"Those wolves aren't normal---they were empty husks reanimated to guard something. I suspect it's the entrance to a fortress I've been trying to infiltrate. You see, I'm a part-time detective, and there's a warlock who's used magic to ruin peoples' lives hanging out there. I was trying to arrest him today, but I couldn't get close."

She moaned, curling in on herself a little. "And who knows what he'll feel brave enough to do next."