"If I did, you wouldn't have agreed to it." Ahnasha said as she continued to run with Ariel in her arms. It didn't seem as if they were being followed, but all the same, she kept running until they were out of sight of the keep. Even then, she continued at a brisk jog, which for her normal form would have been a full run. She repositioned Ariel in her arms to be more comfortable, then continued on towards the meeting point. --- Meesei kept her eyes on the two witches as they were ascending the staircase. Other than the fact that they were close quarters with multiple werewolves, the presence of the children had likely swayed their decision not to attack. In their minds, to start a fight would have guaranteed the children's deaths.True to her word, Meesei and the others headed upstairs without so much as a threat from them, apart from a low growl from Lorag. When Meesei laid her eyes on the door, she could tell it was mere moments from being breached. She needed just a bit more time to open the way for their escape, so she would need to do something to delay the witches even further. "Stand back from the door." She said as she started charging magicka through her body. For this spell, it was obvious she was in deep concentration. An exceptional quantity of magicka welled up around her, to the point that alteration energy was visibly swirling around her. Just as the door seemed like it was about to break, Meesei unleashed all of the energy at once into a telekinetic blast that snapped the weakened door off of its hinges and sent it flying out of the room along with a veritable wall of force. Anything or anyone on the other side would be thrown just as easily. Hopefully, the attack would not be fatal to anyone, but it would certainly give them just enough time to escape. Luckily, Meesei had enough magicka remaining to enact her escape plan. On the far side of the room, she quickly placed down two fire runes side by side on the wall, then stood back with the others. "Stand clear!" She ordered as she held out her hand and let a small charge of lightning magic arc from her hand to one of the runes, activating it. They exploded one after enough. The heat was enough to be felt even from where they were standing, but the fireball itself did not extend to them. The hole it created was not especially large, but it was big enough that Lorag could still squeeze through it, so it would do. "Go, jump down and let's get out of here." As the others were jumping out of the hole down to the ground below, Meesei started her transformation. She was no longer concerned with her amulet, so she did not waste time removing it before taking on her lycan form. By the time she was finished, the others had made their way outside, so she was clear to leave. Like Lorag, she had to squeeze through the relatively narrow opening, and in the process felt the heat of a fireball exploding behind her. It singed her fur, but otherwise did not harm her before she made it through the hole and down to the ground below. Once she was out, the entire pack took off into the forest, with fire spells being launched at them from behind until they were no longer in view. After they were out of sight of the keep, they changed direction to head towards the designated meeting place. If all had gone according to plan, Ahnasha an Ariel would already be there, or at least would arrive shortly afterwards. --- The meeting place was a uniquely large mushroom tree between the keep and the hunter's cave, at which Ahnasha and Ariel had arrived a few minutes before the rest of the pack. Ahnasha had finally got around to setting down Ariel, though she remained in her beast form just in case they had to run away again for whatever reason. The rest of the pack arrived shortly afterwards, with no serious wounds visible among them. Ahnasha was relieved to see them all safe, particularly Fendros, as she was sure he was for her. This made the second time they had stepped into mortal danger in a single week, though thankfully, this task ended with considerably less bodily harm, on both sides. Even so, Ahnasha was not completely pleased. Although it was only a brief conversation, the Dunmer they encountered revealed that the coven may not have been quite as complicit in this war as they believed. It was bittersweet news, as it meant that the coven was not directly an enemy, but also that they had caused considerable damage to the people and property of a group that was just as much of a victim in the war as they were. It was necessary, but it still left a sour taste in her mouth. "Well...at least that is done." Ahnasha commented, her voice carrying no joy or enthusiasm for what was actually a resounding success of a mission. Their plan had worked flawlessly, but at this point, Ahnasha viewed it as more of an unpleasant chore that needed to be accomplished than anything else. The others approached and took a moment to rest under the tree, still in their beast forms. If anyone had any doubts as to Ariel's loyalty beforehand, they were erased now, especially considering that she trusted them enough to be surrounded by six werewolves in their beast forms all at the same time.