Blacktail Deer Plateau My lungs will fill and then deflate

He'd offered himself enough liberty to sleep in, and it turned out to be a mistake.  Somewhere along his patrol he noticed a rancid smell and headed towards the source.  When he found it, he was both bewildered and frustrated.  He'd cleared out the cache just days before, but it looked like his efforts were for naught.  The male alpha (who he hadn't had the pleasure of meeting yet) had gotten there before him.  

He had wanted to make the impression that he was worth keeping around, but if he was dumb enough to miss something like that he didn't have high hopes.  With a chuff he loped over and wordlessly began to help the dark-furred brute.