Are you saying they were using the children as bait? How did you identify the creatures? Was there anything strange about them before you discovered they weren't human?

[Small pause.]

We'll have to assume the old woman isn't who she says she is. Take the children straight back to the guild and make sure you aren't seen. If anyone we don't know approaches the guild hall tell them we're closed for the day and turn them away. I'm going to pay our "client" a visit once I've finished here.