Evence sighed as she leaned back in her chair once again. There were now two very thick stacks of paper on her desk. One for bills and contracts, the other for reports. Having been satisfied that everything was going well and their new shipment of food would be here by next week, she felt as if she had some time to relax. Getting up from her chair, she downed the rest of the tea then set the purple mug down with the other five mugs. She never really got around to getting them washed then back up in the cabinets.<br/><br/>Raising her arms above her head as she stretched, she groaned softly at the soreness in her muscles. Yesterday, she had spent most of the day showing the older teens around the whole territory since they would soon be old enough to fight, patrol, and hunt. Closing her office window, she left her office and walked past Jackson as she tossed a twenty onto his desk. "Take a break every once and a while. Im sure Judy would like to get out of the camp every now and then," she said with a smile before she left the office. Jackson looked up in surprise as money floated down onto his desk, a smile gracing his lips before he stood. "Thank you alpha," he said respectively and happily just before she left.<br/><br/>Evence rubbed her left shoulder as she stepped down into the snow. Boa looked up instantly as he caught his alpha's scent of wildberries and flowers. Jogging over to her, he cleared his throat to get her attention as she looked like she had her mind on something else. "Evence? You okay?" he asked in a concerned voice. Sighing, she nodded before she looked up at him and put her cold hands in the pockets of her faded blue jeans. "Report," she ordered as she started walking to the outskirts of her camp. Boa nodded and became serious once again as he rubbed his hands together to warm them up.<br/><br/>"There is a male wolf headed toward our northern border. The scout team said that he seems to be of high status but it looks as if he was chased out of his pack. They also said he may be an alpha by the scent of him. There also seems to be a pack of rogues staying close by our borders.  What would you like us to do?" Boa reported then asked. His soft brown eyes connecting with her ice blue ones. She seemed to be thinking about something as she shifted her weight from foot to foot in order to keep herself warm. Turning her attention back to the now hibernating forest, she scanned it and kept her senses open to listen for any type of threat towards her pack. "Put together a small patrol and I will lead them out to deal with the male wolf heading our way. He may be of some importance. Up the patrols to four times a day in order to keep a better watch on this pack of rogues, I wonâ€™t put up with any attacks this winter. There were more than enough last winter and this fall,â€ she ordered.<br/><br/>Boa nodded before he turned and jogged off, thoughts swirling through his head as he tried to figure out what she meant. Surely she couldnâ€™t be thinking about taking a mate outside of her own pack? It was rare but some wolves would take mates that didnâ€™t come from their original pack or the pack they belonged to now. Sighing heavily, he could only imagine the trouble this male might bring this pack. Walking up to a group of four men, who were laughing and discussing the upcoming mating season, Boa cleared his throat. Turning their attention to their beta, one of them smiled and walked over to Boa. "Boa! Come on, man! Join us. We were just talking about mating season. You know its growing closer and you still havenâ€™t found a mate yet," the smaller man said as he slung his arm over the beta's shoulders. Boa shook his head and shrugged the man away. "There isnâ€™t time Mike. Evence needs you four on a patrol with her. Itâ€™s about the wolf you four scented earlier," he said, never showing a hint of delight in talking about the mating season.<br/><br/>One of the men with black, shaggy hair groaned softly before he sighed and shifted. The other three looked disappointed but followed suit before trotting over to their alpha. Boa watched them for a moment before his stomach quietly rumbled. Rubbing his toned belly, he looked over at the cafeteria before he crunched his way through the snow and into the warm building.  Never once thinking about the other patrol that Evence wanted him to organize, forgetting over the rumbling of his belly.<br/><br/>Evence waited for the four of them to get over to her before she shifted into her wolf form, her bones breaking in places then healing over in seconds as she shifted. White fur growing from her skin until her coat was thick and long, her two front legs were black, her left ear was also black and her right eye was surrounded with black fur as well. Her wet nose wiggled as she sniffed the air for any threatening scents. Once she was satisfied that everything was alright, she took off at a run, throwing up snow as she took a sharp turn around a group of dead bushes.<br/><br/>It was time to defend her pack and keep everyone safe, even if that meant running her mate off. She would have to survive without him if this male was her mate and was also a threat to her pack. Evence was willing to do anything for her pack. It was her family.