I've never really been a lone wolf so I'm unsure. And while there are quite a few instances of wolves taking over, it usually only happens to older wolves. I'm not even a century old yet. But my species of wolf is social and often during hard times we're able to fall back on our packs for support. Without that it's having to constantly be strong no matter what arises. Granted as an Alpha I'm always like that but there's still the pack and those I trust in to have my back. But there have been cases of lone wolves losing control to their wolf.