The sleek, cat-like body flashed between the trees now and again as the male wolf crept closer to the border. His muscles rolled under his pelt, showing how tense he was. If he got caught stepping across this border, you could count on him becoming wolf chow. That is, if there were at least three opponents. Shadow had originally considered hunting, and had tried himself, but something had scared all the smaller, catchable things away. He was pretty sure it had been another wolf, but it was just a nasty hunch. He didn't even pause at the border, because now he had a goal in mind. He had smelt the food, all those different scents jumbled together. It was a food pile, the pack's food pile. They were hogging all the food for themselves, even though there were more loners. Shadow's lip curled as he paused to scent the wind. His cat-tail lashed once, making the leaves beneath his feet shift slightly.
This was a bad idea, now that he thought about it. If he was caught, he was dead, and they would raise their guard. The black brute stopped, staring into the trees, listening, watching, smelling... Nothing but the tangled scents of the pack, it seemed. He continued on, lip curled in an automatic defensive gesture. As he neared the camp of the pack, he became even more cautious, pausing every few steps. This was a bad idea, it was such a bad idea. Shadow closed his eyes, concentrating. There didn't seem to be anyone close to the food pile, by the sounds of the small pack. He slid forward, tail sweeping the ground with a quiet whisper, his paws just a small, almost silent pita-pata. This was his chance. He could see a small pile of succulent prey just a couple yards away. Oh. He was dead.