Sleepy Fox Hollow took a market of filth and sold like summer

looking for a short chase thread! hoping for no more than two other participants, since i want this to be quick; if more join, i'll exit the thread & give the first person to respond the option to continue in a private thread. she'll be back, though!

Her scouting with Aldric had turned up nothing, and though Nirali is frustrated with her less-than-ideal route to and from the pack, the prey has not returned to their side of the mountains. It is difficult to drag herself into what might turn into a death trap, but it is more difficult to watch her family starve. She descends into the hollow with a heavy heart that seems to weight her normally light steps, but she does not falter.
It takes her longer to find a cache this time, and she's certain at least one of the wolves here is aware of her presence by the time she does. She can hear the rustling, the sound of urgent footfall. She snatches the largest morsel without truly seeing it as she comes upon the cache, hit with the scent of a wolf (@Antha) as she spins and darts for her escape route. A howl pierces the air; a call for help. Her jaws tighten around her prize. The sound of pursuit is louder behind her. Still, she does not falter. She simply runs, heart in her throat — and for once, she finds she isn't enjoying the chase at all. Not when there is so much at stake.