Phoenix Maplewood All the best cowboys have daddy issues

Reek nodded. Empty dens were a common sight around the Maplewood. While they had their core group of main-stays, the pack had been largly transient and in a constant state of flux. Members came and go; the only ones remaining from the early days were the alpha couple— well, and the hermit, Arion, but he talked to so few, it was as if he didn't live there at all.

Despite the rate of turnover, Reek felt the times were a'changing. The pack felt far more settled than it had been before, it's new core members it seemed had settled well and held no plans on leaving. "I don't force anyone to stay," he admitted. "They used to come and go like the seasons, but I think the group we have now is a bit more permanent... family-like, you know?" Of course, he had felt that way with Citali, Nochtli, and eventually Scarlett, but they had not been permanent fixtures among their ranks.