Surprise (heh) meeting

Misery had stayed away from the Habari for a while now.  He’d had to get the scent of his own pack off of him.   Time away along with rolling in some different scented parts of landscape followed by some bathing until eventually, Misery could no longer scent his own pack on his coat.  The black and silver wolf had then spent another day or two watching a short way from their border, waiting for inspiration on how best to get in.  Patience was an important tool in a good spy.

Admittedly, after a bit, he had grown bored but finally, he felt rewarded when he spotted a younger female leaving their land.  That would be his inspiration!  Misery grinned to himself and remained hidden.  The boy didn’t run up after her right away and looked like a fool clearly hiding. He had waited for her to move farther past the boundary of her pack before taking a different wider route slinking partway down the falls.  Perhaps he was being overly cautious but that was better than reckless.

Once Misery was far enough away he started moving across towards her.  He didn’t make a specific straight to her, focusing on the ground instead.  He sniffed at some of the watery pools, skipped through a few to cause soft splashes.  Long story short he wanted her to notice him first without his charging right up to Shae.  Hopefully, she was the friendly social sort, they were the easiest to manipulate.  It was good there was plenty of naïve and trusting wolves out there, it meant fun targets to toy with for the small male.  

"Misery"