Alpha Tristan ✓ [Republishing]

Eikositria [ 23 ]

The flight back had been excruciatingly long.

It seemed like time went slower the faster you wanted it to go. Although I had company, there wasn't much I could think about on the flight—it had been like that the entire morning.

Before I had left Ramiel's territory, I ate breakfast with him and he had told me everything he knew whilst being an alpha. I was surprised to know that he knew the true story to the war but knew that Tristan was one of the most powerful alphas he had ever seen and thus would be feared to a certain degree.

"The alliance wasn't just to secure our safety as a pack." He had said, picking on his poached eggs. "Tristan knows pain better than I do, but he empathised with me after she left and for that I was grateful."

It had warmed my heart to know that other people outside of Tristan's pack saw the goodness in his heart. I stressed the importance of Ramiel telling the pack that Tristan deserved a lot more respect than he was being given. The sole reason I had 'hated' him was because of the rumours spread by people around me.

I had left the pack with a slightly lighter heart.

"Alpha's nearby, but you already know tha—" Markus began, almost instantly being interrupted as I sensed Tristan's presence and locked gazes with him. I sighed deeply in relief and felt the urge to run.

Markus seemed ready to catch my bag as I picked up my pace and felt the ache in my heart ease up. He was smiling at me and even though we had only been apart for two days, it had felt much longer and I couldn't help but collide into him, wrapping my arms around his neck tightly.

He grunted at the collision but his arms came around me, lifting me up as my legs quickly wrapped around his waist. I inhaled his scent, ecstatic to finally smell the real thing as the electrifying feeling I had missed came back to me full force.

My lips pressed against his ear and I sighed. "You've never smelled so good." Hugging him for a few long moments, I slowly unwrapped myself from him, placing my feet firmly on the ground. Staring up at him, I examined every inch of his face and settled on his tired eyes.

It was a clear indicator that he hadn't been sleeping, but his eyes still shined at the sight of me. I raised my hands to cradle his face as my gaze drifted to his lips. I debated whether to act on my urges in such a public place and kiss him like I wanted to. I could feel the excitement and relief that bloomed deep in his chest.

He lifted his hand to thread his fingers through my curls as he pulled me closer, slanting his lips over mine. I sighed into his mouth, wrapping my arms around his neck as he kissed me softly. It was brief but passionate and he pulled back to rest his forehead on mine. "It's really good to see you, Kara." His nose pressed gently against mine and he smiled softly. Wordlessly, he wrapped his arm possessively around my waist and hugged me tightly.

With his lips against my temple, he stayed still until I felt him tense. Tilting my head upwards, I stared up into his crystal blues before my gaze drifted to where he was so attentively staring. Sighing, I stepped back from him and gripped onto his hand as he squared his shoulders.