic. Instead of having a battle witch lay down the magic circle, it was tasked to them.
Dylan was in his wolf form while walking with them. He was so excited to find the marsh wolves again. When the shacks of the Charred Marsh showed up, Dylan ran forward in his excitement. After all, they saw Cyrus and a pair of his Gammas waiting for them at the clearing.
