Phoenix Maplewood storm surge

Wrapping up! This'll be my last post, this thread can stay up 'til everyone gets a chance to get theirs in!

Scimitar's murmured thanks signalled the time to leave and prompted a solemn nod from the aspiring maplewood alpha female. She grinned at the pups, even the black-backed one she'd tried to scare, and turned on her heels when Reek bid them to follow. She knew a perfect place, probably the only place she'd had an opportunity to explore yet, so she made a beeline for the deepest reaches of their forest home.

Here there was a glade of shadows, guarded on all sides by high trees and deep ground foliage. The worn members of Nova Peak would be safe and comfortable there until they were ready to move on. That they might stay never crossed Saena's mind; this was a temporary arrangement and that was all it would ever be if no one said otherwise. Once they reached the shadowy glade and Reek and Saena ensured that their allies were happy with the accommodations, she would head off to hunt earnestly for the rest of the day, both to supply the weary Novan adults and to replenish the caches that were almost surely going to go into the mouths of the puppies.