Phoenix Maplewood Forward, the Light Brigade!

This is the last round! Feel free to continue posting free for all or post your character leaving, but Saena will be leaving in this round! I'll archive this thread on February 20th if no one sticks around.

Her eyes combed over the crowd as they assembled themselves into two groups. Apollo and Arion took the rear, vowing to protect the maplewood as best they could. Two wolves protecting an entire claim was somewhat of a silly thing, but Saena wasn't thinking about all that and had no reason to fear an attack on their territory while they were gone. The pack in the north hadn't shown their faces, at least not to her, and Luke's pack was far enough away to cause little concern for the alpha female.

Spring, Lunar Eclipse, Laika, and Tavi stepped forward as predicted, as did Esaro, which caused a quizzical raise of her brow. Considering his speech moments prior about the worthlessness of fighting, she assumed his preference was to remain here, away from the possibility of tainting his peaceful nature. She was pleased to see that he seemed to understand the need, or at least she misinterpreted his volunteering as that. Setting her jaws into a faint smile, Saena nodded, chest swelling with pride, and said, "thank you all. We will move on Emberwood in about a week's time."

She could only hope by then that Aaron had not amassed a large collection of followers.