Blacktail Deer Plateau Chicken Dinner

Sorrel wasn't really sure what had possessed her to wander so far from Kieran and Pema — the former was the only one she seemed to be spending real time with, while the latter was responsible for having kept her alive — but she regretted it almost immediately. Her paws had barely rounded the base of a rotten tree stump when she heard the scolding of another wolf not far off. They were still in the territory (a fact that provided some comfort), so she figured that he was a packmate who she'd simply had yet to meet (read: a stranger). 

With one step backward, Sorrel planned to make a slow escape, though her plans were foiled by the soft cracking of a dead leaf. She was sure that he had heard, thus her posture changed immediately. Not only had she startled herself with the noise, but she might have also angered whoever else was nearby.