Ahnasha was completely silent and still as she watched for any movement in the forest. Between being Khajiit and a lycan, she could see almost as well at night as she could in the daytime, and her ears were acutely sensitive to any sounds, such as footsteps, that happened to be nearby. Ariel was most of the way through the grate when Ahnasha's ears twitched. She heard something approaching off to the left, so without a word, she put a hand on Ariel's back to get her attention, then guided her down to lay on the ground behind some nearby foliage. Again, Ahnasha was completely still, to the point that it was difficult to tell if she was even still breathing. A group of skeletal sentinels passed within view, but continued on their course without noticing that anything was awry. Once the threat had passed, Ariel finished removing the grate, then entered with Ahnasha following just behind. Just as Meesei had done the first time through, Ahnasha had the idea to put the grate back in its original position, but since she did not know strong enough destruction spells to accomplish the task, she looked to Ariel and pointed to the grate in the hopes that she would be able to do something to keep it in place. 

Meesei waited a few minutes to give Ahnasha and Ariel time to get inside before she decided it was time to strike. She looked back at the others behind her and nodded as she stood up. As they were walking towards the outer wall, Meesei saw a group of three sentinels patrolling through the forest, which spotted them at the same time. The skeletons drew their weapons, but did not advance to attack. It seemed that the keep's first line of defense was simply to scare away intruders with undead instead of immediately attacking, perhaps to limit tensions with the locals. Meesei, in order to make their intentions completely unambiguous, launched a fireball into the group which nearly took the arm off of one of the beings when it detonated. All three undead charged at them immediately, but as soon as they drew close enough, Meesei held up her amulet and activated the enchantment, The wave of energy washed over the sentinels, ripping their souls from their bodies just as it had to the one Meesei tested it on. With the keep in view, Meesei launched another explosive fireball against the keep wall to ensure their presence was known, then made sure to pick a place with plenty of trees for cover to await the arrival of the keep's defensive force.

"Be ready, and alert me if you see any mages or archers." Meesei ordered.