Furlann, the architect of the magical defenses, had been on the streets when Tom last confronted Trahn; she’d not had a chance to rekey the magical defenses. As the former Special Resources commander, Tom knew the disarm codes to lower most of them. He used those codes to open the way for his people. Though he couldn’t turn them off, he knew about the remaining, more sophisticated magical traps. He armed Kit with that knowledge, and she proved more than capable of neutralizing them. The third and last line of the TOC’s defenses was people; sentries and the Center’s staff itself. They were soldiers all. It was the part that worried Tom the most.