She wasn't sure when she first became aware that something was terribly wrong. Maybe when she could hear the distant screams in the background. Sounding as if they were miles away, she almost didn't even recognize that they were real. They might have belonged to the people inside a television set that had the volume turned down too low to hear properly. When she first became aware of the sounds, she could sense urgency from the wizard inside her mind. Less careful with how he was pulling apart the spell, she suspected there were problems. Had the caves been chosen because they were easily fortified? Or because they were imbued with an ancient magic that her protectors could use to their advantage? Surely there was a reason.