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Chapter Seventeen - The Beta William I leaned back against the counter while Daisy gestured excitedly. “Then this girl shows up at the back door, and her face is all scarred.” I straightened, “Hey, I think I know that girl. Gabe and I found her hiding in the woods one day-” “Yeah, she asked for you by name. She’s the one that’s been taking food from the gardens. Anyway, I invited her inside, and she starts to cry that her brother is dying.” Daisy grabbed a dishtowel and started to wipe at the counter, scrubbing at invisible soil, “So I went and got Nina. We didn’t know how bad it was, so Nina brought Raine... because we thought, well if it is just an arrow wound, Raine could help.” “That was kind of reckless,” I said with a worried frown, “It could have been a trap.” I couldn