#Chapter 86: The Calm Before the Storm

Even though Daisy, Marcus, and I talk for nearly two hours about Daisy's recent conversation with Joel, I'm no closer to feeling any better than I did when she first came to tell us about the threats Joel made against us all. There doesn't seem to be any good way out of this, for any of us. Nowhere seems safe, except maybe the mansion itself. Marcus has reassured me over and over that the Alpha's word is still law here, and that no one will try anything while he still lives. Still, knowing that I'm staying in such close proximity to the people who want both Marcus and I dead and out of the way rankles at me. And now Daisy and her unborn daughter are at risk, too. Plus, I have to consider that being in the Alpha's mansion, where his word is supposedly law, certainly didn't stop Charles from trying to kill him more than once already. And almost succeeding, that last time. I just don't know what to do, I think to myself as I chew on my lower lip. I'm sitting at the little tabl