Phoenix Maplewood Rain or shine, snow or sleet.

A small part of Saena knew that her present idea had not been fully resolved with Reek prior to this moment, but the petite Redtail wasn't exactly well known for doing things the right way. She had a gut feeling that had little to do with the pups forming in it, and if there was anything she learned as a leader, it was that gut feelings were like premonitions. Hers were not fine-tuned to warn her of danger, but she often felt confident in decisions leaning in the other direction, and so she felt positive about this one.

"I'm gonna be kind of a useless lump soon," she said, feeling a bit of souring in the back of her mouth at the thought of being tied down, "and, well, Reek's great but he stresses out a whole lot. We were kind of hoping... well, we had chosen a beta for that reason." It may have been untrue, but in the end, it had been Saena's hope that Ukko would rise to the occasion. But rather than rising, Ukko had sunk like a stone and left not only the maplewood pack, but also his dearest friend in Tavi, behind like so much dust. "It obviously didn't pan out, but perhaps we misjudged and chose the wrong wolf."

She didn't want to utterly disrespect Ukko by telling Tavi her real thoughts, so she cleared her throat. "I was wondering if it was something you might be interested in, because I think you could be the right wolf."