Kaara smiled as Bess approached their table with Wolfgang and Snowgem. Standing out of respect towards Bess, she gave the older woman a gentle side hug. "It's good to see you again Bess. Thank you for seeing that our guests are taken well care of," she said, having Bess take a seat across the table from Tyler, Wolfgang across from herself, and Snowgem next to him.<br/><br/>The whole pack was gathered in the Great Hall for dinner, except for maybe a couple of families who preferred to have family time after a long day of school and work. Seated at the head table was Kaara, Tyler, Bess, and several other important people in the pack. The head of security right underneath Tyler, was one. His name was Grey and he had just turned 43 last week. His son, Jake, was 21 and next in line for the title of Head of Security. Tyler was truly the head of everything that had to do with keeping the pack safe and ensuring the safety of the Alpha as well, but they liked to give official titles to worthy people to make it slightly less difficult for Tyler.<br/><br/>Tyler nodded respectfully to Bess before he began eating. He usually preferred not to do too much talking and left that stuff to Kaara. "We are glad to welcome some new company for the couple of days you two will be here. So what all is happening in Centervale these days? How are the Alpha's?" she asked, a slight undertone of nervousness to hear about the Alpha's son after all these years. She realized she would be visiting in two days for dinner with them and wished to have all the knowledge she could.<br/><br/>Kaara hid her hands underneath the table to hide the shaking, doing her best to keep her composure tonight. If they didn't have guests she would have had Tyler help her back home as her sickness began to take a hold of her. Shocks of cold then hot ran through her body as her muscles began to weaken and her response time began to slow. It wasn't too noticeable yet but she knew she wouldn't be able to stay much longer.<br/><br/>Tyler started to notice the signs of the Winter's sickness as Kaara started to take at least a good forty seconds more than normal to respond to any kind of stimuli. When it seemed as though Snowgem and Wolfgang had finished with their talk of how it was in Centervale and how the Alpha's were, he excused himself and Kaara. "I must apologize but I forgot that I need to speak to Kaara. Excuse us," he said as politely as possible.  Helping Kaara up and outside, he then scooped her up in his arms and trudged through the snow back to her small home on the edge of town.