Phoenix Maplewood Peace for a While Longer

The russet and black yearling tipped her head, considering Esaro's words claiming her to be disloyal. She would be a traitor, yes. But she already was, in her hate of Luke and her strong will to not follow him. Even considering leaving was more than likely enough to get her banished. After tearing up her adopted mother and running off, he'd let out a howl claiming the territory and everything in it. Grace still and would always respect Saena and her lead, but Luke was nothing to her, much as hed written off her and Spring at the border. She hauled herself from the river, not bothering to shake the liquid from her pelt, and the sag of her shoulders was clear. Her entire body, in fact, showed the underlying depression and anxiety that the yearling carried on her shoulders. 
                 "I already am, Esaro.... Saena accepted me here, and I will always thank her for that. I will always respect her. But I wont obey a rough brute like Luke...."
She teared up, golden eyes glossing over, and shook her head. She didn't want to leave the beautiful Maplewood, and the bonds she'd begun to form. She couldn't, however, get over the way she'd been treated. She'd noticed both Saena and Luke giving her weird looks during the egg hunt, and Lukes treatment of them at the border had been too much. The bluenose male had lashed out at her, teeth ripping into her lower jaw. Not deep or worrisome, but wide enough that the red wound was still clearly visible wrapping around from the bottom of her muzzle to nearly her nose. It didn't hurt unless touched, but the itchy scab was a constant reminder of her fear in the new alpha. Her distress was evident in not just her tone but all of her body language.