Bearclaw Valley tamerlane

The scene of a feast was usually not one where hierarchy mattered; every wolf was entitled to feed, even the lowest ranked. Food was a great equalizer among wolves, and possessiveness of it was a right granted every member of the pack, from the mighty leader to the lowest subordianate. It was typical for them to swarm together and jostle among one another for the best cuts, but ultimately, they fed all at once.

Aventus would have swarmed forward with Avicus for his pound of flesh without thinking anything of her behaviour if not for Merrick's cutting snarl. That alone told him his sister had done something wrong, which in turn caused him to peel back his blood-frothed lips and advance on her position with a warning snap of his jaws.