Chapter 40 Asher

• Leaving my office for the night, planning on going to the gym, despite it being almost midnight, I heard footsteps up ahead of me, and I couldn't help but wonder who would be in the packhouse at that time of night. The packhouse is always abandoned about an hour after dinner has finished, with everyone returning to their homes for the night. And the place becomes my lonely hideout. A place where I am free to roam in the darkness and silence. Not caring for anyone else.
• Though, tonight, I worked a little later than usual as there was a backlog of paperwork with Caleb having to stay with Eden and take care of her. She was truly struggling with this pregnancy. I was thinking this baby would not be long until it decided to make its appearance and arrive in our crazy little world. At least then, I suppose, it would stop making its mother suffer… well, then it would just be causing both its mother and father to suffer sleepless nights… ah, the joys of children!
• I listened carefully for the noise of the footsteps once more, wondering who they would be at this late hour, and could feel Zion pushing forward too, feeling unsettled at someone being in the packhouse when they shouldn't be. He is rippling beneath my skin, ready to push forward and shift to protect me should the need present itself. The sound of someone here had him on edge as much as it did me...