A weekend with the Alpha novel Chapter 42

I arrived home and Zion raced inside his room to go play games on his iPod just like he sang all the way home. I kicked my heels off and dragged myself into the bedroom. My bag I dropped onto the bed and stripped out of my maid-of-honour dress into something easier to move around in. Since I no longer had a phone, for now, I could only use the house line and one was in the bedroom. 

Daniel's line was unreachable and kept going to voicemail and after two tries, I gave it a rest. I would try again later because I needed to speak to him about what happened between me and Aaron at the reception. I returned to the living room and I try to think up what would be best for dinner.

There was a cooking timetable on the wall, but it was harder for me to decide because I was not the only one having dinner tonight, I had Zion. I didn't want to ask for his impute because that would be the end of leaving the decision to the adults. 

I needed to think up what would be okay for dinner for both of us. After ten minutes of thorough thinking, I chose mashed potato sauce. I picked out the potatoes and placed the pot of water on fire. Daniel crossed my mind once again and I walked to the home line in the kitchen and picked it up. 

I was about to dial his number when the doorbell went off. I dropped the phone and hurried over to the door, wondering who it might be. As I opened it, I found Henry the delivery man who had brought us packages in the last three years. 

"Henry!" I gasped at the sight of him because despite not knowing who it could have been, I wasn't expecting him. I didn't get any notice about any package delivery beforehand and this was his first time showing up without me getting one.

"What are you doing here?" I raised my brow, a little tensed. "I didn't get any notice about any delivery," I stated, still confused.

"There was a delay," he mumbled, and it somehow calmed my scepticism.

"Can I get the package then?" I asked, glancing at his hand and not finding a package as usual. 

He bobbed his head, "It's in the car, you can come to take it."

I dialled his number for the seventh time and this time when it went to voicemail, I decided to leave him one. 

"I called earlier because I needed to talk to you. But it keeps going to voice mail, I don't have another choice but to leave you one" I paused and dragged a deep breath before continuing. "I did something terrible, I kissed Aaron." I paused and placed my hands on the island in the centre of the kitchen. "He kissed me first, and I kissed back. I don't know why, but I did, and I only realised what I had done moments after I pushed him off. I have felt horrible about it ever since then and that was why I...." I rambled on but stopped when I heard footsteps from behind. 

I turned around but froze in my step as I saw Henry with glowing yellow eyes and fangs longer than what I knew him to have. His face looked hairy like an animal and so were his exposed arms. My stomach dropped, and I realised this wasn't a dream or a hallucination, but reality. 

"Henry?" I called, swallowing slowly, but he didn't answer me. Instead, his eyes glowed. Whatever this thing was, it wasn't Henry, not the Henry I'd known for over a year now.