Max had parked far away from the main building of the auction house. He didn’t trust the attendees. Besides all of the insanely rich that would be bidding, there were always those that would do anything for money. Including joining the famous matches held before the bidding to whet appetites. Though it was a matter of fact that the winner was always the same. No one had been able to defeat AAE’s personally picked direwolf shifter. The guy was a legend. He grabbed the box that contained the bat and frowned. It was faint but he could feel thin strands of magic leaking out of the container. He had thought he had put a pretty decent seal on the contraption. Well, no matter. He chanted and another net of gold surrounded the box until he was satisfied the magic was contained. He had plans for