Now we wait," said the Elf softly as he moved to a hiding place on a lower branch of a nearby tree. The two Men joined him after a short while since it took them some time to climb up the tree without Elven agility.
For three hours they waited. Legolas watched the trap with undivided attention, while Aragorn was absorbed in watching the Elf watch the trap. The remaining Man settled for watching his companion watched Legolas watched the trap. At long last, a lone warg approached the plate and was sniffing at it. After a moment of hesitation, undoubtedly caused by the presence of a string attached to the trap, the creature began to eat. As the load on the plate lightened, it was no longer heavy enough to counterbalance the heavy metal spike. The sharp pike fell onto the unsuspecting warg, killing it instantly as it penetrated the beast's skull.