Alpha Tristan ✓ [Republishing]

Dekaeksi [ 16 ]

A look of shock and astonishment climbed onto his face at my statement and he gently pressed his forehead against mine. "Kara, you don't know how much it means to me to hear you say that."

He placed me back on my feet but still held me in his arms as I stared up at him. Silence drifted between us and he smiled softly before linking our fingers together.

"It's getting late, we should be getting back now." He spoke, prompting me to look down the steep decline back. And before I could look at him like he was crazy, he continued. "It's safer if we shift. I know a secret, remote route away from any humans that might be out right now."

Shifting...required stripping, and suddenly, I was more nervous than I had ever been in my life.

"Where will we put our clothes?"

Tristan tapped the camping backpack that I had completely forgotten was on my back. "I thought ahead." The sly smirk on his face made me think that his 'thinking ahead' was more than just getting us down from the mountain. He took a small step away from me and began first pulling his coat off and then his shirt.

Within seconds, he was bare from the waist up as he stood in front of me. I couldn't help but stare at his toned physique. It didn't matter how many times I had seen Tristan shirtless, every time was the same as the last. He smirked lightly and waved a hand in front of me.

"My eyes are up here, αγάπη μου." He teased, eliciting a sigh from me as I turned around. I was sure he was done when he slowly pulled the backpack from me.

I shivered and it wasn't because of the cold at all.

With shaky fingers, I unzipped my jacket before slowly pulling off the rest of my clothes.

When I glanced over my shoulder, I was relieved to see that Tristan was looking up at the sky with the backpack covering his manhood. I folded and rolled my clothes before he extended the opened backpack to me.

It took everything in me not to properly rake my gaze over his body. "No looking, Tristan." I murmured under my breath as I glanced up at him.

He kept his gaze on mine firmly. "If I was looking, you would know, Kara."

My eyes shut of their own accord and he went to zip the bag closed, touching my hand in the process. I could tell that we were both struggling but he reigned his desire in and turned around before sinking down towards the snow.

I did the same, breathing out as I triggered the shift and felt my bones beginning to move. Because I had shifted not too long ago, it wasn't as painful when I stood on the snow in wolf form. Tipping my head to look at Tristan, I padded towards him to feel him against me.

He nuzzled his nose against my neck, almost pushing me down with his paws.

His wolf was massive to the extent that he made me look small in comparison. Staring into the eyes that were even icier in wolf form, I longed to be able to get into his mind, to hear what he was thinking and to feel what he was feeling.